C.A.P.I.C
Capic is a group of volunteers who specialize in TNR (Trap Neuter Return). We are a 501C3 Accredited Charity. We gladly accept monetary donations as well as cat food, towels, and bedding. New volunteers are always welcome.
We go into neighborhoods to help local residents with the
feral/free roaming cat problem, often times helping solve the unwanted cat/kitten problem by trap/neuter/spay/return and adoptions. All monies donated are used for medical and food expenses We have no paid employees.We are 100% volunteers. We also feed 100's of cats each day.
Capic is a group of volunteers who specialize in TNR (Trap Neuter Return). We are a 501C3 Accredited Charity. We gladly accept monetary donations as well as cat food, towels, and bedding. New volunteers are always welcome.
We go into neighborhoods to help local residents with the
feral/free roaming cat problem, often times helping solve the unwanted cat/kitten problem by trap/neuter/spay/return and adoptions. All monies donated are used for medical and food expenses We have no paid employees.We are 100% volunteers. We also feed 100's of cats each day.
C.A.P.I.C.
Cat Adoption
& Pet Information Center
6 Bell Avenue
Raritan, NJ 08869
rkishbaginski@yahoo.com
908 526-5045 or 908 393-2007
Cat Adoption
& Pet Information Center
6 Bell Avenue
Raritan, NJ 08869
rkishbaginski@yahoo.com
908 526-5045 or 908 393-2007
Goals of CAPIC
Our goals are to spay/neuter/return homeless/feral/free roaming cats to their natural surroundings while trying to lower the births of new kittens to the area. We are a group of responsible individuals trying to
help lower the cat overpopulation by trap/neuter/return in an humane manner.
Our goals are to spay/neuter/return homeless/feral/free roaming cats to their natural surroundings while trying to lower the births of new kittens to the area. We are a group of responsible individuals trying to
help lower the cat overpopulation by trap/neuter/return in an humane manner.
ADOPTION DAYS-SATURDAY May 19, 2012 at Cherrybrook in Bedminster 11-3 June 2 at Pet Valu in Clinton 10-4 June 16+17 at Cherrybrook June 23 at Belle Mead Animal Hospital 1:30-5. . Please come and meet our adoptable kitties. Adoption applications and fees are applicable. Also see our available kittens on petfinder or on next page.
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ690.html
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ690.html
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C.A.P.I.C.Cat Adoption & Pet Information Center
Thank you to all our donors/foster/volunteers.
Rhonda Baginski-President
Joan Beard-Vice President
Lilyan Navatto-Treasurer
Hope Valenti-Corresponding Sec.
Thank you to all our donors/foster/volunteers.
Rhonda Baginski-President
Joan Beard-Vice President
Lilyan Navatto-Treasurer
Hope Valenti-Corresponding Sec.
CAPIC realizes the importance of educating the public about the truth about TNR (Trap,Neuter, Return) and recommends www.alleycat.org for further reading on the subject.
NJ State Law considers cats a domestic animal species and are therefore protected under the State's animal cruelty and animal control statutes.
NJ State Law considers cats a domestic animal species and are therefore protected under the State's animal cruelty and animal control statutes.
Summer Tails- Saturday June 2 at Pet Valu in Clinton from 10 - 4 Capic kittens/cats will be there to celebrate summer!
CAPIC has teamed with Belle Mead Animal Hospital and Alley Cat Allies and is having a Feral Cat Day Fun Fair.
Alley Cat and Andrea from Rescue Ink attended our Feral Cat Fair on Oct. 15. Thanks to Rescue Ink and Belle Mead Animal Hospital, Dr. Martins and Joni Jones, and all the staff for making the day possible. We would also like to thank all vendors and volunteers and all the supporters. All food donated will be used to feed feral cats and kittens.
Garage Sale was a huge success. We raised over $1600. Thanks to all who volunteered and dontated .........WISH LIST DONATIONS-Towels, new cat toys and beds, canned kitten food, dry kitten food, adult cat food canned and dry, cages, crates, and any cat item you would like to donate. We also welcome new volunteers to join our group of dedicated foster parents. Training and support are provided. If you have any dontations please call the above numbers and we can make arrangements to pick up or for drop off. We have volunteers located in Bridgewater, Raritan, Branchburg, Hillsborough, N. Plainfield, Metuchen and more. Please help if you can. MONEY DONATIONS are gladly accepted and tax receipts are provided. We are 100% volunteer with no overhead or salaries. All monies are used for cat care and medical expenses.. We save cats and kittens. Help us if you can..Thanks
CAPIC would also like to thank Belle Mead Animal Hospital for allowing us to use their premises for adoption days for our kittens. We appreciate the kindness of Dr. Joseph Martins and his staff and their great treatment of our cats for their vet care. Thanks to Dr. Martins, Dr. Somjen, Dr. Simons, Dr. Stephens, Dr. White, and Joni Jones and the Belle Mead staff who without their help none of this would even be possible. And Chrissi for being so kind to help adopt kittens from the adoption cage and taking our kittens home each night and caring for them and finding them good homes from their adoption cage in the lobby.
