Westfield Homeless Cat Project

As a NO-KILL rescue, Westfield Homeless Cat Project (WHCP) works tirelessly to help older, sicker cats as well as kittens. We believe All Cats’ Lives Matter! 

In 2015 we rescued and found homes for over 700 cats and kittens.  Here are a few of their stories.

Brownie Bear is one of five older diabetic cats under WHCP’s care.  He came to WHCP in horrible condition with an upper respiratory infection, stomatitis (an incurable gum disease), diabetes and gun pellets lodged in him. After treatment for the upper respiratory infection and extraction of most of his teeth, Brownie Bear’s loving nature started to show.  Once a special raw food diet and daily insulin injections finally got his diabetes under control, he still was missing the most important thing of all – a loving home!  After much searching, WHCP found a special person willing and able to keep him on his special diet, give him daily insulin injections, test his insulin, medicate him for his gum disease and give him a home with lots of love. WHCP continues to pay for his special diet, medical supplies and vet care. Brownie Bear is thriving in his foster home with his special caregiver and WHCP’s ongoing financial support.

When EMT’s found an 88 year old man helpless on the floor covered in cat feces, family members called WHCP for help.  For years the man fed stray neighbor cats and let them in his house.  As he aged, conditions deteriorated for him and the 15 cats eventually rescued. The most disturbing part of this rescue involved four orange kittens about five weeks old stranded in his basement when he closed the door, unaware they were there, and the mom cat could not get to them. Severely dehydrated from loss of blood due to massive flea infestation and starvation, they nearly died.  Their WHCP volunteer foster mother barely slept for three days keeping them alive with around-the-clock bottle-feeding, subcutaneous fluids, and unwavering determination. Amazingly, all four survived and were adopted to loving homes.

Baby was rescued from another situation where good intentions to help stray cats turned ugly. For many years a man took in feral cats, but did not spay/neuter or vet them. They multiplied and shared diseases resulting in very sick cats.  When he died, his girlfriend contacted WHCP for help with the 26 cats in the home. When Baby came to WHCP, she was pathetically skinny, had painful dental disease and eye infections.  All of her teeth had to be extracted and she received extensive specialized eye care for the infections in both eyes.  Unfortunately, one eye could not be saved.  Baby’s adoptive mother now reports that she is strong, playful, and spoiled rotten.

 

Please find it in your hearts to help us to help them!