Our Story
When the local Animal Shelters and Rescues are full, many domesticated cats on Long Island, are often abandoned by their owners to live on the streets and not spayed/neutered. Feral cat trappers and colony caretakers come across an overwhelming abundance of stray cats and kittens that deserve to be rescued off the streets and adopted into loving homes. Tender Loving Cats, Inc. (TLC) came from that need and with this goal in mind.
Founded in January 2017, Tender Loving Cats, Inc. is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3), no-kill feline rescue concentrating on reducing Long Island's community cat population through Trap-Neuter-Return and the rehabilitation of homeless cats and kittens for adoption. As a part of this mission, all cats and kittens adopted from Tender Loving Cats, Inc. are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. We educate the public on the importance of Trap-Neuter-Return and work with colony caretakers to help them implement Trap-Neuter-Return in their communities.
In 2019, Tender Loving Cats, Inc. created the Prevent-A-Litter (P.A.L) Program to help combat the overwhelming feral, stray and homeless cat/kitten epidemic on Long Island, NY. Since it's inception our Prevent-A-Litter (P.A.L) Program has spayed/neutered on average roughly 350 feral or owned cats of low-income individuals each year.
In our founding year, we rescued 143 cats & kittens from the streets. Then 2018 and 2019 we rescued about 350 cats & kittens each year but in 2020 we rescued a record 800 cats & kittens directly from our backyard, the streets of Long Island. With each rescue of a cat or kitten comes a story of a mom cat that we trapped and spayed at no cost to the public and often a colony of cats we helped alter. TLC trappers know that we do not just simply take kittens, we must ensure that mom cats are spayed and all adults colony cats are spayed/neutered whenever as well whenever possible. Simply removing kittens only perpetuates the homeless cat epidemic. As a foster based rescue we can only help cats & kittens if we have a foster home willing to hold them until adopted. If you have a spare room and you’re interested in helping please apply to FOSTER CAT/KITTEN(S).
With the opening of our first PetSmart Adoption Center location within PetSmart N. Babylon in 2017 and the second PetSmart Adoption Center location within the PetSmart W. Babylon in 2019 we’ve been able to substantially increase our adoptions and therefore rescue more and more cats and kittens into loving forever homes each year. But with these location openings comes more work and more volunteers needed. If you’d like to help us please apply to become a VOLUNTEER.
TLC continues to take on many special needs cases that require medical care above and beyond the norm. We never turn away a cat simply because of cost. Each year our rescue continues to provide expensive medical treatment to cats & kittens needing eye enucleations, entropion eyelid surgery, orthopedic surgeries, many specialty surgeries, FIP treatment and dental procedures to ensure that cats and kittens that faced neglect as a result of living on the streets are made whole once more. All of our cat/kitten(s) are tested negative for FeLV, fully vaccinated up to and including rabies, de-wormed, spayed/neutered & microchipped. This would not be possible without YOU (our supporters, donors & volunteers) or without the local veterinarians who support our mission. We have come so far in such a short time because of their dedication to saving the lives of homeless cats & kittens on Long Island.
We want to especially thank Dr. Jason Mansfield & Staff at South Shore Animal Hospital, Dr. Alison Rhein, Dr. Suzanne Ravitz, Dr. Lindsay Whisher and the entire staff at Dix Hills Animal Hospital, the incredible Dr. John Berger, Tina Berger & staff at Long Island Spay & Neuter and Dr. Infernuso, Dr. Cameron & staff at Animal Surgical Center.
Tender Loving Cats, Inc relies on donations from the public to continue this life saving work.
By making a tax deductible donation you will be helping us, help them. Donate and make a difference in the lives of homeless cats & kittens living on the streets of Long Island, NY.
Tender Loving Cats, Inc.
Rescues the Mistreated,
Saves the Injured and
Loves the Abandoned.
