Healthy community cats are usually best helped through TNVR and responsible colony management. But orphaned kittens, seriously sick or injured cats, abandoned socialized cats, and cats in genuine danger sometimes need something more.
For those cats, RCC does our best to step in.
R.E.A.L. Cruzan Cats is not an animal-control, pest-control or cat-removal service. We do not remove healthy community cats simply because they are unwanted in a particular location.
Whenever possible, our goal is to help cats live safely in the territory they already know while stopping reproduction through TNVR and supporting responsible long-term colony management.
Being inconvenient is not the same as being unsafe.
Many kittens entering our foster program are truly orphaned—sometimes found near a mother who has been killed on the road or otherwise died. Very young kittens may need intensive feeding, warmth, veterinary care and socialization to survive.
Community cats sometimes need urgent veterinary treatment, surgery or a protected place to recover before they can safely return to their colony.
A friendly cat who has depended on people may not be equipped to survive as a community cat. When space allows, foster care can provide a path toward a new home.
When a location is truly unsafe and TNVR or colony-management solutions cannot protect an individual cat, RCC may help find another safe option through rescue or our Distributed Sanctuary network.
Foster homes make extraordinary interventions possible. They give orphaned kittens somewhere to grow, injured cats somewhere to heal, and special cases the time and individual care they need.
Every foster home is a limited resource. Keeping that space available for cats who genuinely need removal and intensive care is one reason RCC does not take healthy community cats simply because someone wants them gone.
Some cats need intensive medical intervention and a protected place to heal before the next step can even be considered.
Foster care can make the difference between a devastating outcome and the time needed for treatment and recovery.
RCC currently has just four core volunteers on St. Croix, supported by additional volunteer foster caregivers and other people who help in specific ways. This small team handles trapping, transportation, TNVR coordination, food distribution, colony management, emergency response, foster coordination and more.
Our capacity is finite. Contacting RCC does not guarantee that we can take a cat into foster care or respond immediately. We prioritize TNVR, orphaned kittens, urgent medical cases and situations where cats are genuinely at risk.
VOLUNTEER WITH RCCKeep the cat safely in its territory and make sure it is sterilized.
GET TNVR HELP →Build a humane plan for TNVR, feeding, monitoring and long-term management.
BUSINESS SERVICES →Contact RCC with the location, condition of the cat, photos if possible, and whether you can safely contain or transport the cat.
REQUEST RESCUE HELP →Our volunteers are trying to build a humane, island-wide solution for St. Croix's cats. Assistance depends on foster space, volunteer availability, veterinary capacity and funding. We will always do our best to help identify an appropriate next step, but we cannot promise intake or immediate response.
More foster homes, more volunteers and more financial support mean more capacity for orphaned kittens, urgent medical cases and cats in genuine danger.
If you have an animal that is sick, injured, or needs veterinary care, please contact a veterinary provider directly. These St. Croix veterinary resources can help you find appropriate care.
Community Clinic: (340) 778-1651
Shelter: (340) 778-1650
(340) 718-1256
(340) 204-6855
