Far too many cats don’t have good homes. That’s why the latest campaign to bring awareness to this problem and save cats is called the Million Cat Challenge. The goal is to save one million cats in North America within five years.

The goal started in 2014 and happily, North American shelters achieved this goal a year early. More than 1,000 North American animal shelters saved a total of 1,148,129 cats as of Dec. 31, 2017.

If you have room in your home to save a cat, do it. Your cat will thank you and so will animal shelters around the country.

To read more about the Million Cat Challenge started in 2014, click here.