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Howard County Cat Club

Sykesville, Maryland

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Howard County Cat Club P.O. Box 1400 Sykesville, MD 21784 (410) 730-3679 howardcountycats@earthlink.net http://www.howardcountycatclub.org		Cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life! Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We Serve the Following Cities, Towns, and/or Counties: Howard County, Carroll County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City and County

About Our Rescue Group

The Howard County Cat Club is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit no kill cat rescue. Our mission is to keep cats out of shelters because we believe that no cat deserves to live in a cage, or to be put to death because it is no longer wanted or in the way. We operate a behavior hotline to help cats and their human companions resolve their differences. We help people place their no-longer-wanted cats in loving new homes, and we foster cats in our "group home" when they have no place else to go.

Come Meet our Pets

SPECIAL NOTICE: AS SUNDAY APRIL 12 IS EASTER, WE WILL NOT BE HAVING AN ADOPTION SHOW AT HIGHLAND GROOMERY ON THIS DATE. WE HAVE RESCHEDULED THAT SHOW FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 26. OUR SHOW AT PETCO ON APRIL 19 IS STILL ON AS SCHEDULED.

We have adoption shows on the second Sunday of every month from noon-3 p.m. at the Highland Groomery, 13401 Clarksville Pike Highland, MD 20777. Call 410-730-5511for directions. On the third Sunday of every month, we're at the Columbia PetCo store on Dobbin Road. Please call or write to us before you come to the show, so we can make sure the cat you want to meet will be there! Our cats also enjoy meeting potential forever families by appointment at our group home.

Our Adoption Process

Potential forever families must complete an application and sign a contract. Our contract stipulates that you will NOT declaw and that the cat will be returned to us if things don't work out. Cats who are adopted together must be returned together -- they may not be separated. Our contract also stipulates that you will feed both canned and dry food -- we do not want our cats to have dry food-only diets. We DO adopt to safe, responsible indoor/outdoor homes. And we almost always have ferals who must be relocated to barn homes.

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a cat or kitten versus getting cats for sale or kittens for sale from a cat breeder? When someone is breeding kittens, they are creating new cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of cat or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a cat for sale from a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with cats who must find homes. So rather than buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a cat or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.