Happy Strays Rescue
Happy Strays Rescue is a not for profit rescue organization that cares for stray, abandoned and orphaned cats and kittens. All of our cats are attended to medically; each is spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and tested for FeLv/FIV. We then begin the search for loving and permanent indoor only homes.
FEATURED CAT OF THE MONTH: SUMMER KITTENS
Is your home ready for some kitten excitement? It is that time of year when our rescue's volunteer foster homes are full of whiskers, romping, tackling, and playing and these funny fur-friends are need of permanent and forever homes right now!
We invite you to stop by either of our adoption locations in La Canada or Santa Clarita to come meet our adorable little ones any Saturday! To inquire about cat adoption, please visit our "Available Cats" page below. We hope you'll come meet our adoptables!
OUR LATEST ADOPTIONS!
La Canada PETCO Adoptions:
7/24/2010: Bless our whiskers! We had SIX adoptions last weekend! Please continue to share the news that we still have dozens of kittens in need of wonderful homes!
Santa Clarita PETCO Adoptions:
7/24/2010: Our kitties need your help as no one found a home last weekend. Please be our ambassador and let others know that we're at PETCO every Saturday with cats in need of great homes!
TRACK OUR ADOPTION SUCCESS:
2010 cat adoptions: 101
2010 spay/neuters: 113
Adoptions since founding of Happy Strays Recue: 897
ABOUT OUR CATS:
Our "rescues" are often just babies who require bottlefeeding and hand rearing, kittens or cats found in local neighborhoods or shelters, or older cats relenquished by their owners to us or to area shelters. Our cats are cared for in a network of wonderful foster homes while they patiently wait for adoption.
HAPPY STRAYS RESCUE:
PO Box 12, La Canada, CA 91012
Email
Happy Strays Tel. (818) 949-8280
La Canada PETCO Tel. (818) 790-3165
Santa Clarita PETCO Tel. (661) 297-6936
Reach us on Saturdays from 11 AM to 3:30 PM
Kitten Alert as of May 14: Until further adoptions of older kittens and cats, our volunteers have reached "capacity" with regard the dozens of kittens that we have already taken into foster care. Please visit this website for a list of other possible resources.
Please do not bring cats or kittens to PETCO without
making prior arrangements with a rescue volunteer.
We are not a shelter or facility and cats are fostered
in the individual homes of volunteers.
OUR MISSION:
Happy Strays Rescue was formed to “make a difference” to the cats and kittens who need us most, the homeless and tossed aside cats in our city. All donations received go directly toward the care of the cats and kittens in our care waiting for adoption, with a special emphasis on spay/ neuter.
We dream of the day when there will be no more homeless pets in the Los Angeles Area and we hope we can educate and inform people about spay/neuter programs in their area to meet that goal.
2009 cat adoption total: 216; Spay/neuter total: 187
2008 cat adoption total: 170; Spay/neuter total: 209
2007 cat adoption total: 193; Spay/neuter total: 137
2006 cat adoption total: 129; Spay/neuter total: 137
ADDICTED TO SOCIAL NETWORKING?
Stay connected with weekly updates and help to network our available kitties! To join our online communities, click the logos... we'll see you there!
VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU'S!
Thanks to the following who support and help us so much:
GET CABLE FOR THE KITTIES!
Are your pets excited by Animal Planet? Are you in need of some personal entertainment yourself? Perhaps you're new to the area and ready to order cable services for your new home... If so, read on!

We are participating in the Charter Community Connection Program and for each new Charter customer that references our special code, Happy Strays Rescue is eligible for a BIG donation!
To place an order with Charter Communications, call 1-866-977-5747 and mention code 77025.
REGISTER FOR eSCRIP
eScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating businesses contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit card purchases to Happy Strays Rescue!
Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.
Register your support on eScrip's secure website. Happy Strays can be searched by group name or by our code 500020532. Grocery stores include Food 4 Less and Hows. Unfortunately, we are not eligible for the Vons program.
Products such as kitten milk replacement, kitten food, pine litter, meat baby food jars, baby wipes, and baby shampoo can be directed to any rescue volunteer or donated at the La Canada or Santa Clarita PETCOs and earmarked for Happy Strays. Thank you so much for thinking of us as you doing your pet or grocery shopping!DONATE FOR KITTEN SEASON!
Whether you decide to send monthly support or simply choose to give a one time gift, thank you!
All donations go directly to helping our rescued cats. Gifts are tax deductible and appreciated. Our rescue survives on individual donations and we need your help more than ever during kitten season:
To make a gift online, please click the logo below:

SPAY AND NEUTER RESOURCES
Reducing pet overpopulation is an important goal for Happy Strays Rescue. Too many pets and not enough homes results in the euthanasia of adoptable pets. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that 4-5 million pets are euthanized in our nation's shelters every year mainly due to overcrowding. Approximately 70% of these euthanized animals are cats. This tragedy could be eliminated if all pets were sterilized.
Feral Cats:
FixNation- Burbank Clinic by Appointment
Fauna Outreach- Altadena Clinics by Appointment
SNiP TNR Program- Pasadena Humane Society
Best Friends Catnippers- Los Angeles Area Clinics
Tame Cats:
SNiP Program- Pasadena Humane Society
The Big Fix- Los Angeles Animal Services
Low Cost Referral List- Pasadena Humane Society
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SHOP FOR OUR CAUSE!
Click the logo below and purchase any items on Amazon, and our rescue can earn up to 6% of your purchase! July earnings to date: $11.10.
2010 total: $41.30
2009 total: $262.68

Click our Goodshop.com or iGive.com logos (above or below) and select Happy Strays as your charity prior to shopping at any of these great stores including Target, Walmart, Gap, Office Depot (shop for your office) and more. There are over 700 stores to choose from!