Shelters like ours are sometimes criticized for adopting black cats out around Halloween, but the truth is that there really isn’t any proof that black cats are more in danger at this time than any other time, or that they are more in danger than any other cat color. Adoptions of black cats or any other cats is a good thing! Cats deserve to be in loving homes and black cats are sometimes overlooked for […]
Cats come in a variety of colors, patterns, and coat lengths, and we love them all!
We love kittens. They’re playful, curious, and so much fun! But as cute as they are, shelters like ours are inundated with cats and kittens each year during kitten season. Typically kitten season used to last only through the warm summer months. Now kitten season is beginning earlier and lasting longer than previous years. We’re receiving calls multiple times every day asking us to take in cats and kittens from community members. We know it’s […]
Join us and other rescue groups from across the Roanoke Valley on Saturday, July 31st from 11AM to 3PM for a MEGA Pet Adoption Event at the Berglund Center!
Many thanks to WDBJ7, WFXR, and the Roanoke Times for covering our Kitten Shower and helping us get the word out about this event that is so important to the cats in our care! Click the links to visit their full reports!
You’re invited to the Roanoke Valley SPCA Virtual and Drive-Thru Kitten Shower to support our foster and adoption programs because IT’S RAINING KITTENS!
Kitten season is upon us and we’re looking for fosters! We need folks willing to foster a variety of situations for our feline friends including: Pregnant cats Mother cats with multiple kittens in the litter Sickly kittens who need extra care Litters of kittens who haven’t made weight requirements for spay/neuter surgery It is very rare that we receive a litter with only one or two kittens, so we’re really needing folks willing to foster […]
Last week we had the privilege to assist a neighboring facility with a large intake of cats from a pretty unfortunate situation. Many of the cats were sickly and underweight. Some were pretty social and others were not. A few were pregnant, several were kittens, and their ages varied. One young mother had seven kittens around two weeks old. The mother herself weighed only six pounds. We were able to bring twenty cats into our […]