Feline Friends Network

I love this group and we support them every year. The Feline Friends Network helped pioneer the current Trap-​Neuter-​Release method in the 1980s that brought down the number of unwanted cats at Stanford (from 1500 to only 85 cats). Feline Friends just recently helped us find a foster group (Itty Bitty Orphan Kitty Rescue) for kitten that was trapped inside a maintenance truck at a Hewlett Packard campus. They are exceptional people.

I read the review by Francine S. and felt the need to defend the Stanford Cat Network. I volunteered there for over a year — and nothing like this ever happened.
The cats that SCN adopts are foundlings, usually the babies of feral cats on campus, or cats abandoned by students on campus. There are a few exceptions. (For example, one cat was found at the Palo Alto train station, abandoned in a carrier with a note. Another was surrendered by a man with cancer.)
SCN does NOT offer cat-​sitting. They used to board their cats at an animal hospital in Palo Alto, and the Vet rented out space for ordinary people to board their pets, but other than that SCN has no connection with cat sitting. SCN has since lost funding and can no longer board cats there.
It is a completely non-​profit organization, subsiding on a pittance of donations. Most of the people involved spend their own money on the cat’s well being. The cost of adopting a cat through SCN covers ONLY vaccinations. Boarding, food, and veterinary care are all paid through donations. Which is why boarding has been cut back on recently.
Never in my experience has SCN done anything not on the level, and I believe the situation Francine refers to must be some sort of mistake.
I am a student, and the only reason I felt compelled to respond to this review is the fact that I worked with this organization, and I thought very highly of it, and all the people associated with it.

I adopted a cat from the Stanford Cat Network (now Feline Friends Network) in 2001.
My experience adopting a cat from the Network was wonderful. I adopted a formerly-​feral cat who was found on the campus with her three tiny kittens — they had already found homes for her kittens. She started out very shy but she is now the sweetest, most loving cat around — you would never know she started out life feral. She came spayed, microchipped, de-​wormed and de-​fleaed and up to date on all her shots.
As a 501©(3) nonprofit, the Feline Friends Network’s financial information is available at Guidestar and all donations are tax deductible. The Network depends on donations to pay for food and vet care for the campus cats, spay/​neutering and vaccinations and the most expensive part is paying for food and vet care and sometimes boarding of adoptable cats. They are also a no-​kill rescue, which means that they keep cats and kittens as long as necessary to find them a home, there are no cats or kittens killed because they are «unadoptable» or sick.

I wanted to share what has happened to me and my family recently,
about an «NON-​profit» organization, who steals your pet, and sells them behind the owners back.
The «Stanford Cat Network «…they don’t notify the owners prior to carring out their plans… they call their selves «non-​profit «, they only can make money through adoptions…
they sold my cats without contacting me, my cats were not homeless nor abandon… they agreed to“Cat-sit «long term. just discovered they sold «adopted”-out my pets
for $ 200.00…THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THIS! THEY WANTED TO MAKE MONEY
AND PUT UP A FRONT TO CARE FOR YOUR PETS… WITH VOLUNTEERS…
They stole my cats, from me to sell them to make a profit for their «non-​profit» organization!
My cats were both female Tonkinese. I just wanted to expose them for what they really are!
Beware of this organization! They offer free volunteer «Cat sitting», But watch out, They claim they are «non-​profit» but. They stole my cats and sold them for $ 100 each… My family and I were fire victims of may 2008, and needed long term «cat-​sitting» we offered some money, but it was turned down. The «volunteer», put our cats in danger, one was severely injured and we were not notified. The Catnetwork is ignoring us on all accounts, The volunteer completely stopped returning all of our phone calls, when we wanted to get our cats back from her, we
found out through the CATnetwork that they had sold our cats through
adoption, our three children are devastated. as a family we miss our
cats and want them back. you «CAN NOT TRUST CATNETWORK!»
BEWARE!
WE are now Seeking Legal help. and reporting this to the police,
and Stanford university.
Please Help us, to get our cats back.
by e-​mailing this matter to the » Stanford CAT NETWORK»
cats names are «XENA and Sabrina».
Thanks,
F.S. and kids.

I adopted my precious kitty, Rex, through the Stanford Cat Network. This non-​profit provides althernatives to euthanasia for homeless cats by vaccinating, spaying/​neutering, and feeding unsocialized cats and adopting out tame kitties. I had a great experience throughout the adoption process. After looking at an online adoption gallery, I fell in love with Rex, filled out an online application, was contacted right away, and arranged a visit to meet Rex. They are careful to make sure cats go to good homes, to people who do not declaw, etc. They delivered Rex to my home, probably to make sure I didn’t live in some crazy, dirty, cat-​lady home, and he came with all vaccinations, spay/​neuter? (i always forget which is for boys) records, a new bag of his food, a collar, toys, a cardboard scratcher, and a cat care guide. The fee was very reasonable. All worth it for my furry bundle of joy.