Working Cats

A natural solution to keeping pests away

Call or email for more info:
(541) 223-9818
workingcatswork@gmail.com

Working cats is a 100% volunteer staffed program of Feral Cats Advocacy. We seek to find adoption placements for healthy adult cats that are not suitable for a traditional adoption, because they have not been socialized to humans.

These cats provide a service to the community as pest/rodent control. It’s a true win-win! The adopter gets a free worker in exchange for room and board (food, water, and shelter).

Adopting working cats saves lives!

Working Cats began in 2018 as a FOTAS program and has been transferred to Feral Cats Advocacy to continue helping cats. Our team has successfully placed over 500 Working Cats in barns, farms, wineries, breweries, garages, warehouses, retail shops, markets, and other properties where there are problems with rodents.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • They can live out their lives as outdoor cats if you can provide a safe, sheltered space, such as a shed, barn, or outbuilding as well as consistent access to food and water. Healthy cats make the best mousers.

  • Cats benefit from the support and companionship of other cats in their “work environment”. They find safety within a group. Therefore, we adopt the cats in pairs of 2, 4, or 6, depending on the size of the area to be patrolled.

  • These cats, for the most part, cannot be handled by humans. Their personalities range from semi-friendly to extremely skittish. Some you will see, especially at meal times. Others will hide until the coast is clear. Our adopters who have outdoor cameras report the many successes they see on camera.

  • We are unable to intake new cats from the community at this time. Cats in the Working Cats program have been removed from unsafe and unhealthy environments where there is an imminent threat of harm from people or the cats are at risk of death from starvation. Regrettably, there are far more cats in dangerous situations than there are adopters and we have many cats in our program that are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and waiting for placement.