Improving the welfare of cats & dogs in Kingston and the surrounding areas
Welcome to Spay Neuter Kingston Initiative (SNKI)’s microchip clinic registration form. Date: The 2020 microchip clinic was cancelled due to COVID19. We are working behind the scenes to host a microchip clinic in Spring or Summer of 2022. Location: TBA It’s here! Our next microchip clinic will be rescheduled due to […]
We are excited to congratulate 26 SNKI Alumni! These amazing kitties found their FURever homes and we couldn’t be more excited! We had a special pair who had a large following, Mr. Ash & Rip who would have been with us nearly one year, find that PURRfect family! It was a great way to end […]
Luna was found outside by one of our newer colony caretakers; she was extremely pregnant and needed to be indoors ASAP. With the quick work of the caretaker, Luna came indoors and not long later she birthday FIVE beautiful kittens who are polydactyl! She is now referred to as Mama Luna and her moon crew, […]
Colony food delivery…Spreading some “colony cheer”! Teenie weenie, an especially friendly colony kitty, approves! Thank you as always to our generous supporters and community members who make these food deliveries possible!
Our colony caretakers were hard at work trapping. These beautiful kittens are now safe inside and will be spayed/neutered and forever homes found! The feral mama has also been caught, spayed and will no longer have babies. We refer to these kittens as the Flintstone crew, having been named by draw from our social media […]
Meet Bella and her four kittens; Bella, a very scared, feral mom that was trapped and allowed her colony caretaker to assist with helping with her babies. Bella cared for her kittens so well, but sadly, she was just too feral. Our cat whispers tried their best, but sometimes it happens and they were unable […]
Spay Neuter Kingston Initiative (SNKI) started our TNVR program with the Bath Institution Colony. We were interviewed by the Modern Cat Magazine, who wrote a beautiful piece about the story and life changing interactions the inmates have with their colony cats. *Names were changed to protect identities. The Bath colony cats are well loved and […]
We are beyond excited to share that Mama Toots has been adopted! This may come as a bit of a surprise as she wasn’t up for adoption, but when Tootsie’s foster mom asked to become her forever mom we couldn’t say yes fast enough. Meagan, who took Tootsie in last year, initially wasn’t even able […]
As the pandemic continued, we were still hard at work supporting and caring for our managed feral colonies and the new arrivals and many kittens! 2021 was a difficult year, but we persevered and our work continued; here is an overview of the animals we helped: # of Cats Fixed: 44 # of Cats/Kittens Adopted: […]
We are so excited to share that in 2021 we had SOO many kitties go to their furrever homes… a total of 61 adoptions! Congratulations to all of the families who have grown by 4 little paws (or 8 in some cases!) A very warm congratulations to: Parmesan; Dill; Basil; Piper; Peppa; Rosemary; Charlie; Penne; […]
In 2010, SNKI started the TNVR (trap/neuter/vaccinate/return) program with the Bath Institution Feral Cat Colony as the first colony. SNKI stepped in to help as these cats were slated to be euthanized; due to a successful and intense media campaign, this colony was saved! The colony was stabilized, all cats spayed/neutered and continues to be […]
