How We Got Started

Turning sadness into action.

Our founder Brenda used to walk the trail along the river and pass by about eighty cats at the fairgrounds.

Each day the nagging feeling in her heart grew stronger.

Something needed to be done.

She founded the Friends of Forgotten Felines.

The cats Brenda committed to helping under the care of Friends of Forgotten Felines were spayed and neutered and many were adopted out.

We are strictly a volunteer-run organization. Our volunteers help us fundraise and are wonderful advocates for all feline friends. We rely soley on donations and grants to continue our critical work of providing low cost spay and neuter services to the Mid-Ohio Valley. In addition, our volunteers feed our colony cats twice a day, assist with veterinary after-care and host our low cost spay and neuter clinics to the community to further reduce the area's pet population.

We are always looking to gain volunteers and would love to get our mission out to as many people as possible. For more information on how you can help make a difference for the cats, visit our Sponsor and Donate tabs!

What We Do

Do we feed the cats at the fairgrounds? Yes.

But we do so much more than that!

For the last several years, Friends of Forgotten Feline has made dozens of trips to the Fix 'Em Clinic in Charleston, WV. With their help we are able to spay and neuter not only our cats, but cats from the community as well. We cover all the costs for every operation. Most people are unaware of just how hard we work to keep our cat colonies healthy and manageable.

It is a sad truth that people dump pets every day. When we notice a new cat at the fairgrounds we use the TNR method (Trap, Neuter, Release). By trapping the new cats we ensure the safety and health of our existing colonies, plus the safety and health of the new cats. New members are not always welcomed with open arms by the current colonies. Most cats that are dumped have usually been domesticated, which can make adjusting to living in the wild very difficult. The TNR method allows us to prevent the spread of any possible diseases and make sure the population does not increase. Instead of releasing the dumped cats back to the fairgrounds, we always try to find them a loving home. A cat that has been domesticated should always remain so, for it's own health and safety.

Friends of Forgotten Feline is dedicated to continuing this work in order to keep all of our cats, the cats in the community, and the community itself as safe as possible.