Independent Cat Society

Recently two Independent Cat Society volunteers, Staci Trekles, ICS Board President, and Roberta Jocius, ICS Grant Chair, offered a 10 week Grant Writing workshop for community members through the Graduate and Extended Learning (GEL) Office at Purdue...

June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month and the Independent Cat Society is having an Adoption Event on Saturday, June 13th at Pet Supplies Plus on LaPorte Avenue in Valparaiso from 11 am to 3pm to try to help some of their kitties find good homes. A few of...

Can you help Honey Bee, a four year old female dilute tortie, find a home to call her own? Honey Bee is a sweet affectionate cat who tested positive for Feline Leukemia but shows no signs of being ill. Honey Bee was found outside a local automobile...

The Independent Cat Society will host its annual Aunt Kitty's Trash and Treasure Spring Yard Sale on Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th from 9am to 3pm at the ICS Shelter located on Route 6 and County Line Road in Westville. Along with our many...

Last year many at the Independent Cat Society felt that kitten season would never end. We were still getting litters of young kittens in early winter, long after the usual ‘kitten season’ should have ended. And while many of these kittens were...

On April Fool's Day this year the Independent Cat Society received a very nice surprise. Nothing like the ones we have received in the past where people drop off or dump several cats at the shelter. This year on Wednesday, April 1st, one of our...

When Petey was just a young kitten he was diagnosed with Feline Leukemia. It was unknown at that time if he would live a long life, or like many Felv cats and kittens, die within a few months. Petey is now 6 years old and in very good health. He...

The Independent Cat Society has received a confirmation of the day and time for the delivery of the cat food we are being awarded in relation to the winning the contest relating to sharing videos on You Tube to help promote Friskies new You Tube...

When a loving Portage resident who had been fostering four magnificent cats for several years explained to the Independent Cat Society (ICS) in Westville that he was no longer able to care for them in the manner in which they’d grown accustomed,...

Guiness and Miller were brought to the Independent Cat Society when their owner was in a serious auto accident and became paralyzed and could no longer care for them. They lost their home and companion of several years. These two boys are only 8...