Our Mission
The Cal Poly Cat Program's mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment for sanctuary, surrendered, stray, and rehabilitated feral cats and kittens whilst they wait for new loving homes.
Through our on-going Trap, Neuter, and Release program, we responsibly and responsively maintain the feral cat population in San Luis Obispo.
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About us
The Cal Poly Cat Program is a non-profit 501(c)(3) cat rescue and sanctuary run by students, staff, and community members who care about the health and happiness of feral and domesticated cats.
The program was started in 1992 as a senior project by Garret Quindimil to solve the problem of a rising cat population at Cal Poly. Feral cats were trapped as an attempt to decrease the cat population, yet it did not alleviate the problem.
The solution to this problem was modeled on the "Trap, Test, Vaccinate, Medicate, Alter, and Release" (TTVMAR) technique, developed by the National Feral Cat Resource Center.
A second senior project resulted in an adoption program where students domesticated feral cats and found good homes for them.
Our adoption program has placed more than 3,000 cats and kittens into caring homes. We continue to work with other agencies to reach a time when there are no more homeless cats.
