Overview

Regional Animal Services of King County has a volunteer-run program, Barn Cats R Us, that rehomes outdoor cats to barns and garages where they work as rodent hunters.

Many of these cats are feral or very shy, and so will be seldom seen. Others are friendly, but are too unhappy living indoors to be good house pets. Regardless of the origin of these cats, our goal is to humanely prevent free-roaming cats from uncontrolled breeding.

These mousers and ratters will provide totally organic rodent control. RASKC places barn cats at no charge to you. Once placed, you only need to provide warm, safe shelter, a dependable source of food, and fresh water.

Our volunteers will "install" your new barn cats for you, or you may pick them up at the Pet Adoption Center after filling out an adoption application and being interviewed by one of our barn cat program volunteers to make sure that you are prepared to properly acclimate your new cats so they stay on your property.

On large rural properties with barns, we recommend that you adopt multiple cats to ensure effective rodent control. Urban and suburban garage homes are ideal for one or two cats.

To ensure they are healthy, our barn cats have had a check-up by a veterinarian.

We often have barn cats available for immediate adoption. If not, we will place your name on our barn cat program waiting list. Please fill out our Barn Cat Request Form. We usually place barn cats in King County, but some of our volunteers are willing to deliver them to other areas in western Washington.