We are now on facebook as Capic Cats.
Visit us and become our friend.......
Visit us and become our friend.......
Magnus
Brett
Rusty and Halo
Duffy
Nemo
Mojo
Feral Cat Day-Diane,Joni,Hope,Alley Cat,Andrea
Sylvia
Sam
This print above is for sale, with all proceeds going to CAPIC. See bottom of page.
This original print has been created by artist Lynnette Shelley, who recently adopted Magnus. She does art shows all over the Philadelphia area. Please visit her website www.lynnetteshelley.com for more information. Proceeds from every print sold will be donated to CAPIC. The title is The Muse. And it is available for $30 + $7 shipping. She has wonderful animal artwork as well. Please support her and Capic. Magnus is a beautiful Maine Coon mix seen above.
Lynnette and Brandon
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EMERGENCY NEWS-IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIIP- May 1, 2012-The Health Officer is telling residents the reason it was acceptable to KILL the cats was because they were diseased. CAPIC has asked for any proof these cats were diseased with no response from town. It would be impossible for them to prove these specific cats were diseased because they did NOT TEST any of them, because they took these 14 cats directly to vet to be killed. They did not spend any money testing these cats. We know this as proof. So once again, show us proof of the rabies, or other diseases you say these cats carried, because we have had at least 6 of the cats we have rescued tested and NONE are diseased or even remotely sick, no FIV, no Feline Leukemia, NO heartworm, and NO rabies. UPDATE-the township has renegged on its agreement and has trapped again, catching more cats. Capic has now saved 4 more cats. Since January 2012 to April 2012 CAPIC has been working on trying to save cats/kittens from an unsafe area where the Montgomery Townhip NJ (north of Princeton) pound has already killed 14 innocent ferals who were being taken care of by locals. Capic has now saved 22 cats from sure death and is in the process of trying to save more. We need help with crates, food, donations, towels, bedding and more. Please if you can donate anything please call the above numbers or email catnabber1@yahoo.com. The ACO is also speaking poorly of CAPIC at the St. Huberts Animal workshops as CAPIC has been informed by friends, the ACO believes it is his punishment to attend this educational workshop as his reprimand. He also stated he will now go back and trap with a vengence. CAPIC has asked why the town is getting involved after it was agreed CAPIC would finish this.
Please make it known to Montgomery Township this type of behavior on the part of their ACO and Health Officer is unacceptable by calling their Mayor or Business Administrator. See email below. CAPIC had a verbal agreement with the Health Officer which the township ignored and killed14 innocent cats before the 7 day stray hold was in effect. These cats never had a chance even though we agreed to take every cat they caught. PLEASE HELP US. Towns need to know this is unacceptable behavior as is trapping overnight, leaving cages unattended for over 15 hours and uncovered. Bringing cats to Hopewell Vet to be killed as soon as they are caught is inhumane when we agreed we would rescue these cats. The Home Owner Management company signed off to euthanise the feral cats which the ACO allowed and this is illegal, as owner surrenders need to be exactly that, owned by an owner and ferals are not owned by HOA.(Home Owner Associations or their management employees), The only answer the health officer Stephanie Carey could give as to why the cats were killed is that it is "her fiscal responsibility." And the ACO has admitted to CAPIC he does not understand the laws.
Please make it known to Montgomery Township this type of behavior on the part of their ACO and Health Officer is unacceptable by calling their Mayor or Business Administrator. See email below. CAPIC had a verbal agreement with the Health Officer which the township ignored and killed14 innocent cats before the 7 day stray hold was in effect. These cats never had a chance even though we agreed to take every cat they caught. PLEASE HELP US. Towns need to know this is unacceptable behavior as is trapping overnight, leaving cages unattended for over 15 hours and uncovered. Bringing cats to Hopewell Vet to be killed as soon as they are caught is inhumane when we agreed we would rescue these cats. The Home Owner Management company signed off to euthanise the feral cats which the ACO allowed and this is illegal, as owner surrenders need to be exactly that, owned by an owner and ferals are not owned by HOA.(Home Owner Associations or their management employees), The only answer the health officer Stephanie Carey could give as to why the cats were killed is that it is "her fiscal responsibility." And the ACO has admitted to CAPIC he does not understand the laws.
