About Us

The Montgomery County Community Cat Coalition (MC C³) is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit animal protection organization dedicated to improving the lives of community cats in Montgomery County, Maryland.

What are community cats?

Community cats are free-roaming, unowned cats. Although some cats seen outdoors have owners, many do not. Some community cats are the offspring of lost or abandoned pet cats, but most community cats are feral (meaning they’re not socialized to humans) because they weren’t exposed to people during their first months of life. While community cats don’t have a traditional owner, they often are fed by caring people, and they can live happy, healthy lives with Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) intervention.

Several other terms are also used by many people to mean community cats – for example, feral cats, alley cats, stray cats, tomcats, colony cats or street cats.

How we help

  • By assisting caretakers with Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
  • By educating and engaging residents to value the lives of community cats
  • By advocating for TNR as the most humane way to mitigate cat overpopulation

Our history

The Montgomery County Community Cat Coalition (MC C³) was founded in 2016 by members of the D.C. metro area animal welfare community. The inaugural meeting had a packed house of diverse attendees including experts from several metro area animal welfare organizations. The coalition was formed in order to create an innovative, pro-active, community-based program to address issues involving unowned cats.

We provide support and information

for community cat caretakers in Montgomery County, Maryland:

We accept donations

of the following types:

Officers and advisors

President
Robert Hill
Vice President
Rita Flygar
Treasurer
Emily Morrison
Secretary
Marissa Clingen
Veterinary advisor
Dr. Hannah Levy

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Our supporters