Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
Warmer days bring kitten season, which means faculty member Dr. Karen Vernau and the student volunteers who run the Orphan Kitten Project at UC Davis are currently in high gear. As you’ll see in today’s #MinuteWithMark video, they help kittens go from being homeless to receiving excellent medical care and socialization until they are adopted.
Programs like this make a huge difference. Research has shown (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981279/) that different measures adopted in the U.S. have driven down animal shelter intakes and euthanasia significantly. Grassroots, donor-driven organizations like the Orphan Kitten Project and initiatives like our shelter medicine program (sheltermedicine.com/) help to save individual animals like the ones in the video while improving the overall picture.
Collectively, we ARE making an impact. If you want to adopt a kitten or provide other support, please contact the dedicated students at the Orphan Kitten Project (sites.google.com/view/orphankittenproject/home). Disclaimer: This video was produced before 2025 and may not meet current accessibility standards. These materials are not actively maintained. If you experience difficulty accessing this content or require it in an alternative format, please contact svmcommunications@ucdavis.edu
Warmer days bring kitten season, which means faculty member Dr. Karen Vernau and the student volunteers who run the Orphan Kitten Project at UC Davis are currently in high gear. As you’ll see in today’s #MinuteWithMark video, they help kittens go from being homeless to receiving excellent medical care and socialization until they are adopted.
Programs like this make a huge difference. Research has shown (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981279/) that different measures adopted in the U.S. have driven down animal shelter intakes and euthanasia significantly. Grassroots, donor-driven organizations like the Orphan Kitten Project and initiatives like our shelter medicine program (sheltermedicine.com/) help to save individual animals like the ones in the video while improving the overall picture.
Collectively, we ARE making an impact. If you want to adopt a kitten or provide other support, please contact the dedicated students at the Orphan Kitten Project (sites.google.com/view/orphankittenproject/home). Disclaimer: This video was produced before 2025 and may not meet current accessibility standards. These materials are not actively maintained. If you experience difficulty accessing this content or require it in an alternative format, please contact svmcommunications@ucdavis.edu
