Effectively Message How to Help Found Kittens

Kittens are one of the most vulnerable populations in animal shelters, and they often end up there because of well-meaning animal lovers. Removing kittens from their current environment may not always be the right answer as the mom cat could be nearby getting food (or hiding from you)—and no one can care for a kitten like their mom can!

Check out these inclusive and interactive tools to effectively message how your community can best help kittens.

• Bilingual and National Interactive Tool: Share this interactive roadmap (in both English and Spanish) to guide your community on how to best help kittens.
  • English: www.aspca.org/foundkittens
  • Spanish: www.aspca.org/encontregatitos
• Design Template: Found Kitten Flow Chart: Use this Canva template (from HeARTs Speak and Dallas Animal Services) to customize signage and flyers with your logo, website, and any other local resources.
• Simultaneously Message Kitten Foster Recruitment and Leaving Healthy Kittens in Place: Check out these messaging ideas to both ask the public to leave found healthy kittens in the field and also recruit kitten foster caregivers.

These tools are free to use and provide a general roadmap to help good Samaritans ready to help. Add the links to these helpful tools to your organization’s website (and share on social media too) to make this information easy to find and empower your community to take the right steps to help kittens.