Surrenders

Toronto Cat Rescue receives many daily inquiries from owners asking us to take in their family pets, which for various reasons they no longer are able to keep. As a foster home based organization, our priority is helping cats that are struggling physically and emotionally in shelters. Due to the overwhelming number of cats surrendered to shelters each year, our foster homes are always full. In an effort to reduce the number of cats entering our city shelters, TCR has developed two programs to assist struggling pet owners.

Behaviour Counseling Helpline

If your adopted TCR cat is having behaviour issues that are making it difficult to keep them, Toronto Cat Rescue volunteers can assist. By providing individual counselling and guidance, our specially trained Behaviour Counselors are here to help you work with your cat on resolving the problem behaviour. Please complete this form with as much information as possible so that one of our volunteers can assist you.

Pet Retention Program ­

If you need to return your TCR adopted cat, please fill in the following form with details on why you need to return them.

Emergency Surrender

In dire circumstances, such as housing and food insecurity for the owner, and depending on foster space, we will sometimes assist with owner surrenders. Foster space is very limited in this program, therefore, we can only help in extenuating circumstances, and when all other efforts to re-home the cat have been exhausted.

This would be due to extenuating circumstances, and when all other efforts to rehome the cat have been exhausted.

Please fill out this form if your situation falls under this category. Kindly note that we will triage all applications and only those who qualify will be contacted.