What's Happening in Tustin, CA…

A sharp rise in the number of feral cats in the Orange County is forcing local animal shelters to teach volunteers how to bottle-feed kittens.

The kitty bottle-feeding classes were held by the OCAC community outreach team in Tustin. The volunteers were shown how to cradle a six-day-old kitten and hold the small milk bottle to its mouth. The volunteers had to be shown how to identify when the kitten is full.

The shelters are receiving hundreds of kittens in what is proving to be one of their busiest years yet. They are taking in up to 50 kittens a day and have already taken in more than 900 kittens in 2019. By this time last year, they had only taken in 675 kittens.

The shelters have always relied on volunteers to help them with the high number of strays. The plan is to foster the kittens at the volunteers’ homes until they have matured enough to be left at the shelter, where they will be spayed before being adopted. Spaying and neutering them before letting them be adopted keeps the feral cat population down in the long run.

The shelters used flyer printing and online Banners to seek out new volunteers. The campaign was a success, because more than 40 people are attending each bottle-feeding session and 27 families registered for the foster program. Foster families are supplied with towels, kitten supplements, toys, and other supplies.

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