About
The Heart of this Initiative: A Promise to the Life Givers.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain
The Mission: Compassion in Action
The SGI was born from a simple truth: you cannot share your life with a cat and not know they have personalities, minds, and feelings. We believe, as Jane Goodall once said, that "cruelty is the worst of human sins." When the state announced a mandate of "eradication" in December 2025, we knew we had to find a different way—a way that protects the delicate balance of our forests without sacrificing the souls who live within them.
The Philosophy: One Welfare
We are not here to fight the idea of conservation; we are here to evolve it. We understand the concern for our native birds—we love them too. But we believe the "right solution" for New Zealand’s welfare must include all sentient beings. True conservation isn't a war; it's a commitment to harmony. As Sir Albert Schweitzer taught us, "until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace."
The Challenge: Truth Over Brutality
To those who feel that "lethal force" is the only answer: we invite you to look at the individuals behind the labels. We have audited the data not to win an argument, but to stop a tragedy.
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When we see that the feline interaction rate with Kea is only 1.49%, not the inflated 40% stated, we see a path to coexistence.
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When we prove the "28-skink" story is a biological impossibility, we protect felines from being used as a scapegoat for industrial harm.
The Promise: Your Heart is Safe Here
If you are here because your heart aches at the thought of our much loved felines being treated as a biohazard, you have found your people. You don't have to choose between loving birds and loving cats. You just have to choose Compassion.
Microchip your cats, cats you care for and cats that are community cats, you are giving a vulnerable life a name, a status, and a protector. You are telling the system that this life matters to you, without it they are lost.
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Meet the Groups & Individuals Dedicated to Saving Lives Everyday
Support the Shield: 100% Independent. 100% Mercy.
The Government spends millions on toxins; we spend every cent on Protection. Your donation directly funds TNR, Microchipping for New Zealand’s "Living Wild" cats. We receive $0.00 in state funding—our mission is powered entirely by people who care about the welfare of these homeless cats.
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Community Cat Coalition - Auckland
Volunteehttps://youtu.be/2KuSQm2Wd_Mr
The 2025 PF2050 announcement:
If like countless others, you were dismayed at the announcement of the inclusion of feral cats in the Predator Free 2050 plan, then we invite you join with other like-minded organisations/individuals to counter both the misinformation and questionable science this decision has supposedly been based on.
The AJP eloquently summed up the issue ;” We want a New Zealand that protects native biodiversity through evidence-based, humane approaches that address the real drivers of ecological decline. We want innovation that means doing something genuinely different – not just more efficient ways of killing.
We want accountability, transparency, and public participation in decisions that affect animals and ecosystems. We want solutions grounded in science, compassion, and the recognition that all animals – including cats – are sentient and deserve ethical consideration.”
And just as importantly, we need to stand up as a society/culture against the lack of compassion and inhumane treatment of any creature.
I am shamed by the barbarity, and horrified that it is deemed acceptable to expose children to the inhumane killing of cats (or any creature)!
How is this responsible and compassionate?
And what does it say about us as a society?!
Denmark shames us - they are teaching their children empathy through mandatory, weekly sessions in the curriculum.
And we NZ/Aotearoa? What are we teaching them? To manage the natural environment through mass slaughter, based on questionable data?
I fear for a society that lacks empathy and compassion – a society that is led by people for whom a particular conservation ideology trumps concerns about animal sentience and suffering.
History has proven that resistance when based on truth and fairness can win – let’s rise up and roar good people!
Join us!
Community Cat Coalition - Auckland
A Heartfelt Thank You on International Volunteer Day:
To all of the incredible CCC members, TNR practitioners, cat rescuers, animal advocates and supporters.
Words cannot express the absolute gratitude we have for your unwavering dedication to cats in need. Your compassion, kindness and tenacity have helped save countless lives, giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
In a world that can often be emotionally hard and unforgiving, you are the heroes out there making a difference, and we are endlessly thankful for your dedication to our cause. Together, we are helping create a kinder, more compassionate life for animals in New Zealand.
And a special thanks to goes out to Bridget, who is the backbone of CCC, keeping things running behind the scenes. A lot of what we achieve is thanks to her unwavering commitment to the mission of CCC and has helped thousands of stray and community cats.
