PARLIER, CA (KMJ) – You and your cat-loving friends are invited to The Cat House on the Kings annual OG Open House on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, to help raise much needed funds for animal care and operations.
It’s been three years since The Cat House on the Kings held the event (they subbed in an estate sale last spring and the 2024 Open House had to be cancelled).
The OG Open House raises critical funds and they are working around-the-clock to create the festivities with The Cat House’s signature cat-themed merchandise, music from DJ Terry, a taco truck, hot dogs and hundreds of beautiful cats.
The event on Saturday May 2, 2026 opens at 10 a.m., and runs until 2pm.
Visitors can enjoy food, merchandise, meet founder/ director Lynea Lattanzio and take tours of sprawling grounds seeing cats and more cats!.
The Open House is a prime opportunity to show off the 12-acre sanctuary – 7120 S. Kings River Road in rural Parlier – that borders the Kings River in Fresno County.
Visitors can meet and make friends with hundreds of cats and learn about how they run the state’s largest nonprofit, no-cage, no-kill rescue.
Their website: www.cathouseonthekings.com
Kitten season is essentially year-round in the relatively mild climate, but peak season is spring and summer. Shelters and rescues often are so crowded that many kittens can’t find shelter or support services during that time. Lack of access and the high cost of procedures have helped explode the pet population in recent years. Shelters and rescues throughout the west are consistently overcrowded.
“It takes a village to solve this problem, and we thank everyone who contributed to helping spay, neuter and therefore save precious lives,” said Tammy Barker, Assistant director.
Many shelters lack a staff veterinarian and must hold cats and dogs for weeks for spay/neuter appointments. If adoptable animals move slowly out of shelters and rescues, and pressure builds, adoptable animals may be euthanized due to lack of space. Increasingly, more organizations are asking the CHOTK no-cage, no-kill sanctuary to take cats.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
