Akela Project

09/09/2025

🎉 Project Wrap-Up: 7 Cats Fixed! 🎉

With your generosity, we were able to TNR 7 community cats — 5 females and 2 males — through the amazing First Coast No More Homeless Pets program at only $25 per cat.

Thanks to $184 in donations, plus a small remaining balance that covered gas for all the drop-offs and pick-ups, we prevented countless litters and years of suffering with just a little time and effort.

We even caught our final three cats recently! (I was so excited to finally trap Polly — she was one of the hardest to catch since she’s an older kitty — that I forgot to take her post-TNR photo.)

Meet our TNR heroes:
🐾 Milkshake
🐾 Boba
🐾 Diddums
🐾 Marley
🐾 Micifu (“Me See Food” 😉)
🐾 Polly
🐾 Vittari

Because of you, hundreds of potential kittens will never face hunger or homelessness. This project shows how far even a small donation can go in changing lives. Thank you all for making it happen! 💛

04/09/2025

🐾 FOUR SUCCESSES & COUNTING! 🐾

So far we’ve successfully TNR’d four cats — three females and one male.

Why is this huge?
    •    One female can have up to 150 kittens in her lifetime.
    •    One unneutered male can father hundreds more across multiple females.
By spaying/neutering these four cats, we’ve likely prevented hundreds of kittens from being born into hardship — and spared them from suffering, starvation, and overcrowded shelters.

And it only cost $100 total to do all four.
💙 $100 = hundreds of kittens prevented
💙 Years of suffering avoided
💙 Healthier, happier community cats

It just took a little effort to set the traps and get them to the clinic — but the result feels huge and whole. Thank you to everyone who’s helped make this possible. 🐱✨

If you would like to make a direct impact on your please donate via the GoFundMe link in our bio (we will not reach out directly to anyone)

03/09/2025

Did You Know?? Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Edition 🐾

MYTH 1: Feeding community cats alone is enough to help.
💡 FACT: Without spay/neuter, feeding alone increases the population. Cats continue to breed, making the problem worse. TNR + feeding keeps colonies healthy and stable.

MYTH 2: TNR makes cat colonies grow.
💡 FACT: TNR actually reduces colony size over time. Once cats are spayed/neutered, no new kittens are born, and the population gradually decreases.

MYTH 3: Neutered cats still spread diseases.
💡 FACT: During TNR, cats are vaccinated for rabies and FVRCP, which greatly reduces disease risks to both people and pets.

💙 TNR = Healthier Cats + Healthier Communities.
Every $25 donation covers:
✔️ Spay/Neuter surgery
✔️ Rabies & FVRCP vaccines
✔️ Flea prevention
✔️ Ear tip to identify them as fixed

Together we can break the cycle of overpopulation! 🐱

01/09/2025

🐾 Happy Labor Day! 🐾
Today, First Coast No More Homeless Pets is closed in honor of the holiday, so we’re taking a short pause from trapping.

We’re so grateful for their incredible support of community cats through Rosie’s Community Cat Fund. Thanks to Rosie’s generosity, countless cats in Jacksonville are able to get the care they need—spay/neuter, vaccines, and a chance at a healthier, safer life.

As we rest today, we’re reminded of the amazing work that happens when a community comes together—donors, organizations, and volunteers—all working for a future with fewer homeless pets. 💛

Happy Labor Day from our team to yours!

30/08/2025

🎉 TNR Success #3 – Meet Diddums! 🎉

This handsome boy just completed his Trap-Neuter-Return journey thanks to the support of our sponsors! He received his neuter surgery, vaccines, flea treatment, and an ear tip to show he’s been fixed.

Diddums’ name was chosen by one of our amazing donors — inspired by the hit show Bluey! 🐾💙

We are so grateful to our donors and sponsors for making these lifesaving efforts possible. Every cat fixed means fewer kittens born into tough outdoor lives. 🐱✨

28/08/2025

Did you know? 🐾 While female cats often get the spotlight when talking about overpopulation, unneutered male cats play an equally BIG role.

👉 A single male can father dozens of kittens every year, roaming and mating with many females. Over a lifetime, this can add up to hundreds of kittens — fueling the cycle of overpopulation, disease spread, and unsafe community conditions.

By neutering males, we reduce:
✔️ Spraying & fighting
✔️ Roaming & injuries
✔️ Hundreds of unwanted litters

💙 Every neuter matters. Together, we can break the cycle!

27/08/2025

🎉 Second Success! 🎉
We’re so excited to share that we trapped, neutered, and released another cat — this sweet girl was named Boba by one of our wonderful donors! 💕

Thanks to the amazing team at First Coast No More Homeless Pets, she received her spay surgery, vaccines, flea treatment, and ear tip — all for just $25.

Every cat we TNR helps reduce suffering, prevent overpopulation, and create a healthier, safer community for both people and animals. We’re grateful for the support that makes this possible and can’t wait to keep making a difference, one cat at a time. 🐾✨

If you would like to join the Donors making an impact in you can find the GoFundMe link in our bio!

