More cat
resources
How to keep stay-at-home cats happy and healthy
Dr Arnja Dale from the NZ SPCA chats with Katie from Purina.
Recorded 23 April 2020
Free publications
SPCA New Zealand
Government of NZ
- Code of Welfare – Companion Cats
Effective 1 Oct 2018
Dog & Cat Board, South Australia
Good Cats Play At Home
24-page booklet [1MB PDF]- Cat Owners Handbook
17-page booklet [1MB PDF] - We Are Family – the child-pet relationship
17-page booklet [3.5MB PDF]
Humane Society of the United States
Roaming cat research
- Keeping Cats Safe at Home (KCSAH): Lessons Learned from a Human Behavior Change Campaign to Reduce the Impacts of Free-Roaming Domestic Cats (NSW Australia, Nov 2025)
- Cat Tracker website
NZ researchers are tracking cats with GPS and the results are impressive. - National Geographic cat tracking video
A US project tracks cat movements.
Wildlife protection
- Responsible Cat Ownership
Fact sheet from Forest & Bird - Pest Free Waitākere Ranges Alliance
Keeping cats OUT of your garden
Lost cats
- NZ Companion Animal Register
- What to do if your cat is missing
Good advice from a British website
Shelters & Rescue Groups
- SPCA – Find your nearest location
- Paw Justice – Pet Rescue
- Gutter Kitties – Auckland
- Lonely Miaow – Auckland
- Franklin Cat Rescue
- Outpawed – Palmerston North & Wellington
- Kitten Inn – Wellington
- Cats Protection League – Canterbury
- QT Community Cats – Queenstown
- Cat Rescue Wanaka
- Cat Rescue Dunedin
Cat cafés
- Purrs & Beans (formerly Barista Cats) – Auckland
- Fancy Meow – Rotorua
- Nego Ngeru – Hutt Central (Wellington)
- Catnap – Christchurch
Microchipping
- About Cat Microchips [PDF]
Desexing
- About Cat Desexing [PDF]