An unaltered female cat can birth as many as 180 kittens in her lifetime, and those kittens often end up among the 3.2 million cats who enter animal shelters annually, Santa Barbara Humane reports.

A female cat can become pregnant when she is 4 months old and can have multiple litters in a single year. For this reason, fixing cats significantly curves the rate of feline homelessness, which ...

As kitten season approaches, Santa Barbara Humane is working to help prevent unwanted litters by offering $5 spay and neuter surgeries for cats at both its Santa Maria and Santa Barbara campuses ...

The Pick of the Litter thrift shop is relocating to a larger space as its nonprofit operator seeks to expand its services.

The trap-neuter-return (TNR) method of reducing the population of feral cats has been gaining momentum during the past decade.