Abby Cat Daddy the Feline Advocate Society: Purina Canada Happy Paws & Hearts Operation Grant Report
How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?
The grant funding provided essential support for our intake and veterinary programs, directly improving the lives of cats in our care and reducing overpopulation in our community.
These funds covered critical veterinary services — including spay/neuter surgeries, core vaccinations (FVRCP and rabies), deworming, flea treatment, and microchipping — for cats entering our rescue. They also helped supply nutritious food and basic care items while the cats were in foster homes.
By ensuring that every cat we take in is healthy, safe, and fully adoption-ready, we’ve increased our adoption success rate and reduced the number of unsterilized cats contributing to unplanned litters in the Fraser Valley. In addition, each spay or neuter supported by this grant prevents countless future kittens from being born into homelessness or entering an already overburdened shelter system.
Beyond individual animal outcomes, this funding strengthened our organization’s ability to respond to community needs. It allowed us to accept more urgent intakes, support low-income families who could not otherwise afford veterinary care, and continue our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts for community cats.
In short, this grant helped us save lives, promote responsible pet guardianship, and make a lasting, measurable difference for both cats and the people who care about them.
How many pets did this grant help?
20
Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.
Metatron, affectionately known as “Meta” (first photo), came from one of the largest TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) sites in our region — a property with more than 100 unsterilized cats and dozens of kittens. The cats at the site contend with widespread upper-respiratory infections, flea infestations, and other environmental hazards.
We initially trapped Meta with the intent to TNR him (second photo); however, once in our care, it became clear he was quite young and still small in stature. Thanks to the support of this grant, we were able to bring him into our foster program, provide veterinary care — including neutering, flea treatment, and vaccines — and give him the time and attention he needed to recover and socialize.
After two weeks of baths, treatments, and gentle chin scratches, Meta’s personality blossomed. He learned to trust people and became a loving, affectionate companion. Meta has since been adopted into a wonderful home, representing the long-term community impact that early intervention and funded veterinary care can make.
Pascal (photos 3-5) was one of seven kittens born through our Last Litter Program, which helps prevent future unwanted litters by supporting families who surrender pregnant cats to give birth safely in our care. Once the kittens are weaned and adopted, we spay the mother and neuter any other intact cats in the home before returning her to her family — preventing further litters.
This grant funded the spay/neuter surgeries, parasite treatments, and vaccinations for Pascal, his siblings, their mother, and the presumed father cat. Every member of the feline family is now sterilized, healthy, and safe — breaking a cycle of overpopulation before it could begin.
