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🐱🏴☠️ Meow Like a Pirate Day!
What kind of animal holiday is that?!?
Turns out, it’s a fun companion to Talk Like a Pirate Day, celebrating the fearless felines who once sailed the seven seas.
⚓ The Origin: Established around 2015, this quirky holiday honors the long history of cats aboard ships.
🐭 Working Cats: Pirates kept cats on board to hunt mice and rats, protecting food supplies and preventing rodent-borne diseases.
🌊 Good Luck: Sailors believed cats brought good fortune—and could even calm stormy seas.
🎉 How to Celebrate Like a True Meow-rate:
🤺 Dress your cat in a tiny pirate hat (bonus points for a cardboard cutlass).
😾 Teach your cat to say “ARRR-meow!” — or at least glare dramatically.
💰 Hide treats in a treasure chest (aka a shoebox) and let your furry first mate dig for gold.
☠ Post your best pirate cat photo with the caption: “No mice survived this voyage.”
🍻 Toast with a mug of grog (or, you know, coffee) to the legendary ship cats of yore.
So grab your feline crew and set sail for adventure — today’s forecast calls for purrs and plunder! 🐾⚓
🐾 400 Cats. 4 Days. One Community. ❤️
This November 5–8, the ACC, together with Visiting Vets International, will be back at Our Place in Coral Bay for another TNR event!
Over the past two years, we’ve helped nearly 700 cats through this event. This year, we’re hoping to reach 400 more — cats from Cruz Bay to the East End who desperately need to be spayed or neutered.
If you know of cats in need on your property, in your neighborhood, or if you have privately owned cats who need spay/neuter services, please call 340-774-1625, email info@stjacc.org, or send us a message on Facebook.
We cannot do this alone! 🐾
This event takes an incredible amount of planning and resources, including supplies, transportation, food, housing for our veterinary team, medical supplies, traps, fuel, and much more.
Our goal is to raise $40,000, and we still have a long way to go.
❤️ Every donation, no matter the size, helps us help more cats.
If you can donate, please:
📬 Mail a check: PO Box 429 St. John VI 00831
🏠 Stop by the ACC: Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–4 PM or call (340) 774-1625
💻 Donate through our PayPal Giving Fund
www.stjohnanimalcarecenter.com/donate/
Together, we can make life better for the cats of St. John — and for our entire community.
🐾 Please help us reach 400! ❤️
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The Animal Care Center is currently looking for volunteer escorts to help transport kittens to Boston and St. Louis. If you are flying to either of these locations and are able to help these kittens get to their new homes, please let us know.
Key details:
- There is no cost to you.
- The ACC provides all necessary travel supplies.
- Kittens travel under the seat in soft-sided carriers (depending on the airline, up to two kittens can travel together in one carrier).
If you can help or would like more information, please call us at 340-774-1625, email info@stjacc.org, or message our Facebook page.
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About us
The Animal Care Center (ACC) of St. John is located in Cruz Bay. The ACC addresses the problems of cruelty to, neglect and abuse of island animals. The shelter provides kennels for homeless dogs and inside cages for a limited number of homeless cats.
The ACC is a stable resource for the community, providing a no-kill shelter for homeless animals, a resource for animal lovers to find perfect pets, programs for island needs, and a community educational component.
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We have a range of volunteering activities that we would love for you to participate in.
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