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Three black cats burned during suspected animal cruelty in Norfolk
By Ellen Ice - WTKR - NORFOLK, Va - Three black cats were found with severe burns on 41st street in Highland Park in Norfolk. A local rescue organization, Feral Affairs Network, found the cats and helped get them medical attention. The cats are part of a feral colony...
Recount from outside the trap: Melody’s Story
By Anonymous FAN Volunteer - In rescue work, sometimes a cat speaks to your soul, and their eyes tell a story you'd never wish to hear or want to believe. Melody is one of those kitties....
Cat Rescue – Behind The Scenes
By Kelly Flanagan, FAN Volunteer — Prepare to be bored. Like, really bored. Spreadsheet bored.Behind our Instagram feeds and Facebook posts, there are some surprising - but perhaps less than thrilling - gears turning to get community kitties into traps and loving...
Newport Avenue – Full Circle TNR
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer - Some trap-neuter-return (TNR) projects go on for many months, and the Newport Avenue project was one of them. Interruptions may occur, but FAN’s dedicated trappers do NOT like to leave cats behind! In July of 2020, a Norfolk community...
Kitten Season 2021
Video: These babes were rescued by FAN and are in the expert care of our bottle-feeding foster Mom.
December 2020 Brought Some Sweet Adoptions
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer — Alvin's adoption was a collaborative effort between FAN and other rescues. FAN volunteer, Kimberly, drove over 200 miles to Bowling Green, VA and back to get this sweet kitty to us so he wouldn’t be euthanized just for having FIV....
Suffolk Trailer Park Project
By Kelly Flanagan, Fan Volunteer — Saving A Feral Colony From Demolition... It all started with three cats. Three unaltered cats had been abandoned in a trailer home when their guardians moved away. Left on their own, the cats had many litters of kittens that were...
Xena Michelle, Warrior Kitten
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer — Tiny Xena Michelle was a mess when she was rushed to our Foster Mom Genevieve in May. Xena was rescued from a water-filled ditch in Franklin, VA by an extraordinary 10-year-old girl named Jakaylah. Weighing only 200 grams, Xena...
Simon’s Rescue Story
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer — Three abandoned newborn kittens cried out from under a parked car... It was late April when a friend, KJ, called FAN volunteer, MK, and asked for help with a mama cat and three kittens she had seen in her neighborhood. The new-born,...
The Story Of Easter
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer — Watch our video telling the gripping story of Easter, the little gremlin kitten who was scheduled to be euthanized.
Paul & Emily’s Suffolk TNR Success
By Anita Bradley, FAN Volunteer — Paul & Emily called Feral Affairs Network (FAN) after seeing our Community Outreach Director, Cleriece Whitehill, explaining FAN’s mission on local Channel 13. The family recently bought a home in Suffolk VA, surrounded by...
