Island Cats

Summer Feeding Tips

For hot summer days, put out extra bowls of water near feeding stations, and place them in shaded, cool places.

Joke of the Month

What do cats use to make coffee?
A purrcolator!

The Roosevelt Island Princess YinYang Project

The Roosevelt Island Princess YinYang Project (RIPYY) was formed in 2005 to help cats abandoned on Roosevelt Island find homes or live in managed Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) colonies on the Island. More about the RIPYY project »

Adopt a Cat

Cats offered here for adoption have tested negative for FIV and FLV and live in foster homes on the Island. They come with a lifetime return guarantee. If you are interested in these cats or in signing up for other adoptable cats or kittens, please get in touch with us at (212) 593-1054 or contact@islandcats.org. More about cat adoption »

Contribute

We welcome suggestions for this website and group. We also welcome names and phone numbers of Roosevelt Islanders who are interested in adopting Island cats, volunteering, or fostering a cat. We are also always in need of Styrofoam steak boxes for winter cat shelters. Dumping cats is not a solution. We can try to help you find affordable neutering. We will also try to answer questions left by telephone at (212) 593-1054 or via email at contact@islandcats.org. And information is available from the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals at http://www.animalalliancenyc.org.


Roosevelt Island stray cats


Recent Announcements

  • Hang out with us on Saturday, June 26! Come hang out with us on Saturday, June 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Farmers’ Market. We’ll be there with a model of Island Cats’ groundbreaking new permanent outdoor feral shelter, scheduled to be completed, with the kind permission of RIOC, in early fall this year. We may bring some cats for adoption.  And affordable Island Cats mugs and magnets, designed by Island children, will be for sale along with the cat item of the month.  See you there!
    Posted Jun 22, 2010 4:39 AM by Lorena Fortuna
  • The Ravenswood Project urgently needs your help. We always hope you’ll think first of Island Cats for your feline-rescue giving. But now there is a greater need for help – money, food and public support – to help the SaveKitty Foundation save endangered homeless cats at Ravenswood, just across the Roosevelt Island bridge.   The Foundation was asked about a year ago by the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals to help with the cats, many of whom were dying in suddenly sealed-up crawl spaces. SaveKitty, a Queens rescue group, has been working hard ever since to convince various authorities that the problem could best be solved, at no cost in time or money to the City or the Ravenswood project, by the national Trap-Neuter ...
    Posted Jun 22, 2010 4:38 AM by Lorena Fortuna
  • Children’s Cat Art Island Cats is selling mugs ($10) and magnets ($2) with cats drawn by the Island’s children in a competition last December. Also depicted is Princess YinYang, the beloved Island stray. You can buy merchandise at our table at the Farmers’ Market or order by phone or email.  
    Posted May 20, 2010 6:43 PM by Lorena Fortuna
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