After 7 weeks of trapping, persistence pays off! In February, we received a call for help from a daughter of a family in Circle D.  She told us that she thought they had about 30 cats; however, after time spent there, we realized there were actually 34. This “porch cat” colony had started from two […]

On May 5th, Save an Angel hit their one year anniversary of being open full-time, two days per week! And, in late April, they performed their one thousandth TNR cat surgery in partnership with Bastrop CATS! And here he is: Bastrop CATS and Save an Angel have been partnering together for eight years, and they look […]

Thank you to those generous individuals who contributed to Bastrop C.A.T.S. as part of the Amplify Austin Day of Giving in early March! From your charitable donations, we raised $7,248.  But we still need donations– helping to cover the spay/neuter surgery, medical cases, foster supplies, traps, and more cost lots of money, and we are […]

Springtime is in the air, and that means pregnant and in-heat cats– and soon: kittens!  Every spring, the Bastrop County Animal Shelter (BCAS) is inundated with kittens. Well-meaning good Samaritans scoop up litters of kittens that they think have been abandoned by the mom and bring them to the shelter. However, in most cases, the […]

Amplify Austin Day is TODAY, and we are asking you to join us in our efforts to make this the most PAWsome day of giving Central Texas has ever seen! We are writing to ask you to take five minutes to give to Bastrop CATS. After that, you can give to other nonprofits that do […]

Friends, meet Tina! In January, while trapping for TNR, this little cutie persistently got herself into Jana’s traps. She must have really liked the treats left in there to attract other cats! After several releases, Jana finally took her into the vet, despite thinking she wouldn’t be heavy enough to be spayed.  With the home […]

“It takes a village” to raise a kid, but it also takes a village to care for community cats! But what is a “community cat”? A community cat is one that isn’t a pet. In the past, people may have referred to these cats as ferals or strays, but we like to stay away from […]

On March 18, 2020, Austin Humane Society closed the community cat clinic that we utilized to sterilize our community cats due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. They remained closed throughout 2020. Bastrop CATS was able to quickly develop partnerships with Bastrop County Animal Shelter and Save an Angel to continue our TNR work along with our […]

Amplify Austin is just around the corner, and we need your help! Amplify Austin is the Central Texas Day of Giving and runs for 24 hours: 6pm on Thursday, March 4th through 6pm on Friday, March 5th, 2021. It is more important than ever to have success in raising funds during these 24 hours as […]

In early January, a Popeye’s Chicken customer noticed a cat while she was waiting in the drive-thru. When she got out of her car to explore it, she found half a dozen 4-or-5-month-old kittens staring back at her! As any of us would, she posted it on Facebook, and we were able to connect and […]