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
   • if you are picking up shelters at Animal Alliance please provide proof to them of your etransfer or PayPal transfer

HOW:  Fill in the following request form (click here)

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

WHEN/WHERE:  Options for pick up:

1.    Animal Alliance offices

How:  Call Lia at 416 462-9541 ext 24 to confirm their hours and that they have enough shelters in stock.

Where:  221 Broadview Ave (on the East side, south of Dundas, Suite 101)

When:  Mon – Fri during their office hours

2.   The following Wednesdays:

Apr 24:  7 – 9pm
May 15: 7 – 9pm
Jun 26:  7 – 9pm

**Summer dates TBA**

Where:  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 to the Toronto Humane Society.

3.  By appointment during the week:

Email torontostreetcats@gmail.com and we will 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
2. 1. • Please empty the shelter as best you can before bringing it to us
3. 1. • Trade in’s not possible when picking up shelters from Animal Alliance
        ***The plastic tote must be structurally sound**
        

STRAW:  

1. 1. • Available for FREE at any of the above listed dates 
2. 1. • All we ask is you bring your own bag! 
3. 1. • Straw not available at Animal Alliance
        

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.  
2. 1. • $15 each (cash only).  
3. 1. • A limited supply is available.  
4. 1. • 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