The activities of the foundation Kattfonden (the Catfund)

Background

Kattfonden was founded in the year of 2000. Solgläntans Kattpensionat is the founder.

Re-arranging of homeless cats has carried on at Solgläntan since the year of 1995. The first cats came by the Animal Ambulance. Before 1995 Solgläntan re-arranged boarding-cats whose owners had gone sick and could not any longer take care of their cats. The alternative was to let those cats die.

It is difficult to re-arrange adult cats when you have no connections. The work to find new homes started with the increasing amount of cats who needed new, good homes. In the beginning it was very difficult, but as time has gone it has been a little easier, and after all the time the cats´ staying at the boarding has diminished a great deal.

The re-arranging has been very expensive and hardworking, but the alternative going away and let healthy cats die one after the other is not acceptable. The idea of an collection foundation on behalf of homeless cats was born out of these experiences. 160 cats got new homes in the year of 2000 and 184 in the year of 2009. Most of them were adult cats. The foundation Kattfonden shall forward the economic circumstances for these cats.

The vision of Kattfonden

The foundation Kattfonden does support the homeless cats at Solgläntan and does also work for that all cats in the future shall have worthy lives. Increasing the cat´s state in society is an important issue for Kattfonden. We will for example start and take part in campaign of castrating and other activities which are good for cats.

All cats shall be ID-marked, and kittens shall be sold to a fair price and not being given away or being sold to a symbolic sum of 1 shilling for every paw.

Increase the state of the cat - do not buy or sell a cat for less than 1 000 SEK!

We will work for that all cats shall be vaccinated, ID-marked and de-wormed before being sold. And they shall be castrated if they are adult.

We want to solve the cat-problem in Sweden. That is our vision. And all cats have a right to a good, stable home.

We are, of course, grateful for all economic support. We in the foundation´s board and other volunteers work quite idealistic, and we have the ambition to get as low costs of administration as possible.