From all of us in the CCC committee
Who are we?
We are passionate about helping stray/community cats , willing to go the extra mile to improve the lives of all the cats and kittens we can. Whether this entails trapping a particular group of cats over many long hours, feeding colonies in all weathers, round the clock bottle feeding of small kittens, or late night runs to the vets, our members step up to the challenge.
Needing a home – Adopting a cat from CCC
Adopt A CAT
We have a very active online community of supporters and a popular Facebook page where we showcase all our lovely cats for rehoming.
Our members have various screening processes to ensure that suitable homes are found for the cats and kittens in their care. This usually includes an adoption fee, a contract and a life time agreement that the cat will be returned should circumstances change. All the cats and kittens adopted out by CCC members are desexed and microchipped.
You can help too.
Membership and Volunteering
Community Cat Coalition do amazing work helping out the dumped, stray and abused cat and kittens.
Watch this video to learn more about what we do.
You can help too, by becoming a member or volunteer.
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Feral Nation is a non-profit foster-based cat rescue with HQ in Roseneath, Wellington. We take in abandoned, unwanted, sick, and injured kittens and cats. Where possible we take in unhandleable kitties, the "feral" ones - the reason Feral Nation was started.
All kittens/cats are provided with TLC, quality food, vet treatment as required, and socialisation. Prior to adoption they are desexed, microchipped, receive at least one vaccination, and are up to date with flea & worm treatments. When they're ready for adoption, the friendly and slightly shy ones get to choose who adopts them.
Some kitties take months of vet visits, medication, and care to get them ready to be desexed and then adopted. Others, like Cyndal (pictured above) are lucky enough to be found before they get sick or injured; she simply fell out of a wall next to a takeaway shop! There was no sign of her mum or siblings, so she's a very lucky girl.
More about us
Feral Nation is a non-profit foster-based cat rescue with HQ in Roseneath, Wellington. We help vulnerable kittens & cats in the wider Wellington region; and, now - we're supporting others to help vulnerable kitties throughout NZ.
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
Cat Rescue Christchurch advocates the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method of caring for, and reducing the stray cat population.
All around New Zealand, cats not friendly enough to be re-homed are trapped and killed in shelters, by councils or by pest control companies. As well as being cruel, this does not solve the overpopulation problem as it frees up niches for more stray cats to move in and quickly breed up to population levels that the environment can’t handle. Many studies have shown that TNR is the only humane and effective way to reduce stray cat numbers.
Many New Zealanders feed stray cats because they do not want to see cats starve, but few feeders have these stray cats desexed. Desexed cats will be healthier as females are not producing litter after litter of kittens while they struggle to obtain enough food, and males are less likely to roam and fight. Fighting causes infections and spreads diseases like FeLV (feline leukemia virus) and FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus). Desexed stray cats will not add to the ever growing population of stray and unwanted cats.
A colony of cats that are neutered and cared for are relatively healthy, and the population remains stable and reduces slowly over time. A network of neutered colonies is the most kind and efficient way to reduce the stray cat population.
For more information on TNR, please see:
If you are feeding stray cats or know anyone who is, it is imperative that the cats are desexed. Cat Rescue can assist with catching and desexing stray cats – please contact:
If you have trouble filling in the form we can email it to you email us directly catrescue.chch@gmail.com
Nearly Christmas and some of you will be wondering what we are up to. We currently have 25 cats in our home-like shelter areas which operate as communities. We find that originally unsocial cats are by nature very cat-oriented, which means they get on well together even after being socialised. When busy with work we make placements via word of mouth rather than advertising, which reduces stress for both us and the cats. This year we have also lent people selective trapping equipment - which makes a big difference for complex trapping scenarios - and we have mentored when people want to rescue unsocial cats. If we have space we bring new cats into the shelter, and today we introduce Patches.
Patches was being supported by a kind lady who has previously adopted from us and is being a wonderful Mum to Milly. About 6 weeks ago Patches was beaten up and was not looking well, so we helped to trap him. After sedation Patches was found to have a fever and bite wounds. He was treated and had areas of long matted fur shaved, after which we transferred him to a large crate in our isolation area (the prep room of our geology business). He was desexed 10 days later, when he was in better health, and while he was at the vet Jane made him a double height crate with mezzanine. His main litter tray was on the ground floor and he just sat in the little one on the mezzanine. As you can see in the youtube video https://youtu.be/5prKER3pDc4 Patches was happy to be in a safe place but he made sure we remembered he was armed by hissing and striking whenever a hand approached bearing food bowls!
