It’s National Cat Day! And the best way to celebrate is to provide a loving, lifelong home to a homeless cat. 

Plus you’d be helping combat the cat homelessness and euthanasia crisis in America. In the first half of 2025, an estimated 1.4 million cats entered shelters and rescues nationwide, according to Shelter Animals Count. Stray cats continue to make up the majority of intakes at 59%. Owner surrenders have increased slightly to 31%, while countless other stray cats remain abandoned outdoors.

Once you adopt a cat, please let Friends of Animals help with getting them spayed or neutered. FoA’s unique, affordable nationwide spay/neuter program for cats and dogs is comprised of a network of approximately 500 cooperating veterinarians.

Our program is more critical than ever—as more veterinary practices are bought up by large corporations, skyrocketing prices are putting breeding control surgeries out of reach for many cats and dogs across the country. There’s no debate that spaying and neutering prevents unwanted litters and subsequent animal suffering.

If adoption isn’t possible today, Friends of Animals offers donors the opportunity to underwrite the cost of an affordable spay/neuter certificate by donating one, which will then be distributed to a needy individual or rescue group at Friends of Animals’ discretion. Click here to donate a certificate.

To purchase one of our affordable certificates to spay or neuter a cat or dog, call our hotline: 1-800-321-PETS.