25/08/2025

🐾 How Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Helps Our Community 🐾

TNR doesn’t just help the cats—it also helps people and neighborhoods by improving community health and safety:

✔️ Reduces Disease Risk – Vaccinating cats during TNR (rabies + FVRCP) helps protect both animals and people. Fewer unvaccinated cats mean lower chances of disease spread.

✔️ Cuts Down on Nuisances – Fixed cats roam less, fight less, and don’t yowl or spray as much, leading to quieter, safer neighborhoods.

✔️ Controls Overpopulation – Fewer kittens born means less strain on animal shelters and fewer stray animals competing for food, which helps the whole community.

✔️ Protects Public Health – Fewer sick and injured cats on the streets means reduced exposure to parasites, fleas, and potential zoonotic risks.

✔️ Supports Humane Communities – TNR shows compassion while solving a real problem—improving life for both people and animals.

Every $25 makes a direct difference!
It covers surgery, vaccines, flea treatment, and ear-tipping for one cat—helping us create a healthier, safer, kinder community. 💙

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24/08/2025

🐾 First Cat Trapped, Spayed, and Released! 🐾

We’re so excited to share that we successfully completed our first Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) with First Coast No More Homeless Pets! For just $25, this amazing cat (Milkshake) received:
✔️ Spay surgery
✔️ 1-year rabies vaccine
✔️ 1-year FVRCP vaccine
✔️ Flea medication
✔️ Ear tip (to show she’s been fixed)

All of this for only $25—that’s truly life-changing for the cat, and for the many kittens that won’t be born into a cycle of overpopulation and suffering.

💙 We’re passionate about promoting the wellbeing of animals. If we were wealthy, we’d cover every cat ourselves—but the truth is, we need help to keep making this difference. We’re willing to put in the hard work trapping and transporting the cats, but we can’t do it alone.

🙏 Every donation, no matter the size, goes directly toward preventing suffering and giving these cats and our community a better future.

➡️ If you’d like to help, donations can be sent to: (Link in our Bio)

Thank you so much for supporting this mission—together, we’re already making an impact! 🌱🐱

23/08/2025

What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?

TNR is the humane and effective way to reduce outdoor cat overpopulation.

🔹 Trap – Cats are humanely trapped using safe cages.
🔹 Neuter/Spay & Care – Each cat gets surgery, vaccines, flea treatment, and an ear tip (the universal sign they’ve been fixed).
🔹 Return – Cats are released back to their outdoor home, now healthier and no longer able to reproduce.

💡 Why it matters:
✔️ Stops the endless cycle of kittens.
✔️ Reduces overcrowding in shelters.
✔️ Improves community health and safety.
✔️ Helps cats live longer, healthier lives.

✨ With TNR, everyone wins — the cats, the community, and the shelters.

🙏 If you’d like to support this mission, know that just $25 covers a cat’s spay/neuter, vaccines, flea prevention, and ear tip. This is the link to the go fund me page: https://gofund.me/7ff6641b

23/08/2025

What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?

TNR is the humane and effective way to reduce outdoor cat overpopulation.

🔹 Trap – Cats are humanely trapped using safe cages.
🔹 Neuter/Spay & Care – Each cat gets surgery, vaccines, flea treatment, and an ear tip (the universal sign they’ve been fixed).
🔹 Return – Cats are released back to their outdoor home, now healthier and no longer able to reproduce.

💡 Why it matters:
✔️ Stops the endless cycle of kittens.
✔️ Reduces overcrowding in shelters.
✔️ Improves community health and safety.
✔️ Helps cats live longer, healthier lives.

✨ With TNR, everyone wins — the cats, the community, and the shelters.

🙏 If you’d like to support this mission, know that just $25 covers a cat’s spay/neuter, vaccines, flea prevention, and ear tip. This is the link to the go fund me page: https://gofund.me/7ff6641b

22/08/2025

🌱 Help Us Make an Impact in Jacksonville! 🐾

We’re starting a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) project to help lower the number of stray and outdoor cats in our community. We’ll be working with First Coast No More Homeless Pets, who are offering an incredible rate of just $25 per cat for spay/neuter and vaccinations. While that price is amazing, the cost adds up quickly—and we would deeply appreciate any support to help us reach our goal. 💙

Why is this so important?
• One outdoor female cat can have 50–150 kittens in her lifetime.
• If her kittens also reproduce, the numbers multiply like branches on a tree—one cat becomes many, and before long, the shelter system and our neighborhoods are overwhelmed. 🌳
• By fixing just one cat, we stop a heavy branch of that tree from multiplying, and we give shelter animals a better chance to find loving homes instead of being lost in the crowd of overpopulation.

Every dollar counts toward preventing suffering and making Jacksonville a healthier, safer place for both cats and people. 🐈🐾

If you’d like to help us make this mission possible, donations can be sent to: https://gofund.me/169acee4

Thank you so much for helping us create real change—together we can save lives, one cat at a time. 💕

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