Founded in January 2017, Tender Loving Cats, Inc. is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3), no-kill feline rescue concentrating on reducing Long Island's community cat population through Trap-Neuter-Return and the rehabilitation of homeless cats and kittens for adoption. As a part of this mission, all cats and kittens adopted from Tender Loving Cats, Inc. are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. We educate the public on the importance of Trap-Neuter-Return and work with colony caretakers to help them implement Trap-Neuter-Return in their communities.
In 2019, Tender Loving Cats, Inc. created the Prevent-A-Litter (P.A.L) Program to help combat the overwhelming feral, stray and homeless cat/kitten epidemic on Long Island, NY. Since it's inception our Prevent-A-Litter (P.A.L) Program has spayed/neutered on average roughly 350 feral or owned cats of low-income individuals each year.
In our founding year, we rescued 143 cats & kittens from the streets. Then 2018 and 2019 we rescued about 350 cats & kittens each year but in 2020 we rescued a record 800 cats & kittens directly from our backyard, the streets of Long Island. With each rescue of a cat or kitten comes a story of a mom cat that we trapped and spayed at no cost to the public and often a colony of cats we helped alter. TLC trappers know that we do not just simply take kittens, we must ensure that mom cats are spayed and all adults colony cats are spayed/neutered whenever as well whenever possible. Simply removing kittens only perpetuates the homeless cat epidemic. As a foster based rescue we can only help cats & kittens if we have a foster home willing to hold them until adopted. If you have a spare room and you’re interested in helping please apply to FOSTER CAT/KITTEN(S).
With the opening of our first PetSmart Adoption Center location within PetSmart N. Babylon in 2017 and the second PetSmart Adoption Center location within the PetSmart W. Babylon in 2019 we’ve been able to substantially increase our adoptions and therefore rescue more and more cats and kittens into loving forever homes each year. But with these location openings comes more work and more volunteers needed. If you’d like to help us please apply to become a VOLUNTEER.
TLC continues to take on many special needs cases that require medical care above and beyond the norm. We never turn away a cat simply because of cost. Each year our rescue continues to provide expensive medical treatment to cats & kittens needing eye enucleations, entropion eyelid surgery, orthopedic surgeries, many specialty surgeries, FIP treatment and dental procedures to ensure that cats and kittens that faced neglect as a result of living on the streets are made whole once more. All of our cat/kitten(s) are tested negative for FeLV, fully vaccinated up to and including rabies, de-wormed, spayed/neutered & microchipped. This would not be possible without YOU (our supporters, donors & volunteers) or without the local veterinarians who support our mission. We have come so far in such a short time because of their dedication to saving the lives of homeless cats & kittens on Long Island.
We want to especially thank Dr. Jason Mansfield & Staff at South Shore Animal Hospital, Dr. Alison Rhein, Dr. Suzanne Ravitz, Dr. Lindsay Whisher and the entire staff at Dix Hills Animal Hospital, the incredible Dr. John Berger, Tina Berger & staff at Long Island Spay & Neuter and Dr. Infernuso, Dr. Cameron & staff at Animal Surgical Center.
Tender Loving Cats, Inc relies on donations from the public to continue this life saving work.
By making a tax deductible donation you will be helping us, help them. Donate and make a difference in the lives of homeless cats & kittens living on the streets of Long Island, NY.
Tender Loving Cats, Inc.
Rescues the Mistreated,
Saves the Injured and
Loves the Abandoned.
Board of Directors
President
Rebecca Caro
Treasurer
Richard Bertuglia
Secretary
Layne DiPaola
Officers
Dana Demetres
Marge Goldin
Rebecca Caro
Treasurer
Richard Bertuglia
Secretary
Layne DiPaola
Officers
Dana Demetres
Marge Goldin
Tender Loving Cats has been nominated for Best of Long Island in 2020 & 2021. We had a record number of votes to nominate us and we could not be more proud. Thank you Bethpage Credit Union for making this possible.
Tender Loving Cats, Inc. is proud to have been awarded grant funding from the following esteemed grantors -
