VOLUNTEER:  Click here to join our shelter building workshops

OUR SHELTERS

SIZE (approx):  

• W=1′  x   L=1’9″  x  H=1′ 3″ – Appropriate for 1 (possibly 2) cat
  

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SHIP THEM

COST:  $15 per shelter OR $10 per shelter when you buy 5 or more shelters

OPTIONS TO PAY:

1. When you pick up the shelter 
   • Cash 
   • Cheque made payable to “Toronto Street Cats” 
2. In advance (please include a note that it’s for the purchase of a shelter)
   • etransfer to tnrths@gmail.com
   • PayPal to sheltersfortorontostreetcats@gmail.com

HOW:  Click here to place your request

• the request does not reserve the shelter
• the request is only to assist us in tracking

WHEN/WHERE:  Options for pick up:

1.  The following Wednesdays:
Feb 20:  7 – 9pm
Mar 13: 7 – 9pm

**Future dates will be added later**

The lobby of the public spay/neuter clinic of the Toronto Humane Society (11 River Street, Toronto at the NE corner of River and Queen St E.).  The entrance to the clinic is a bright green door located on the north side of the building near the back (the entrance is to the left of the garage doors at the top of the loading dock)

Click here for a map of the Toronto Humane Society.

2.  By appointment during the week:

Email torontostreetcats@gmail.com and we will make our best efforts to find a mutually agreeable date/time to meet at the Toronto Humane Society (see address above), where we keep our shelters. 

TRADE IN’s:  

1. 1. • Bring in a used shelter and get a new one for $5
      • Please empty the shelter as best you can before bringing it to us
        ***The plastic tote must be structurally sound**
        

STRAW:  

1. 1. • Available for FREE at any of the above listed dates
      • All we ask is you bring your own bag! 
        

TIPS WHERE/HOW TO PLACE CAT SHELTERS:  

1. 1. • Click here for some simple tips for how to maintain your cat shelter (ie where to place it, how to entice cats into it, how to improve the environment around the shelter to keep the cats etc)
        

OTHER RESOURCES FOR FERAL CAT SHELTERS:

OSPCA NEWMARKET:  

1. 1. • Shelters are made each fall by their volunteers.  
      • $15 each (cash only).  
      • A limited supply is available.  
      • To arrange to pick up a shelter(s) contact Monica Seto, Manager, Shelter Health & Wellness:

Phone:  1-888-668-7722 or 905-898-7122, Ext. 383
Email: mseto@ospca.on.ca

Watch their youtube video showing how they make their shelters (it’s very easy – you can do it too at very little cost!)

 

The following Saturdays:

Feb   9 > 10am – 2pm

**More dates may be added if demand requires**

The garage of the Toronto Humane Society (11 River Street, Toronto at the NE corner of River and Queen St E.).

Click here for a map of the location.

To get to the garage:

From the lobby take either the stairs or elevator (both are located on the left when you enter the lobby) to the basement. When you enter the basement veer left and follow the signs to the garage entrance

OR

At the back of the building, enter the “caged” door to the right of the garage door