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Kitten Palooza Online Adoption Event banner features confetti and, on the left logos from CAT, Petco Foundation, and Purina. On the right side are four images of kittens in a white circle.

Cat Adoption Team’s Kitten Palooza goes virtual

SHERWOOD, OR (June 17, 2020) – The Cat Adoption Team (CAT) is moving its popular Kitten Palooza adoption event online this year. Despite the pandemic,

CAT Stands Against Racism

Racism has no place in a just, loving world. The recent killing of George Floyd and senseless acts of violence against many other Black Americans,

A tabby cat with ears pulled back is standing on wet ground and looking up toward the camera.

What To Do If You Find a Cat During COVID-19

A month ago, it might have seemed like the best thing you could do for a found cat was to take it to a shelter.

CAT’s new “online adoption” system

**UPDATE—As of March 2022, CAT has updated our adoption process to allow for in-person adoptions for some cats. Please visit our How to Adopt page

Six people kneel and one person lounges on the ground in front of a white banner advertising the Spayathon for Puerto Rico.

CAT CVT Receives Grant to Participate In the Spayathon for Puerto Rico

CAT is tremendously proud of staff member Meg McLinden, CVT. In February, she spent a week in San Juan helping hundreds of needy animals as

CAT’s Response to COVID-19

The impacts of COVID-19 are affecting each of us. At CAT, we believe in the power of positivity and collaboration when faced with adversity. And

Below the text Help Us Earn a $10,000 Grant, Post Your #ShelterValentine are four images of pets. From left, a woman sits ouside in the leaves with a dog, a gray cat wearing a gray bowtie, a white pittie in the snow, and two people stand outside each holding a chihuahua.

Post a #ShelterValentine and Help Us Earn $10,000!

The Petco Foundation is asking adopters to send love to shelter pets and your valentine can help us win big! Post a #ShelterValentine from Feb.

A cat named Oswald lounges suggestively on a child-sized park bench.

CAT Resident Gets The Photoshop Treatment

Many of you know Oswold. You’ve either met him at Cat Adoption Team’s Sherwood shelter or seen pictures of him on our social media pages.

Cat Adoption Team Receives $57,000 Grant to Help Adopt Homeless Cats

January 14, 2020 — Sherwood, OR – Cat Adoption Team (CAT) has received a $57,000 grant from PetSmart Charities® to support activities related to preparing

You Raised $50K For cats — Thank you!

We are excited to share that the CAT family generously donated just over $50,000 in the 2019 Willamette Week’s Give!Guide. From Nov. 1 to Dec.

An interior shot of Purrington's Cat Lounge shows colorful seating, lots of windows, and of course, a few cats in the room.

Meet the People: Garrett Simpson & Helen Harris

New owners of Purringtons Cat Lounge call it a “dream come true”

CAT Celebrates 50,000th Adoption

(November 22, 2019) — A two-year-old calico cat named Slinky is the milestone 50,000th cat adopted from Cat Adoption Team (CAT). Slinky went home with