A mama and her kittens

• Animal D.R.E.A.M.S. is a not-for-profit organization improving the lives of feral and abandoned cats. Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Animal D.R.E.A.M.S.' mission is to have all feral cat colonies in Berkshire County managed and stabilized, with healthy cats and a zero reproductive rate, with kittens and non-feral cats socialized and adopted out into loving homes. All cats are screened, spayed/neutered, and vaccinated prior to release or adoption.
  
  
• This year marks the eighth year since Animal D.R.E.A.M.S. was founded. It's been an incredible journey so far, with well over 1000 cat rescues to date. Keeping in mind that cats are prolific breeders, able to birth up to three litters a year, (and with those kittens able to enter the breeding pool as early as five months old), it is easy to see why there is such an overpopulation of cats, and why spaying and neutering as many as we can helps to reduce the numbers of kittens born. With our Trap-Neuter-Return (T-N-R) program, several thousand fewer kittens have been born around Berkshire County.
  
  
• We are the only organization in Berkshire County to go to where the cats are: in barns, on the streets, under buildings. Our dedicated volunteers work under some pretty unpleasant conditions, all year long, to rescue and improve the lives of the forgotten felines around us.
  
  
• Our volunteers work very hard throughout the long, bitter winter, trapping as many feral cats as possible before the Spring kitten season begins-eighteen cats living behind an automotive garage… 29 at a goat farm… 21 at a dairy farm… 13 near a Pittsfield housing project… 8 in a trailer park… one cat here, six cats there. The list goes on.

We are currently seeking

CAT FOOD donations.

Please contact us

413-528-1328

for pick up.

FEEDING STRAY CATS?  Cats living under your building or in your barn?  We can help!

Community Informational Meeting & Training

Monday, November 3, 2008, at 6 PM

North Adams Public Library

Animal D.R.E.A.M.S. was recently awarded two grants from the Massachusets Animal Coalition (MAC) and PetSmart Charities for the spay/neuter of feral (wild) or stray cats in North Adams.

Yvonne Borsody, founder and director of Animal D.R.E.A.M.S., will identify neighborhoolds with feral cat colonies and discuss how the Trap-Neuter-Return initiative will be implemented, with a focus on volunteer involvement.