Founded in May 1998, the Cat Adoption Team (CAT) is the Pacific Northwest's largest nonprofit, limited admission/adoption guarantee cat shelter (we are able to take in cats as we find homes for the cats in the shelter). A leader in the shelter community with our extensive shelter medicine, adoption, and foster care programs, CAT cares for 200 to 400 cats and kittens on a daily basis with the help of a dedicated team of staff and volunteers at CAT's shelter in Sherwood, foster homes, and various offsite adoption locations throughout the Portland metro area. As a nonprofit organization (501(c)3), CAT receives no government funding and relies on the generous support of the public and volunteers.

The Cat Adoption Team's mission is to save the lives of homeless, unwanted, sick, and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.