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In 2015, we spayed/neutered over 350 cats in Jackson County for free! We are proud to serve our community and save and improve the lives of its animals and the people who care for them. We are the little guys doing a BIG job! Check out the videos below of our shelter! Like what you see? Your support is desperately needed! You can make a secure donation to support our kitties here or find others ways to help here!
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An Open Letter from Dr. Harold Sims, Founder & President of Catman-2 Inc.
"We need to open The American Museum of the House Cat.
A time has come now when wealthy shelters are giving away “free” cats instead of spending extra funds to stop pet overpopulation.
Catman2 was the first no-kill animal shelter in Jackson County, North Carolina, and the first cats only, cat shelter in western Carolina to reject the practice of keeping sheltered cats in cages instead of allowing them to roam free in large open spaces.
The premise to an open or group shelter, came from my belief that no cat commits a crime by: being a stray, being abandoned by its owner, finding itself in a cat carrier on my doorstep, or coming to my shelter by any other means. Therefore, if no crime had been committed, why should that cat be locked in a cage like a criminal? I have operated Catman2 with this presupposition for the past sixteen years with a more than I expected level of success. A few others have followed my lead, but the majority of animal shelters being built today still plan for the number of cages that they must have.
Now Catman2 has a problem. We operate in an economically depressed community and our local base of support can no longer meet our needs. We wish to continue feeling that cats’ lives matter and that we must shelter our subjects with dignity and strive to find them the best possible homes with people who have an understanding of their needs and the financial means to support them. We at Catman2 feel that a person cannot, or will not, pay a fair adoption fee to help reimburse the cost we have gone to in order to make that cat ready to adopt: a vet health checkup, spay or neuter, vaccinations, micro chip, etc, more than likely cannot or will not provide that cat with the care it deserves and will need in the future. There is no such thing as a “free cat.”
We want to keep working on “the high ground” and insure that every cat we place will have a good home. Unless we find new sources of income we may have to, one day, close the shelter. We cannot with good conscience and faith join those who think giving away free cats will solve the problem. This is not only a matter of money, it’s a matter of principle too. We want to do what’s right. Continue reading on our Blog page...
A time has come now when wealthy shelters are giving away “free” cats instead of spending extra funds to stop pet overpopulation.
Catman2 was the first no-kill animal shelter in Jackson County, North Carolina, and the first cats only, cat shelter in western Carolina to reject the practice of keeping sheltered cats in cages instead of allowing them to roam free in large open spaces.
The premise to an open or group shelter, came from my belief that no cat commits a crime by: being a stray, being abandoned by its owner, finding itself in a cat carrier on my doorstep, or coming to my shelter by any other means. Therefore, if no crime had been committed, why should that cat be locked in a cage like a criminal? I have operated Catman2 with this presupposition for the past sixteen years with a more than I expected level of success. A few others have followed my lead, but the majority of animal shelters being built today still plan for the number of cages that they must have.
Now Catman2 has a problem. We operate in an economically depressed community and our local base of support can no longer meet our needs. We wish to continue feeling that cats’ lives matter and that we must shelter our subjects with dignity and strive to find them the best possible homes with people who have an understanding of their needs and the financial means to support them. We at Catman2 feel that a person cannot, or will not, pay a fair adoption fee to help reimburse the cost we have gone to in order to make that cat ready to adopt: a vet health checkup, spay or neuter, vaccinations, micro chip, etc, more than likely cannot or will not provide that cat with the care it deserves and will need in the future. There is no such thing as a “free cat.”
We want to keep working on “the high ground” and insure that every cat we place will have a good home. Unless we find new sources of income we may have to, one day, close the shelter. We cannot with good conscience and faith join those who think giving away free cats will solve the problem. This is not only a matter of money, it’s a matter of principle too. We want to do what’s right. Continue reading on our Blog page...
