Fieldhaven Feline Center

MISSION STATEMENT: ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE EVERY CAT HAS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

FIELDHAVEN CONTINUES TO SUCCESSFULLY PLACE CATS INTO ADOPTED HOMES, AND TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS IN NEED. IN 2023, FIELDHAVEN HAD 1,004 INTAKES AND FOUND HOMES FOR 800 CATS. 76% WERE KITTENS, 21% WERE ADULTS AND 3% WERE RODENT RANGERS (BARN CATS). AT THE END OF 2023, THERE WERE 37 CATS WHO ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS AS CAMP JOE WILIE SANCTUARY CATS OR IN THE LOVING ARMS OF FOSPICE CARE. THERE WERE 484 VOLUNTEERS WHO SPENT 26,398 HOURS VOLUNTEERING AT THE 3 LOCATIONS AND 189 FOSTER HOMES THAT CARED FOR 892 KITTIES IN 2023.KITTEN SITTERS. THE KITTEN SITTER PROGRAM HELPED 1401 KITTENS STAY OUT OF THE SHELTER AND GAIN ACCESS TO CARE THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED. THE PROGRAM IDENTIFIES SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR KITTENS WITHIN COMMUNITIES BY ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO OFFER THEM A SAFE PLACE, WHILE OFFERING GUIDANCE ON FINDING LOVING NEW FAMILIES WHEN THEY ARE READY.C.A.T. - COMMUNITY/CAT ASSISTANCE TEAM: THE CAT PROGRAM IS A HELP DESK MANAGED BY 15 VOLUNTEERS WHO HANDLED AN AVERAGE OF 375 CASES PER MONTH. TOPICS INCLUDE BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL FUND-RAISING, ADOPTIONS, COMMUNITY CATS, AND ANYTHING ELSE "CAT!"MAUI FIRE CATS: FIELDHAVEN SPENT 75 DAYS ON MAUI WORKING DILIGENTLY TO COORDINATE THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY OF CATS FROM THE LAHAINA FIRE. FROM EARLY SEPTEMBER TO MID-NOVEMBER 2023, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOY SMITH AND TNR PROGRAM MANAGER JEN PAUL PARTNERED WITH MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY, NEIGHBORHOOD CATS, AND UC DAVIS KORET SHELTER MEDICINE TO LEAD RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS.DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MISSION, WE SPENT NIGHTS IN THE FIRE ZONE, ASSESSING THE POPULATION OF CATS, DETERMINING THEIR LOCATIONS, AND SETTING UP FEEDING STATIONS TO NOURISH THE CATS UNTIL THEY COULD BE RESCUED. WE ALSO DID SOME INITIAL TRAPPING BEFORE MOVING ONTO TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR MISSION.WE COORDINATED THE SETUP OF THE MHS ANNEX RECOVERY CENTER TO HOUSE AND RECOVER FIRE AFTER THEY WERE RESCUED IN THE FIRE ZONE. USING THE EXPERIENCE WE HAVE WITH FIRE CATS, WE IMPLEMENTED FIELDHAVENS BEST PRACTICES FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF RESCUED FIRE CATS.THE FINAL COUNT OF CATS BEING RESCUED FROM THE FIRE ZONE WILL BE NORTH OF 500. AT THE WRITING OF THIS, TRAPPING IS STILL IN PROGRESS. DURING OUR TIME ON MAUI, WE CARED FOR OVER 200 CATS IN RECOVERY. LOCAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WERE TRAINED BY JEN AND JOY, LEAVING THE ONGOING RECOVERY PROCESS IN GOOD HANDS AND HEARTS. FORMER FIELDHAVEN STAFF MEMBER JEANIE SCHUMACHER IS STILL PART OF THE MISSION, COORDINATING REUNIFICATION EFFORTS.

SNAP (SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) ASSISTED WITH SPAY/NEUTER OF COMMUNITY CATS. 3765 CATS CAME THROUGH THE HATHAWAY/SPAY NEUTER CLINIC. 47% WERE COMMUNITY CATS, 28.2% WERE OWNED, 17.1% WERE FIELDHAVEN CATS, AND 7.4% CAME FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

FIELDHAVEN FELINE CENTER CONTINUED OPERATING THE FIELDHAVEN MARKETPLACE (THRIFT STORE OPENED IN 2013) WHICH PROVIDED FURTHER SUPPORT TO THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS.