TinyKittens Society is a Canadian

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, Canada, supporting

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s. The organisation was established as a non-profit in 2015 by Shelly Roche. It is associated with Langley Animal Protection Society, and often works with Mountain View Veterinary Hospital. The society's volunteers trap, neuter and return (TNR) cats from the large colonies of feral cats in the area. Where possible, kittens and older cats are made available for adoption. TinyKittens runs a

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showing 24-hour footage of the kittens and cats being cared for by the society. There is an associated chat space. The group received news coverage for rescuing Cassidy, a disabled cat found as a feral kitten without his back legs, and Mason, an older feral cat with kidney disease who enjoyed the company of kittens. In 2017 the charity supported kittens rescued from wildfires in

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, and in 2021 rescued feral cats and lost pet cats during floods in the

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. In 2020, Roche said TinyKittens supports one to two hundred cats and kittens a year. In 2020, she said that the group spays and neuters about 200 cats a year. She noted that the charity does not have enough resources.

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is important to the charity. In 2019, the

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channel run by the organisation had 135,000 subscribers. In 2020, the number of views of the channel averaged three million a month. There were sixty volunteers working as moderators.

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