City Critters is a New York State charitable organization licensed to operate in the City of New York for the rescue and placement of stray and abandoned animals.
City Critters is a member of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.
Donations made to City Critters, or paid on our behalf, are tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; financial statements and current IRS Determination Letter are available for review upon request.
Support our rescue work with a donation:
Make a donation using a credit card through Network for Good:
Mail contributions to:
- City Critters Inc.
- P.O. Box 1345
- Canal Street Station
- New York NY 10013
Would you like to be a City Critters volunteer?
Please e-mail us.
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Animal rescue is very expensive!
How much we can do depends on our immediate financial resources and, as importantly, on finding excellent homes for the animals we have, in order to make room for more. If you think you can help us, please donate, volunteer or give us a call.
City Critters is not subsidized by the government and receives no major corporate funding. We receive a few small foundation grants, but most of the high cost of rescuing, vetting and fostering our rescued animals is paid for out of our own pockets and from relatively small donations and adoption fees, and donations generated by annual mailings and at occasional small fundraising events.
We are a few volunteers with jobs, families, and otherwise ordinary lives. We have no office, no shelter, no paid staff. But with community support, our dedicated volunteers are still able to accomplish hundreds of miracles each year.
What we need
- Money to pay our huge bills. Any funds we receive are immediately spent on vet care, pet food, medicines and transportation. All your tax-deductible donations directly benefit animals in need.
- Adopters. We need lifelong, loving, responsible homes for our cats and kittens. We especially need adopters for adult, middle aged, older, shy and disabled animals. We have over 100 cats and kittens for adoption.
- Foster homes. Our animals live in foster care until permanent situations can be found. Do you know anyone who might enjoy caring for one or more of our "clients" temporarily?
- Sponsors. If you can't adopt or foster, make a donation to help cover the expenses of a cat awaiting adopting.
- Safe, caring permanent homes for feral cats.
- Transportation. If you have a car or can occasionally schlep an animal or equipment by public transportation, please help!
- Supplies. Carriers, humane traps, cages, towels, cat food, cat dishes, scratching posts, litter boxes, etc.
- Volunteers to help maintain our adoption area at PetCo.
On Our Wish List:
- A Canon, Olympus, Pentax or Nikon digital SLR camera (but not Sony).
- 512MB or 1GB or larger Secure Digital or Compact Flash cards for our digital cameras.
- Assistance or training in Filemaker Pro, mySQL and/or PHP: send a Critter to database camp!
- Contact us if you can help with any of the above.
Bruno, one of 50 cats abandoned in a Chelsea apartment and removed for adoption by CIty Critters. Amazingly, all of the cats were basically healthy, well socialized, and highly adoptable. The cost of veterinary care for these cats represented a commitment of $12,000 to $15,000 within a very short period of time.
It took a long time to rescue Mr. Muscles from his squalid and dangerous life as the free-roaming pet (one of many) of a homeless cat fancier in lower Manhattan. By the time we got him, his head looked like raw meat due to untreated ear mites, and he'd had amateur surgery at the hands of his alcoholic "caretaker" after being shot. He's shown here relaxing in his current home.
Your contributions give cats like Mr. Muscles a chance to live the good life.
Constantine was found in the East Village. Although he was clean, friendly and already neutered when found, and clearly had not been outdoors for long, he tested positive for FIV. He's one of several special-needs kitties for whom we've found homes this year.