Take A National Feral Cat Day Action
On October 16, take an action in your community that helps cats. Then, tell the world about it! By taking a National Feral Cat Day Action, you make a true difference for cats and kittens in your community and inspire others to join you.
National Feral Cat Day is the action component of Global Cat Day! Learn more.
PLAN your National Feral Cat Day Action to take place on or around October 16. Find ideas on this page or come up with your own!
INSPIRE friends, family, neighbors, and other community members to join you in your National Feral Cat Day Action, or plan their own.
POST your National Feral Cat Day Action on social media with a description and photos. Use #GlobalCatDay, #NationalFeralCatDay, and #CatsAreCommunity. Tag @alleycatallies on social media so we can see your action!
Ideas for National Feral Cat Day Action:
- Do Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for community cats. Find TNR step-by-step guidelines
- Hold a low or no-cost spay and neuter, vaccination, or microchip clinic
- Donate to Alley Cat Allies
- Build outdoor cat shelters or feeding stations (we have some blueprints here!)
- Hand out educational materials to your community (You can find all of Alley Cat Allies’ educational materials here)
- Set up a cat information booth or table with educational materials
- Contact your local officials and ask them to support cat-friendly policies (Our Advocacy Toolkit has guidance)
- Write a letter to the editor or blog post calling for compassion and lifesaving laws for cats
- Donate cat food to an animal food bank or hold your own cat food and supply drive
- Hold a community workshop to educate people about cats (Alley Cat Allies’ webinars are here to help!)
- Volunteer to help cats and kittens
- Organize a marathon or Walk-A-Thon to benefit cats
The History of National Feral Cat Day
Alley Cat Allies created National Feral Cat Day in 2001 as a call to action to raise awareness about community cats (also called feral or stray cats), promote Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and empower the millions of compassionate people around the United States and the world who care about cats and kittens to drive change on their behalf.
Today, decades later, National Feral Cat Day is joined with Global Cat Day to to protect and improve cats’ lives on a grand scale AND on the ground in every community.
