Frequently Asked Questions - Cat Fostering & Adoption

Our automated system allows you to personally post up details and pictures of the cat.

Firstly, you need to sign up for a user account on the top of this website.

To post up a cat for adoption, upload a good photo and a short write up of the cat, along with its name and your contact details. Our moderator will go through your posting and publish it when everything is in place.

If a potential adopter is interested in the cat that you have posted up - they will contact you directly.

If the cat is above 6 months old, you must sterilise it before putting it up for adoption. You warrant that the cat is sterilised when you post it for adoption at our website.

For a detailed guide on how to register an account, post cats for adoption as well as removing adopted cats from the board, please refer to User Guide (right-click to download). You will need Adobe Reader to read the file.

Login and go to 'Fosterer's Corner' under the 'Public Adoption Board', you will see a list of your cats. Just change the status to 'Completed' and click 'Submit' to remove the listing.

You will not be able to see the listing once it is removed. To put it back on the board, you will have to submit a new listing.

For a detailed guide on how to register an account, post cats for adoption as well as removing adopted cats from the board, please refer to User Guide (right-click to download). You will need Adobe Reader to read the file.

The listings are not meant to be edited. This is to prevent possible abuse where the content is changed once the listing is approved. You may re-submit a new listing and remove the old one if you need to change anything.

We have provided 2 sample agreements/contracts which you can download and amend for your own use.

Sample Trial Adoption Agreement

Sample Adoption Contract

(To remove the "SAMPLE" from the document, edit the "Header and Footer" of the page. Click on 'View' on the menu bar and select "Header and Footer". Then select the "SAMPLE" and delete it.)

The contracts/agreements would make the adopter aware of the responsibilities required of him or her as a cat owner, and you can have something to fall back on should there be a dispute and you wish to take legal actions.

To help first-time or inexperienced fosterers, we have listed some points in Adoption Help (right-click to download) for you to consider when selecting the right adopter.

This is a public bulletin which means that we are not affiliated to the people who made the postings. Cats that are up for adoption are placed with fosterers.

You would have to contact the fosterers directly (click on 'Contact Fosterer') to find out more about the cat and arrange for a viewing session. You can check with the fosterers if an adoption fee is required.

Please do practice sound judgment when it comes to meeting fosterers. Also as a responsible pet owner, please do your research before you make any decisions to adopt. A pet is for life.

We have no control over whom the cats are given to as these are not our cats. The fosterers make the decision as to a suitable adopter.

Please remember -- a cat is a lifetime commitment. The foster is trying to find the best match for the cat and therefore selection is not always on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CWS runs the adoption board as a public service -- as such anyone can post on the board. We do not know most of the fosterers and they have full control over their screening process for adopters.

If you adopt and return a cat on a whim, without any compelling reason, we will ban you from adopting another cat from our board. If we receive complaints from a number of fosterers, we will also ban you from adopting whether or not you've adopted before.

We reserve the right to ban fosterers or adopters at our discretion.