COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM

In 2011, the SPCA, in partnership with the city and county, launched the Community Cat Program, a program aimed at reducing the number of unwanted kittens being born in the area. In locations with community (free-roaming) cat populations, the staff works with caretakers to trap their outdoor cats and kittens. Through TrapNeuter-Return, we are able to provide these felines with necessary vaccinations and health checks before sterilizing them and returning them to their homes. The SPCA provides this resource at no cost and works diligently with members of the public to help manage the community cat population. The ultimate goal of the Community Cat Program is to reduce the population of uncared-for felines by ensuring all owned cats are spayed or neutered and that freeroaming cats are trapped, altered and returned to their habitats by their caretakers.

The SPCA provided sterilization surgeries and veterinary care for 508 community cats in 2020. We saw an 18% decrease from 20192020 in the number of stray felines entering the shelter. Since we started the Community Cat Program in 2011, the feline stray intake has dropped by 63%, allowing us to increase feline transport to save more lives!