Brushing your cats’ teeth can be like…well, pulling teeth! Cats are usually very particular about personal space, and most are not big fans of having their mouths touched, especially as they age. Maintaining good oral health in cats is a consistently troubling yet important issue in overall health. For #WiseWednesday, here are five tips for potentially improving oral health in your cat.

For this #WiseWednesday, we’d like to talk about why we advocate for keeping cats entirely indoors, in Japan.

Last December, Christmas came early at the Kyoto shelter! Shelley Mae, a professional photographer based in Tokyo, generously offered to take pictures of our kitties, and the result is truly incredible.

It’s an awful feeling when your animal family member suddenly has a health concern at a time when your regular clinic is closed. Most guardians have faced or will face this particular crisis at one time or another. Like many aspects, preparation is the key for navigating these stressful events as successfully as possible.

Catification is an important concept for cat lovers that has become popular in recent years. It’s all about optimizing your living space to best suit both your needs and your cat’s needs. Read on for how/why you should catify.

We know that food is an essential aspect of good health for humans, so it shouldn’t be surprising that this aspect is also true for our cats. While it might seem convenient to toss a low cost bag of kibble into the cart at the grocery store, here are five reasons to aim higher.

This week, we were reminded of what friendly cats face when separated from home and suddenly living out on the streets. People want to believe that lost or abandoned cats probably find other good places to live. But that’s not the reality for most.

Animal welfare volunteers and workers need to be nicer to each other, everyone says, kinder, more understanding. All very true! But, what about how we treat ourselves?

Here are five important points for helping unsocialized outdoor cats to have the best quality of life possible by returning them to the community in which they are found.

This is often the time of year that we reflect on where we've been and where we are headed. As the forever meaningful date of March 11 once again draws near, here's a look back over the past year and at our path forward...

Chachamaru's rescue story

A box of kittens, now that's an unusual package to find in the morning.

Earlier this evening two of our Inawashiro volunteers found and rescued a kitty in need.

This week we said to three of our long term volunteers; Oranne, Basile and Hugo