Two cream-point indie kittens sitting together in the bowl of a cat tree, one looking straight at you

catadoption_pune · Pune & PCMC

Pune's indie cats. One person away from home.

A volunteer-run virtual adoption centre. We post the cats rescuers are looking after.

Their person finds them here.

Pune has no shelter for a healthy cat, so a cat that needs a home waits with the person who rescued it. catadoption_pune is the notice board between them and you: we post their cats, from Baner, Kothrud, Viman Nagar, Kharadi, Pimple Saudagar and beyond, after a basic check with each rescuer.

How an indie cat finds a home here.

Pune has no shelter for a healthy cat, not even a government one. So every cat on our board is living with the person who rescued it.

1 · Browse

See the cats looking for homes, with photos, age, area and the rescuer's note. New cats post on Instagram too.

2 · Connect

The rescuer's number is on every post. They know the cat best, and they'll ask about your home. That's how they find the right match.

3 · Adopt

Meet the cat, collect its vaccination records, and go home together. You don't pay anything, and neither does the rescuer.

A white-and-ginger indie cat lying stretched out, looking straight at you

Indies only.

Most were abandoned, orphaned or born by accident, and they make just as good pets as any breed.

Make space for one. They'll take care of the rest.

Adoption is free — a cat is not a commodity.

Meet the cats Ready to adopt? Start with the adopter form Rescuer with a cat to place? Send us a cat
@catadoption_pune on Instagram. New cats post here too. Watch: Found us on Google Maps? What "virtual" adoption centre means (13 seconds) Watch: Adopting an indie cat in Pune, how catadoption_pune works (2½ minutes)

Living with an indie cat

I also write and film what I've learned keeping indie cats in a Pune flat: the first day home, litter, food, cat hair.

Watch: A new cat's first day home in Pune, the 5 things to have ready (3 minutes) Read: 3 cat litters, one water test, and how each one clumped
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