We come across so many friendly females on the streets with their litters of kittens. You find numerous females in the shelters with their litters of kittens. It’s heartbreaking. Did you know that most tame momma cats are abandoned or turned into the shelter for the sole reason of getting pregnant? Why should they pay the ultimate price of abandonment and/or euthanasia because irresponsible owners refuse to spay their cats?? Had these mommas been spayed in the first place, we are certain they would still be in their homes. How do we know?? Because when we are contacted to take in a cat with her kittens and we ask the owner if they would keep momma if we paid to get her fixed for them, 99% of the time we get “yes of course, we just don’t want any more kittens”. It is unbelievable that they would punish their cat due to their irresponsibility. It’s not the cat’s fault yet they pay the price. Please don’t forget the mommas when you are looking to adopt. They deserve homes just as much as their babies. We have lots of mommas available now!! Please consider giving them the forever home they deserve. And please, please spay and neuter your pets!! #mommacatslivesmatter #adoptamommacat #mommacats #spayandneuteryourpets #spayingandneuteringsaveslives
Every month our trappers are out trapping feral cats of the community to have them spayed/neutered and returned to their colonies in an effort to combat the cycle of kittens being born in the streets. Today we were excited and honored to co-sponsor a special clinic with @orphankittenclub and @feral_cat_coalition where a total of 55 cats were fixed!! Our trappers worked on a colony in Lemon Grove and were able to trap 35 cats and rescue 12 kittens (and still working on locating additional litters!). We are so proud of this collaboration and hope to do more in the future because together we accomplish more!! #tnr #togetherweaccomplishmore #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks
Boy, this weekend has been a whirlwind! Our ECAR trappers are finishing up trapping two neighboring colonies of about 30 cats plus multiple litters of kittens for our special clinic with @orphankittenclub and @feral_cat_coalition tomorrow! Many of you may recognize the second picture of this super awesome kitten from one of the colonies, our sweet Pip, who is doing great after being rescued a few weeks ago! Just a few more cats to go and a couple litters to round up and we’ll have made a real difference on this corner in Lemon Grove! #catsofinstagram #catrescue #rescuecats #rescuecatsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #rescuekittens #rescuekittensofinstagram #adoptdontshop #spayandneuter #tnr #TogetherWeAccomplishMore
Who else is in love with the kitten pictures our foster Jessica takes? We sure are! 🙋🏼‍♀️😻🥰 (Kitten: Gracie)
Cool event announcement! ECAR’s own foster Sherry O’Hara hosts an evening of live music, hors d'oeuvres, and a raffle. ALL of the proceeds from the raffle and a portion of the evening’s overall proceeds will be donated to ECAR! Come support her event while supporting ECAR’s kitties!
Come meet some of our adoptable kittens tonight at @kittenxlady’s highly anticipated hometown Tiny But Mighty book signing event! We are excited to share the evening with our compassionate kitten community! The event starts at 7 pm at the La Jolla Riford Library. Can’t wait! #catsofinstagram #catrescue #rescuecats #rescuecatsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #rescuekittens #rescuekittensofinstagram #adoptdontshop #spayandneuter #tnr (ECAR adoption fees are $150)
We cannot express this enough: Spay/Neuter your pets! Spay/Neuter the community cats in your neighborhoods!!! Get involved with TNR!!! In the past 3 days alone we have taken in 6 litters of kittens from different situations. That’s a total of 36 kitties! 3 litters (one with an abandoned momma) off the streets where they were at risk of predators and the elements. 3 litters with their moms from a hoarding situation where a plea for help came after multiple kittens were born. If only that plea came sooner, we could have prevented more kittens being born into an already overpopulated cat problem. Rest assured ECAR WILL fix every cat related to these 36. But now we have added many mouths to feed and we already have over 250 currently in our rescue. Donations would be greatly appreciated, whether monetary or supplies we could use some help! Thank you in advance!! #tnr #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #spayandneuter #adoptdontshop #kittens #rescue #toomanykittens
TODAY (Saturday 7/27) we are hosting 😻TWO 😻Cat/Kitten Adoption Events @ Petco-540 N. 2nd Street, El Cajon and Petsmart- 865 Jackman Street, El Cajon from 12PM to 5PM. All cats/kittens have been spayed/neutered, up to date with vaccinations, dewormed, deflead and tested negative for FeLV/FIV. Plus all of our cats have been in loving foster homes for additional love and socialization. The pictures you see in this post are just a few of the many kittens and cats that will be at the events. Come by and bring your family to find your new best friend!! #adoptdontshop #adoptionevent #kittens #rescue #rescueismyfavoritebreed #elcajon #sandiego @petco @petsmart
