NEA Whisker Warriors

06/01/2026

Thank you to all of our new followers! Here’s what we do here at NEA Whisker Warriors! We are basically social workers for cats! 😜

Thank you for the support.

06/01/2026

05/25/2026

Get your tickets for our summer raffle!

05/23/2026

☀️🐾 SUMMER SURVIVAL KIT RAFFLE IS HERE! 🐾☀️

We’ve got THREE chances to win and every ticket helps local cats and kittens right here in NE Arkansas. ❤️

🌊 Beat the Heat Package ($135 value)
💆 Rest + Relax Package ($140 value)
🏖️ Fun in the Sun Package ($135 value)

🎟 Tickets:
$5 each OR 5 for $20

Ways to purchase:
💵 Cash in person
📱 CashApp: $NEAWhiskerWarriors
💻 PayPal: [email protected]

Every ticket helps us continue:
🐾 Spay/neuter efforts
🐾 Foster and adoption support
🐾 Feeding orphaned/neonatal kittens
🐾 Emergency assistance for local families

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Comment below: Which package would YOU choose if you won? Beat the Heat, Rest + Relax, or Fun in the Sun?!

Share to spread the word and help us help more cats one tiny paw at a time 🐱❤️

04/21/2025

One of the biggest objectives for NEA Whisker Warriors, besides TNR efforts, is education! It is imperative to understand the difference between a stray cat and a feral cat.

A few key differences are:
- stray cats will generally approach you due to having some socialization. This is usually because they were once owned and are either lost or were abandoned.
- feral cats will NOT approach you but MAY watch you from a distance. They are not socialized and are afraid of humans. You may see them at night more often than during the day.
- feral cats tend to stick to their colony or community. They are territorial about that community and don't usually welcome outsiders. Dumping a socialized, stray cat into a feral community can mean a death sentence for the stray.
- stray cats are more likely to be rescued and adopted.
- feral cats thrive by being sterilized, vaccinated, and having their ears tipped, and returned to their communities.

The more you know! Please consider a donation to NEA Whisker Warriors to help us educate and help these cats!

04/04/2025

I've been an animal person my entire life. Ask my parents how many times I brought animals home. I did not have my first pet cat until 2016 when someone at my job found a kitten on our campus. I was allergic to cats, but I found that the allergies were more manageable as an adult.

I've since become a full-blown cat lady. And every day I see a stray cat. Every day. I know I can't save them all, but you can't stop me from trying.

In 2023, I was notified about a cat in Trumann at Hightower's. She was extremely sick. Thanks to Community Cats of Central Arkansas and Biscuit's Legacy along with the help of a few friends, she was trapped and vetted. She was very malnourished, had a nasty upper respiratory infection, and had recently delivered and ingested stillborn kittens. She had a collar which signified someone had cared for her, but she was terrified of humans, too. It seems she had been abused and dumped.

After some vet care she came home with me and after years of TLC, Athena is now a happy, friendly, and well-fed porch cat. I decided after I helped Athena I wanted to help more cats like her.

Northeast Arkansas has a dire community cat problem. I started NEA Whisker Warriors to work with local rescues and independent folks to help these cats. Our largest objective is to help arrange high-volume TNR. To do that, we need your help! Check out Athena's story and help us help more cats like her in NEA.

Every donation is matched by the Community Cats grant. With $2000 we can help SO many cats in our area.

Athena needs your help | Waggle Crowdfunding for Cats

03/29/2025

Some folks are uncomfortable with the RETURN part of T-N-R (trap neuter return). Here's an explanation of why we do what we do to help others understand.

There are an estimated 50-80 million homeless cats in the United States alone. Kitten season has begun and millions more will be born this spring. 🌷😔

It's heartbreaking. 💔 But, here is the fact:
👉 There are not enough homes for all of the cats and kittens. 👈

Well-intentioned followers will ask, "Why don't you find that cat a home?". Because there is no space available. 😞 There are THOUSANDS of adoptable cats at all of our local shelters who could potentially die without a home. But people want us to keep pulling any and every cat from outdoors to find it a home. Current population numbers make this an impossible task. But there is hope through spay and neuter‼️

We are grateful our shelter accepts ✅ young kittens. They also do wonderful work for ✅ sick and injured community cats. We are blessed they provide space for those who need it most ❤️‍🩹 and we utilize this resource to the fullest! They have the largest foster program in the area, but even they have limits. Space is not unlimited. Fosters are not unlimited. Funds are not unlimited.

If you are an individual who comes across a homeless cat (or even a whole litter) and you are willing and able to take them in (socialize them, if needed), we encourage you and applaud you! We WANT you to do that, as long as you are able to get those kitties fixed. But if you are that person who was fortunate enough to be able to do that and CHOSE to do that, please don't pass judgment on those who are not able to do the same.

To us, a healthy fixed cat who is returning to a caretaker outdoors is not a failure. We are in rural Virginia 🌳, so when we return, it's not exactly "to the streets". We return to *caretakers* with farms, yards with sheds or porches, houses with trees, etc. They have a home in their familiar outdoor space. They have a caretaker to monitor for sickness and injuries and we are always there should those caretakers need us. ❤️

The RETURN part of T-N-R is necessary for combating the overpopulation problem. Right now, they can't all have an indoor home, but if more people understood the importance of spay and neuter, it could definitely be a goal for the future. 🎉

03/26/2025

03/24/2025

Kitten season is amongst us, and I know it is our instinct to help kittens that appear 'alone', but they are most likely not alone at all. Momma cats must go find food and water to provide milk for her kittens. So, sometimes you may come across a litter of kittens that are crying, but in all likelihood, momma cat isn't too far away.

Please do not touch or move the kittens. Give the mom time to come back. And if you are able, offer food and water nearby so mom doesn't have to go very far.

If you find a litter of kittens in NEA, feel free to send us a message and we can try to get a Whisker Warrior to check on the litter to ensure they and mom are safe.