What we do about cats？
Do we rescue cats too? The short answer: yes, but differently.
At PawliBar’s partner shelter, we focus mainly on dogs, but cats are not forgotten.
Most cats we come across are first spayed or neutered, then cared for at the shelter until they’re healthy enough to return to where they came from. Here is a picture of our cats.
If a cat is healthy and capable of living on its own, we release it back into safe places — parks, villages, or gated communities where local residents often feed and look after them.
In China, most people live in high-rise buildings within gated communities — imagine 10 to 20 apartment towers sharing one courtyard with gardens, trees, and a swimming pool in the center. These spaces have become quiet little ecosystems for community cats. Some residents leave food and water, and I know that some real estate developers even build small cat houses in the gardens.
The gated community where I live has around 15–20 cats. The black kittens you see in the photos are the ones I feed every day (our neighbors worked out a deal regarding who feeds whom XD), they always follow me until I reach my building safely. 😛 They are just the cutest!
When we find kittens or injured cats who can’t survive on their own, we bring them to the shelter. Some stay until they find adopters; others simply live out their days safely, loved and warm.
This approach was shaped by both compassion and reality. Of course stray cats do not live in an ideal world, they can’t defend themselves against starvation, harsh winters, cars, and other elements of this modern world. But, our shelter space and funding are limited, so instead of bringing every cat in we focus on what could maximize impact. Because sometimes, love doesn’t mean keeping every life close.
