Kingdom Animal Shelter
(802) 473 - 3377
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Why Should Your Cat Be Kept Indoors?

  • Fleas and cost of flea treatment monthly
  • Ticks (carry Lyme Disease) and cost of tick treatment monthly
  • FIV (Feline version of HIV which can develop into full blown Aids)
  • Feline Leukemia transmitted by fighting with other outdoor cats
  • Feline Herpes from exposure to other cats
  • FIP (A particularly nasty deadly disease picked up from other outdoor cats)
  • Toxicidia from your cat digging in the dirt and picking up the parasite and bringing it inside
  • Picking up intestinal worms
  • Infected wounds/abscesses and eye damage from cat bites/scratches incurred during cat fights that need expensive vet attention
  • Hit in traffic/ran over
  • Lost
  • Stolen
  • Taken/eaten by predators coy dogs, coyotes, fisher  
  • Attacked by other neighborhood cats (possible injury and very stressful for your cat)
  • Attacked and possibly killed by neighborhood dogs
  • Attacked by mean people
  • Taunted/teased/abused by neighborhood children
  • They won't accidentally or intentionally, be poisoned by antifreeze. 
  • In the winter, they won't crawl up into a the hood of a warm car to stay warm and then be hurt or killed when the car starts again or moves. 
  • They could get trapped in someone's shed or garage. On really hot days or really cold days- that could be dangerous (heat stroke, frostbite). 
  • Keeping them inside you'll notice UT and gastrointestinal issues sooner because you can monitor their urine and stool via litter box.
  • And finally, if you keep your cat indoors you will be able to spend more time with your cat since he/she will be around more.
Kingdom Animal Shelter
1161 Portland St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819

Kingdom Animal Shelter is a non-profit
certified 501(c) (3),
animal rescue organization. 
Please contact us at info@kingdomanimalshelter.com for our 501(c)(3) ID.


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Privacy Policy
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, 
Kingdom Animal Shelter is closed for regular adoption hours.  We do still adopt cats to the public, but adoption application meetings are held via Zoom rather than in person.  Additionally
, we have limited visiting/adoption hours BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.  Please click here for details.  
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Phone:  (802) 473 - 3377
(If you leave a message, please leave your name and number and speak slowly and clearly so we're sure to be able to call you back.)

Email: info@kingdomanimalshelter.com