Cat Rescue – Part 2 – Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats!
Kitty Bungalow is California's only 100% feral cat rescue and socialization facility. As shelter interventionists, they focus their attention on the most vulnerable of felines -- the ferals. They break down the anxiety of feral cats with nearly 80 weekly volunteers who use guided socialization techniques and objectives, taking these street cats from 'hiss to home'.
In Part 2 of our 2-part series on feral and community cat rescue, Michelle Fern chats cats with Shawn Simons, founder and Headmistress of Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats.
BIO:
Shawn Simons is the founder and Headmistress of Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats, a ground breaking feral cat socialization non-profit in Los Angeles. Prior to starting the organization Shawn was a television writer and producer who was extremely allergic to cats. By taking the creative tools from her life long relationship with the arts she created an organization that wraps its mission in accessible branding and brings a creative approach to the work. This strong marketing strategy has catapulted the organization into the limelight allowing them to not only fulfill their promise to the feral cats of Los Angeles but push the boundaries of progression in rescue and charity.
Shawn came upon the work accidentally after buying a house with her husband that came with a feral cat colony. Having no experience in animals, pets, cats or charity Kitty Bungalow was the next sensible step for Shawn. Always an out of the box creative thinker she brings her own special outlook to the work of cat rescue.