Summer is in full swing and there are tons of kittens to choose from this time of year! HOWEVER, this is also the time of year our adults looking for their forever home get overlooked 😢 We have so many awesome adults in our rescue. Please consider one of them 🙏 There are soooo many reasons why an adult is a better choice! Theses kitties are just a few of the many adults we have looking for their perfect person 🥰 #adultsneedhomestoo #rescuecats #adoptdontshop
Today we are hosting 😻TWO 😻Cat/Kitten Adoption Events @ Petco-540 N. 2nd Street, El Cajon and Petsmart- 865 Jackman Street, El Cajon from 12PM to 5PM. All cats/kittens have been spayed/neutered, up to date with vaccinations, dewormed, deflead and tested negative for FeLV/FIV. Plus all of our cats have been in loving foster homes for additional love and socialization. The pictures you see in this post are just a few of the kittens and cats that will be at the events. Come by and bring your family to find your new best friend!! #rescueismyfavoritebreed #rescuecatsrule #tnr #spayandneuter #ecanimalrescue #sandiego #elcajon #meow #cutiepie #gato
Our beautiful Honey has finally found her forever home!! Honey has been with us for 5 years and has been in our adoption center at Petco for 1 year hoping someone would fall in love. Honey was rescued from a R.V. Park and was quite shy for a very long time. Putting her back in the place we trapped her was not an option so we vowed to work hard and see if we could get her to come around. Like a lot of torties, Honey is sweet but has some “tortitude” and she needed the perfect, cat savvy home that would understand this. Well, she found it!!! We are so thrilled for her!! Have a happy life Honey!! #rescue #catsofinstagram #cats #tortiecats #adoptdontshop
Today was a GOOD day. A super wonderful couple has been hoping to adopt a bonded pair and they fell in love with our sweet Leno and Tohbi. These two boys have found their happily ever after and we couldn’t be happier for them. Happy Adoption Day Sweet Boys!
MEET LENO AND TOHBI!! Leno and Tohbi are not brothers by blood, but are brothers by choice. They absolutely adore each other. They groom one another, wrestle, eat and drink at the same time and lay side by side when they sleep. They are definitely a BONDED pair and even though their personalities are different; they seem to complete each other in the sweetest way. Tohbi (8/18/18) likes every person and animal that crosses his path. He is a happy and very trusting kitten that adapts extremely well to any situation. His absolute favorite things are his best friend (Leno), laser cat toys, toys on strings and being wherever his humans are. There is nowhere on his body that he doesn’t enjoy being petted and he sweetly brushes his body up against anyone that gives him any attention. He’s just an all around playful, affectionate and good tempered kitty. Leno (6/17/18) is very sweet and playful once he feels comfortable. He gets scared by loud/sudden noises and will run and hide. However, he usually comes back out quite quickly once he is reassured that everything is fine. He loves laser cat toys, playing catch with his toy mouse, cat towers, cardboard cat scratchers, cuddling on the couch and spending all of his time with his best buddy (Tohbi). He is a very gentle and sweet boy. Leno has a sensitive stomach so his poops💩 aren’t as firm as normal but on the right food it isn’t a big deal. Luckily we have found a food that agrees with him and it happens to be a less expensive brand. Are you ready to open your home and heart to this incredible pair?? #bonded #bondedpair #siamesecat #rescue #cats #kittens #adoptdontshop #blueeyes
Spring has sprung and kittens are being born by the thousands!! To try to get ahead of the number of feral cats breeding, we at ECAR hit the streets extra hard to TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) as many cats as we could the first 3 months of 2019. We are happy to say that our awesome trapping team trapped 266 cats in the first 3 months!! But we aren’t stopping there. Too many kittens are being born to feral cats and we MUST get the community involved in helping out! Unfortunately, with all the TNR we have been doing, we are still taking in kittens in record numbers. We would like to give a shout out to our awesome trapping team for their commitment and hard work: Josh Hirschmiller, Stephanie Smith, Debra Teich, Amber Millen, Kathy Powers and our newest team member Michelle Lombardo!! We would also like to thank the many caretakers/property owners and good samaritans who pitched in to help us trap as well!! We could not trap as many cats as we do without you!!! A huge shout out and big thank you to @feral_cat_coalition and @sdhumanesociety for your continued partnerships in spaying/neutering the majority of the cats we catch!! It takes a village to help solve this problem and ECAR is a small organization that does a lot with what we have so we need all the help we can get. If you are interested in getting involved in TNR, please reach out!! It’s rewarding and not as hard as you think!! Just takes patience, time and commitment!! You can do it and the cats need you!! #tnrsaveslives #tnr #tnrworks #kittens #toomanykittens #rescue #cats #feral #adoptdontshop
Yay!! Our gorgeous boy Niner has found his furever home!! His new fur parent understands his special dietary needs and is on board with making sure he stays the course!! Congrats to Sarah and Niner!! Hope you both enjoy your years together!! #snowshoecat #adoptdontshop #lookatthoseeyes #handsome #rescuecats #rescue