How Do Cats, Wildlife, and People Share the Same World?
Community Cat Atlas documents the lives of free-roaming cats and the communities, wildlife, and landscapes around them through photography, research, and long-term observation.
127 Documented Colonies • 25 Communities Represented • 1,535 Documented Cats
Sharing Space
Community cats live alongside people and wildlife in neighborhoods, businesses, parks, industrial areas, and countless other human-shaped environments.
Their presence raises questions about responsibility, conservation, coexistence, and how people and wildlife share the landscapes around them.
Community Cat Atlas exists to document those relationships through photography, research, storytelling, and long-term observation.
"The first step toward coexistence is understanding the landscape we already share."
ATLAS BY THE NUMBERS
The Community Cat Atlas currently contains records from 127 documented colonies across 25 communities and serves as the foundation for ongoing observatory, research, and documentary efforts.
Documented Colonies
127
Communities Represented
25
Documented
Cats
1,535
Reported Sterilizations
422
Active
Observatory
1
OBSERVATION ACROSS THE ATLAS
Looking Beyond the Colony
Community Cat Atlas observatories document how cats, wildlife, and people move through the same environments over time. Through photography, camera traps, and long-term monitoring, we are building a record of coexistence as it unfolds in the real world.
Observation
Hours
398
Photographs Collected
231256
Data Archived
(GB)
1252
Individual Cats Identified
5
Active
Sites
1
Last Updated
September 13, 2026
Stories From the Atlas
Photography
