The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS), together with the City of Jacksonville’s Animal Care & Protective Service (ACPS) and First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP), are in search of the group’s assist to assist save lives by sharing data on “what to do” whenever you discover a litter of kittens.
Kitten season is the time of 12 months when unaltered cats procreate and provides beginning to kittens. In 2023, JHS and ACPS mixed took in 5,203 kittens underneath the age of 5 months, and JHS served an extra 903 kittens by way of the Kitten Krusaders program. Kitten Krusaders encourages group members who discover kittens to foster, slightly than bringing them to the shelter, by connecting finders with no-cost veterinary care.
When group members discover a litter of kittens exterior, it’s typically instinctual to leap proper in and “rescue” these tiny cats. This notion has been given the moniker “kitnapping,” and all three businesses ask the general public to not act on that intuition.
Kitnapping is just not the most suitable choice for kittens, mom cats, or shelters. Underage kittens are essentially the most fragile inhabitants in shelters and require additional time, labor and sources that aren’t all the time available. When underage kittens arrive on the shelter, they most frequently want to enter a foster home the exact same day, placing an additional pressure on workers and volunteers. Also, when nobody appears for the mom cat, she is left alone to proceed reproducing locally.
If kittens are experiencing a real medical emergency, akin to struggling to breathe, open wounds, or visibly underweight, ACPS will be reached by way of 904-630-2489, myjax.custhelp.com or the MyJax app.
For extra data, please go to jaxhumane.org/kittenhelp.