The urine of most toms has a distinctive odour which can upset other cats. Once Patches was desexed his wees toned down over a few weeks and he then moved into the office where he can closely watch other cats showing affectionate behaviour. Once he has been in the office two weeks we will open his crate door and he will join the community. It will be quite a while before he is prepared to be touched by people. Yesterday Lyra and Bridie, who are cathedral cats, returned from a trial placement. They had done well but the placement did not proceed because the already-resident cat was slow to adjust and the lady of the house is having a very rough patch healthwise. Lyra always purrs up a storm at suppertime and we heard a very strange wheezy noise emerging from Patches’ crate. This was his first attempt at a purr and is a very good sign. We find many unsocial males can’t purr properly when they first arrive, but they love to hear other cats purring and eventually manage it themselves. Although it’s a shame Lyra and Bridie could not stay at their placement Lyra will help Patches learn social behaviour, and from that point of view her return is timely.
A day in the life of new boy Patches
Let’s change the narrative about feral or unsocial cats from the perception that they are worthless pests to the fact that they are amazingly adaptible and are worth saving. Red Zone Cats is one of the rescue organisations in New Zealand that has had a great deal of success in socialising unsocial cats who have become much loved and valued pets.
Panther’s story:
Back in May a local family asked advice about a homeless kitten living under a building at their daughter’s primary school. Milla was very keen to rescue the kitten and her parents Liz and Stu were supportive. We recommended they borrow a large crate and we lent them a trap and pod. During the few weeks after he was trapped it became clear that Panther was an entire male, a teenager at least 6 months old, very bright and healthy, but unsocial. Liz and Stu took Panther to the vet for sedation and a health check, including a SNAP test for feline aids and feline leukemia (negative for both), and desexing. They had advertised Panther already and although noone recognised or claimed him Tracey and her son Liam expressed interest in adopting him. Their elderly cat Minnie had passed away earlier in the year.
Although Panther became quite friendly towards Liz, Milla and her younger brother Jonty, and sometimes allowed them to touch him briefly, he could not be safely handled. Consequently he came to us for a few weeks intensive socialisation. He had a crate in our main office space where siblings Weazle and Teazle are currently also housed. At first Panther was very shy of both people and cats and when out of his crate his territory was a very small space behind some boxes, where he played happily by himself with a ball. After a few days he became more confident with Weazle and Teazle and was soon sharing their large bed for several hours each day. He also had daily sessions of human interaction in his crate, with singing and play. These sessions ended with a food treat and we would briefly touch Panther “accidentally on purpose” to get him used to contact. He responded aggressively to this touching, but each day we would challenge him a little more, initially wearing a pair of medium-weight gloves for protection.
The socialising sessions lengthened to about 8 minutes, and an edited video of one session is on youtube at https://youtu.be/W2oLUd4Ye0E. By this time we had removed the gloves. In the video you can see Panther hiss and strike, but he gradually relaxes and begins to enjoy being stroked. This was the last time that Panther attacked, and within another few days he was welcoming being stroked and brushed. He has a great purr! Panther also learned to be picked up, which he doesn’t like, but will tolerate for brief periods especially if rewarded with food. Tracey and Liam visited Panther several times, as did Milla and Liz.
We took Panther on 3 visits to Tracey and Liam’s home, which wasn’t far to go. By the third visit Panther was confident enough to leave his carry box, and last Sunday he moved permanently to his new home. He still has a crate, located in the family area, but comes out for long periods to play. Tracey has a very gentle bichon frise dog who allows Panther to sniff him, so that is going well. Panther’s socialisation with people is ongoing and he tends to be skittish when approached on the floor, or when it is time to go back in the crate. Tracey has excellent judgement and avoids reinforcing negative behaviours, while rewarding social behaviours. She thinks everything through and plans effective strategies. After just a week it is clear that Panther is going to do very well.