THESE CATS MATTER!! Sunday, Pretty Girl, Timber, and Spitfire.... Are they someone's pets? No, but were they fed and taken care of outside? YES. And these are only 4 of the 22 feral cats CAPIC has saved, while 14 others were needlessly killed because Montgomery Twp. do not do their jobs correctly. Do those other 14 cats have a voice? Did they have a chance? No, because people do not follow laws and do not care, and for that CAPIC is very sad. We will save any cat we can, and will try our best to not let the 14 cats taken to Hopewell Vet and killed, be killed in vain. And this happens all over this state everyday. Where are the people in charge of the laws and why are people not charged with animal cruelty? We don't know that answer because many people feel feral cats don't matter. BUT THEY DO.......And every animal is entitled to medical care even if feral, and every cat should be held for the 7 day stray hold. Was this done? NO it was not. But these people still keep their jobs, and are allowed to do the same thing over and over. And CAPIC gets a letter from the town saying we are threatening? We didn't kill the 14 cats. CAPIC didn't let the HOA sign off illegally as saying owner surrendered pets.
Response from Donato Nieman the Montgomery Township Business Administrator on Feb. 9, 2012. Please email him and let him know this is unacceptable. dnieman@twp.montgomery.nj.us
"Feral cat colonies represent the single greatest cause of rabies in domestic animals."He states "staff has devoted considerable effort and time to addressing the feral cat colony at Cherry Valley Country Club, including responding to emails, calls and letters from various persons. At this time we consider the matter closed."
Mr. Nieman never even had the decency to email CAPIC correctly, his email had to be forwarded to CAPIC by another person who has written to him also. What kind of people does Montgomery Township employ? We believe this is unacceptable, and CAPIC does not believe the matter is closed. Not once has Montgomery Township accepted responsibility for killing these cats. Not once have they said they are sorry. How sad this is the kind of person that is supposed to have the welfare of all animals in his concern. The same people that are supposed to protect the animals in Montgomery Township are the same ones who had them killed.
CAPIC stands by everything we have posted and we have proof to back it up from all the OPRA requests for the records we got from the town. Nor has there been any response from the Mayor.
"Feral cat colonies represent the single greatest cause of rabies in domestic animals."He states "staff has devoted considerable effort and time to addressing the feral cat colony at Cherry Valley Country Club, including responding to emails, calls and letters from various persons. At this time we consider the matter closed."
Mr. Nieman never even had the decency to email CAPIC correctly, his email had to be forwarded to CAPIC by another person who has written to him also. What kind of people does Montgomery Township employ? We believe this is unacceptable, and CAPIC does not believe the matter is closed. Not once has Montgomery Township accepted responsibility for killing these cats. Not once have they said they are sorry. How sad this is the kind of person that is supposed to have the welfare of all animals in his concern. The same people that are supposed to protect the animals in Montgomery Township are the same ones who had them killed.
CAPIC stands by everything we have posted and we have proof to back it up from all the OPRA requests for the records we got from the town. Nor has there been any response from the Mayor.
CAPIC SUPPORTERS-The Dessert Plate and The Hungry Hound in Somerville, Cherrybrook in Bedminster, Pet Valu in Clinton, Garden State Growers in Pittstown, Harnesslife.org
Rescue Ink will now have a chapter in NJ. CAPIC is very proud to say we have now friended this group and will help them in any way we can.
For a quick link to our CAPIC ADOPTION APPLICATION CLICK HERE: http://db.tt/07uK0ySr
FLOWER & PILLOW SALE-Huge Success
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT OUR KITTENS AND CATS. THANKS TO GARDEN STATE GROWERS in Pittstown, NJ and Kristine Lonergan
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT OUR KITTENS AND CATS. THANKS TO GARDEN STATE GROWERS in Pittstown, NJ and Kristine Lonergan
Brett now Marley
Please call Montgomery Township and state your feelings as they still do not want to hear it and believe what they did is right.
908 359-8211 x 245 and ask for Health officer or business administrator.
908 359-8211 x 245 and ask for Health officer or business administrator.
Timber and Spitfire being socialized in a loving home.
Scamp above and Champ right were very ill when rescued and are now getting treated for URI illnesses. Once completely healthy will be up for adoption.
Chippy was rescued when found by 2 young boys and needs bottle feeding and is recovering nicely.
CAPIC CATS
THEN-WHEN RESCUED
NOW-ADOPTED
SAMMY
WRECKER
SILVERADO
KAISER
BRETT
MARLEY