Each year, PawsWatch provides veterinary care (spay/neuter and vaccinations) to approximately 1,000 cats across Rhode Island. Working with local veterinarians who provide discounted services, volunteers trap feral cats, transport them to veterinary appointments and return them to their familiar habitat where they have food and shelter, and monitor those colonies. Our goal is to transform the population of street cats, also referred to as feral cats, into healthy, managed colonies. Those colonies then decline through attrition, reducing the number of cats killed or euthanized in shelters.

PawsWatch encourages Rhode Islanders to assist the cats on their own property, with our help. We are not a shelter, and we do not take in owned or stray cats; however, we may facilitate the adoption of cats and kittens being cared for by our friends and neighbors.  To see a list of cats available for adoption, please go to the Library page and click on "Cats on Petfinder".