Jan 2020 – July 2023
- PawsWatch supported exclusively through private funds
- 3,786 cats/kittens entered CCC since Jan 2020.
- 2,772 Spay/Neutered and received medical treatment
- 2,748 Cats/kittens permanently removed from streets
- Veterinarian on premises 3 days per week
- Vet Tech on premises 4 days per week and as needed
- Surgical Suite established on premises
- Procedures performed on site:
- Sterilization
- Amputations
- Treatment of abscesses
- Treatment of dental disease
- Tumor removal
- Eye care:
- ruptured eyes
- enucleation
- entropion (corrective eye care)
- Eye care:
- Medical issues treated:
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Emaciation
- Renal failure
- Infections
- 208 cats/kittens from outside shelters sterilized at CCC due to unavailability of vet appointments elsewhere (at local veterinarians)
- Provide vet care for sick and injured animals taken from streets who have no other means for help
- In 2021 we did more adoptions and transfers than anyone except Potter League
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ABOUT US
Pawswatch is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Rhode Islanders provide spay/ neuter and vaccinations for feral, homeless, free roaming, stranded and abandoned cats.
We are an IRS approved 501©3 charity (05-05-13435) and a United Way Agency # 8587.
We are in critical need of volunteers. If you can help in any way, please visit our volunteer page, where you will also find our Volunteer application.
HELP WANTED
*ARE YOU A VET/SURGICAL TECHNICIAN?
COME WORK WITH US FOR A OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST OUR VETERINARIANS TO PERFORM SPAY, NEUTERS AND OTHER MEDICAL SURGERIES SEND RESUME TO: zorissa4@cox.net
TRAP – NEUTER – RETURN
Our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) center serves as a resting stop for free-roaming cats to recuperate after surgery as they go through the TNR process. Feral cats arriving at the CCC receive the necessary food, medication, and love (of course) before they are returned to their outdoor homes.
Why TNR?
Cats without indoor homes are what we call free-roaming or community cats. These are simply cats that live in the community. In your alley ways, backyards, and parks. These cats have no owners but are no less deserving of the love and care we give to our indoor pets. When these cats are left alone, they breed A LOT! Thousands of kittens are born outside and many don’t make it. That’s where TNR comes in.
RESOURCES
Do you have free roaming cats in your neighborhood? The Community Cat Center offers classes and resources to community teams throughout the state who want to help stop the cycle of free-roaming outdoor cats. Interested in helping the cats in your neighborhood? Check out Resources for information and guides.
News & Events
Community TNRM Program
Cats without indoor homes are what we call free-roaming or community cats. These are simply cats that live in the community. In your alley ways, backyards, and parks. These cats have no owners but are no less deserving of the love and care we give to our indoor pets. When these cats are left alone, they breed A LOT!
PWCCC
PAWSWATCH COMMUNITY CAT CENTER
TNRM stands for “Trap, Neuter, Return, Monitor.” Trap-Neuter-Return is the humane, effective approach for feral cats. Feral cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and ear-tipped (the universal symbol of a neutered and vaccinated cat), and then returned to their outdoor home.
BARN PROGRAM
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.