Your city/town’s Animal Control may not help cats.

Contact them to verify. Most people believe that if their cat goes missing they can call the Police or Animal Control for help.

While this is true for dogs, most states and local laws do not apply to cats. So even if your local animal control officer wanted to help, there may be laws in place that prohibit them from doing so.

If you see a cat in need do something. You are most likely that cat's only hope.

Find a shelter or spay/neuter clinic near you.

• Do your best to contain the situation but please be careful. A stressed or threatened cat can be very dangerous. Watch their body language and listen to their warnings.

• If you can, pick up the cat, put it in a crate, bring it the vet. If it won’t come to you contact a local shelter for help.

• If it doesn't seem injured bring it home, put it in a back room or your bathroom with wet cat food, water and a litter box.

• This will give you time to research someone who might be able to help point you in the right direction.

• Call your local Veterinarian, or a friend, get to know your local independent cat rescuers, keep gloves and a collapsible carrier in the car.

I've been helping animals my whole life and I've met many wonderful people doing the same. Our goal is to keep them out of the shelters. But that isn’t always possible. So a shelter is a much better option than starving or becoming sick/injured in the wild.

I'll help anything but I've specialize in cats because the Federal & State Laws regarding cats are either very weak, non-existent or sometimes harmful.

Cats fall between the cracks - not licensed, not wildlife.

I hear about a cat or cats in need, pick them up, bring them home, assess them and then reach out to lists of people that I have carefully vetted.

These amazing folks always come through.

We all need to be of service to any living thing in need.