Guide 1
Match your gift to the help you want to support
For local rehoming, fostering or help with a nearby shelter’s supplies, contact a shelter, humane society or cat rescue in your area. Use its official website to check what is needed and how gifts will be used. A familiar animal photograph does not establish the destination of a donation.
WARN’s linked route is dog and cat meat trade appeal: assessed support for dogs and cats affected by the meat trade. If you intend to fund general community-cat sterilization instead, do not assume this appeal covers that purpose. Read indonesia community animals appeal for the separate proposal, which has no dedicated collection open.
Which appeal receives the gift?
The cat route at adopt a cat selects dog and cat meat trade appeal. Its proposed purpose includes lawful rescue support, appropriate veterinary assessment, recovery care and locally led welfare reform for animals affected by the trade. The appeal covers dogs as well as cats.
There is no separate promise to pay for a particular kitten, colony, country or procedure. A general gift at donate or monthly giving can be unrestricted unless you select a specific appeal. Check the purpose shown in the form before continuing. If a narrower restriction is essential, contact WARN before giving rather than relying on an informal note after checkout.
What has been agreed, paid or reported?
WARN is developing grant support. Descriptions of possible care do not establish that a recipient has been approved, money transferred or treatment delivered. These are separate stages with different evidence.
Read grant selection for the checks on organizational identity, authority, welfare standards, needs and budgets. Use /about/where-your-money-goes/#grant-register for published decisions and payment records. A payment receipt confirms your donation; it does not prove that a grant has already reached a field team.
Guide 4
How community-cat care differs from meat-trade response
Community-cat management is ongoing local work involving animals living outside household care. TNVR means trap, neuter, vaccinate and return. Where that approach is appropriate, it belongs within a wider plan for assessment, aftercare, local responsibilities and monitoring. Return is not suitable in every place or for every cat.
Care following a meat-trade interception has its own questions about lawful custody, health, possible owners and an appropriate longer-term outcome. The educational guide at community cats indonesia discusses wider care options; it is not a receipt for a funded WARN program. The separate Indonesia community-animal proposal at indonesia community animals appeal has no dedicated collection open.
Guide 5
Choose an affordable contribution without a care guarantee
Use the amount and currency options currently displayed at dog and cat meat trade appeal. Choose USD if appropriate and confirm the payment frequency. Higher amounts increase your contribution; they are not prices for a set number of operations, clinic hours or cats rescued.
No verified unit costs on this page support a cats-per-pound or cats-per-dollar calculation. A future grant needs an assessed budget covering suitable staff, veterinary oversight, accommodation, aftercare and reporting. You should feel free to give less, choose a one-off amount or help by sharing.
Guide 6
Monthly gifts, one-off gifts and cancellation
A monthly gift is a recurring commitment to the selected appeal purpose. A one-off gift is a single contribution. Neither frequency confirms a grant, reserves veterinary capacity or guarantees a rescue. Review the current appeal terms and choose what fits your circumstances.
For future monthly payments, use manage or contact WARN through contact. If you independently arranged a standing order, manage it with your bank. Do not assume that cancelling a card subscription also stops a bank standing order.
Guide 7
Gift and memorial acknowledgements
If giving for another person or in memory of a cat, explain the purpose accurately: support towards the dog and cat meat-trade appeal, subject to its funding terms. It is not a replacement pet, a sponsored named kitten or a guaranteed rescue.
Read the current acknowledgement options on adopt a cat. The memorial route at in-memory giving has its own selections; check its chosen purpose rather than assuming a cat tribute creates a cat-only restriction. For named-animal updates or a cattery pen in the US, ask a local shelter, humane society or cat rescue about its own sponsorship arrangements.
Guide 8
Registration, tax treatment and checking another organization
WARN is a UK Community Interest Company, not a US 501(c)(3). Gifts to WARN are not US tax-deductible. Read registration status for WARN’s identity and where your money goes for the funding policy. A receipt should not be treated as confirmation of tax relief.
When comparing organizations, check the official register appropriate to their claimed legal form, current contact information, the stated use of funds and reports showing what has actually happened. An organization’s name, website design or use of the word “charity” in a search result is not enough to establish its status.
Guide 9
Practical next steps and help without donating
Read dog and cat meat trade appeal, review the purpose and published funding status, then choose an affordable amount if the route fits your intention. Keep your receipt and return to the grant register for evidence of any later award.
You can also share a sourced welfare guide or help a local shelter, humane society or cat rescue in the way it requests. For an animal needing immediate assistance, contact a local veterinary practice or qualified rescue service; WARN does not dispatch an emergency team. Compare adopt a cat charity us, donate to cat charity us and sponsor a cat for rehoming, donation and sponsorship questions.