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I am Kat - born and raised in Germany and moved to Philadelphia in 2015. Growing up in the German countryside, my love for animals was always there. I grew up milking cows, playing with cats, dogs, birds, pigs, goats, bunnies - even had a goat I was walking on a leash on a daily basis as a child. 

Growing up, I lost touch with that side of me for a while until my first "Bijou" fell in my lap. I found her crying behind a dumpster at 6 weeks old, full of fleas, anemic with a high fever. Took her to the vet and nursed her back to health. After that, I was hooked.

I adopted a playmate, which I lost to FIP 5 months later. Then adopted another playmate and another - started fostering for one of the big rescues and foster failed 3 times. Five years later, I have 6 cats of my own - 2 medical cases and one baby I raised with the bottle against all odds since day 1. I have touched the life of, fostered and bottlefed more than 400 animals and cared for many sick cats. 

Starting the Kitten Snatchers rescue was the natural next step for me and my dear friend Somer!   

I’m Somer. I grew up in a small town in upstate NY. Ever since I was a baby my family always had pets. As a teenager I would always find stray or injured animals and bring them home to my parents. 

I always longed for a cat and when I was 16 my wish came true when a sweet stray started coming to our home (way out in the country). We knew nothing about cats but this sweet calico girl we called kitty quickly taught us by having 3 babies in my bed while I slept! 

I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t have a furry friend. My husband and I currently have 3 cats and 2 Yorkies (all rescues) and 4 out of the 5 were foster fails (wins). 

I began fostering in 2017 and have fostered, saved, or worked with, hundreds of animals. My girl Kat and I started this rescue when we were trapping nice cats and kittens and struggled to find placement. We decided we could do this and together we’ve changed the lives of almost 300 of Philadelphia’s “throw away” cats in only 10 short months! 

I grew up in central Jersey and have been living in Philadelphia the last 10 years. I have had animals of all types my entire life, in fact i can't remember a time I didn't have at least one cat. 

In some sense I've always helped animals find homes but in 2019 I found a pregnant cat which i fostered and foster failed. I started fostering through Kitten Snatchers in October 2020. Since then I've had over a hundred fosters through my home. 

Fostering has been the best thing I've ever done for my mental health and being apart of the Kitten Snatchers team is very important to me.  Helping voiceless creatures find safe and loving homes is so rewarding and teaches my son compassion and responsibility for animals.

Currently I have 3 resident cats, Clarence the fish and 2 snails. I also have 6 Kitten Snatchers fosters and I'm excited to help usher them and all their successors into their new lives

Hi, I'm Vivian! I grew up in New York with cats and have always been an animal lover. The week I moved out of dorms in college, I adopted my first cat on my own and the week I bought my first home and was able to get another cat, I did so then too. These sweet furry creatures bring me so much joy. When I moved to South Philly and learned about the stray cat problem, my heart broke for each of these creatures looking for a warm lap and reliable food. Together my husband and I have fostered over 50 cats with Kitten Snatchers. Some have been skeptical of humans, some were abandoned pets, some were 2 day old kittens who were abandoned by their mama, and all of them got the warm and loving home they had been looking for. Fostering saves lives and their endless love and appreciation makes it a joy.

Today I have two cats of my own. Tully is a chunky, affectionate, shy boy and Jalen is an FIV+, social, energetic Kitten Snatchers alumn. 

As the Adoption Coordinator, my goal is to make sure cats find a loving, reliable home and that humans find the perfect furry companion for their lives.

Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia. As a child, I always loved and wanted a cat of my own; however, I was always told “no” by my parents. Shortly after getting married, 23 years ago, I adopted my first two cats. Since then, we have welcomed several cats and dogs into our home. In 2023, we sadly lost one of our cats to renal failure, and since we had not adopted a pet in a while, we decided it was time to honor our past furry family members with a new kitten, and this led me to find Samara on Kitten Snatchers. Samara fit right in, but we wanted to get her a friend who could match her energy, so we also adopted Sioban in 2024 followed by her mom Niamh just a few months ago.

Now that my furry family is complete, I love helping Kitten Snatchers, as an adoption coordinator, to assist them with all of the wonderful things they do for the homeless cats and kittens in Philadelphia and helping others complete their families.