How You Can Help

Inside Montenegro

 

Whether you live in Montenegro or are there on vacation, there are things you can do to help the Kotor Kitties cause.

Trapping Cats

Before a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) exercise, you can hand out leaflets, which state your intentions and request the cats not be fed, to residents in the area.

There is a constant need to trap cats for sterilization, transport them to the vet for their operation, and then return them to where they were trapped.

Cat traps are held in various locations around Montenegro. Contact us here to find out where they are nearest to your own location.

It is not as difficult to trap cats as it might seem at first. You just need to be patient. The traps are absolutely safe and non-traumatic for the animal. As soon as the trap is closed, you need to cover it with a sheet or large towel to keep the cat calm.

We recommend that you watch YouTube videos by “The Kitten Lady” before you trap cats and see our section on trapping cats here. More TNR resources, including the TNR Manual from Neighborhood Cats, is available on our Resources page.

Volunteer Yulia Ermakova shares her Trap-Neuter-Release experience while on vacation in Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Yulia’s Experience

Foster Care

Foster care may include caring for a cat that has been under veterinary care and cannot yet look after itself out on the streets.

  • This could be for a few days, weeks, or months.
  • Kotor Kitties can cover the cost of food, litter, and medicine for these cats if you need assistance.
  • All expenses would be reimbursed by the adopter.

Foster care is also needed by people who wish to adopt an animal but live in another country.

  • This can be a paid placement for 3-4 months.
  • You will be required to transport the cat to the vet for its vaccinations and care for it for the length of the foster care.
  • You may also be required to take the cat to the airport for its onward journey.

All expenses would be reimbursed by the adopter.

If you would like to be added to the list of foster carers in Montenegro, please contact us here.

Volunteer Sasha Kalinovskaia shares her experience with fostering kittens.

Sasha’s Experience

Transportation

There is constant need to transport cats and medicines from area to area. This is usually ad-hoc, and not predictable. It could be a cat going to a new home, or taking medicine to a feeder. This is a variable job and one that can be rewarding. Contact us here if you would like to be added to our list. 

Donation Canisters

There may be Kotor Kitties donation canisters in shops and restaurants. You would have responsibility for collecting and counting the money from regular locations (note that this will require two people and two signatures, but one could be a shop employee) and delivering the money to our partner vets at regular intervals. This is not a very time-consuming job, yet it would be very valuable and appreciated.

Contact us here if you are interested.

Can You Take Pictures?

There may be a need to document a vet’s work, or  to photograph a cat that needs help or a colony that needs sterilization. You never know, your photo could also appear in our charity calendar!

Write a Letter

Do your talents include writing? If so, we welcome anyone that can write to their local and national politicians setting out the cause and solutions for abandoned animals. There are letter templates here, but your own words are very powerful. 

Speak up

Whether you live in Montenegro year-round or are visiting on holiday, you can be a voice for Montenegro’s community animals! Talk to your neighbor calmly about our sterilization program; talk to your apartment manager or Airbnb host about setting up a clean and attractive feeding station for the neighborhood stray; make an appointment with the mayor to encourage them to sponsor a “Spay Day” for pets, or to issue a proclamation for World Spay Day. Maybe you can get an appointment with your country’s ambassador to talk to them about doing more to pressure the Montenegrin government to invest in sterilization and to prosecute abandonment, poisoning, and other acts of cruelty.