Icra News

It being Holiday time, we thought we’d share a heart-warming adoption story. Louie was a painfully shy, older kitten, who hid under his blanket at Petco and was more interested in the other kitties in his foster home, so we weren’t optimistic about his adoption prospects. But sometimes those perfect adopters materialize and are willing […]

On the eve of Thanksgiving, our volunteer Debbie fed the cats near her work, and on her way home, drove by the back of a local shelter. There was a lone box sitting by the back door. It was 6:10pm and the shelter had closed at 5:30pm. She continued driving, but then thought better of

ICRA is grateful to the Yahoo Employee Foundation for the recent award of a $10,000 Impact Grant to support our spay/neuter activities. This grant will defray the costs of spay/neuter surgery for 200 unowned cats in the East Bay. That’s a whole lot of litters prevented! ICRA funds spay/neuter surgery for over 1,000 community cats

Henry was not feeling so hot when we pulled him off the streets in late August. In fact, he might not have made it if we had found him a few days later. He was filthy, anemic from a severe flea infestation, had an abscess draining from his cheek, and a mouth full of painfully

Blossom the blind kitten finally had surgery this week to remove her ruptured eyes. The first day or so of recovery was tough, but she has adjusted well to the e-collar, and she gets breaks from it as long as she doesn’t rub her eyes. Blossom is a wonderful, people-oriented kitten, and she was happy

We are beyond ecstatic about 11-year-old Seal’s adoption, which happened on Thursday. His new mom, Rowena, sent this photo last night with the following note: “I am not good with selfies but thought you might be amused to know that Seal has decided to sleep and cuddle with me.” If you don’t know Seal, you

Our volunteer Ellen heard about a kitten trapped in a pipe and crying for help. For nearly two weeks, she went through a yard, over a fence, and through some brush to check on her, lowering food into the pipe, listening for the kitten, and trying to get her out. She wasn’t hearing anything, and

Blossom was born with a congenital defect called eyelid agenesis, where the eyelids don’t form properly. If caught in time, the defect can be repaired through surgery (Alyssa and Cress are great examples). Unfortunately, Blossom was out on her own, and her eyes dried out where the eyelids didn’t cover. The friction led to corneal

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