Collaborative partnership between Stray Cat Alliance and San Francisco SPCA helps relieve overcrowding in Los Angeles shelters.
LOS ANGELES (April 13, 2026) — Stray Cat Alliance (SCA) successfully transferred 102 cats to the San Francisco SPCA (SF SPCA) on April 13, 2026, continuing a critical partnership aimed at reducing shelter overcrowding across Southern California. Los Angeles is the second largest city County in the US and has the highest euthanasia of cats anywhere.
The transfer reflects Stray Cat Alliance’s ongoing work to intervene directly at overcrowded municipal shelters, providing the medical triage and coordination necessary to move vulnerable cats out of crisis and into communities where demand for cats is high.
“Los Angeles shelters are beyond capacity, and cats and kittens are paying the price,” said Christi Metropole, CEO of Stray Cat Alliance. “Our partnership with the San Francisco SPCA represents our full commitment — from rescue to rehabilitation to loving homes — allowing these cats to move quickly into foster and adoptive homes, and enabling us to return to the shelters and save even more lives. This is what decisive collaboration looks like, and it’s how we create real, measurable impact.”
Upon arrival in San Francisco, the cats were welcomed into SF SPCA cat condo housing or placed directly with foster volunteers. Many are already available for adoption, and those still settling in are expected to be ready within days.
“Shelter overcrowding is a crisis across California, and no single organization can solve it alone,” said Dr. Jennifer Scarlett, CEO of the SF SPCA. “Our partnership with Stray Cat Alliance is what collaborative animal welfare looks like in practice — 102 cats moved from overcrowded LA shelters to foster homes and adoption availability in San Francisco within days. This is how we make a difference at scale.”
Interested in supporting this work? Stray Cat Alliance is always seeking foster volunteers and donors. Visit straycatalliance.org to learn more.
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About Stray Cat Alliance Stray Cat Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering communities to advocate for every cat’s right to be safe, healthy, and valued. Through strategic rescue, high-volume spay/neuter, critical medical intervention, adoption, foster care, and community partnerships, Stray Cat Alliance works to reduce shelter overcrowding and create sustainable, humane solutions for cats in crisis. By collaborating with municipal shelters, veterinary providers, and trusted transfer partners, the organization expands access to care and increases lifesaving outcomes for vulnerable cats and kittens across Southern California and beyond. For more information, visit straycatalliance.org
About the San Francisco SPCA The San Francisco SPCA is an independent, community-supported, nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to saving, protecting and providing immediate care for cats and dogs who are homeless, ill or in need of an advocate. The SF SPCA also works long-term to educate the community, reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies through spaying and neutering, and improve the quality of life for animals and their human companions. The organization does not receive government funding. For more information, visit sfspca.org.