Cats Action Team

03/21/2026

03/21/2026

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Fix.Adopt.Save. Spay/Neuter Specials in Maricopa County, AZ

03/13/2026

Last chance to register for tomorrow's free event, be the best trapper you can be!

Led by the team at Neighborhood Cats, this advanced TNR workshop teaches proven techniques for trapping trap-savvy and hard-to-catch community cats. Learn practical trap modifications, bait strategies, and real-world problem-solving to improve trapping success.

01/19/2026

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“𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺.”

1. We hate to burst your bubble but, as most TNR programs, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. Why? If done properly, acclimating feral cats to a new area is a huge commitment for the new caretaker. It’s stressful for both the caretaker and for the cats. And, even if done properly, there’s still a risk the good-intentioned project will not be successful. 😿 But the main reason? We don’t have people with appropriate properties who volunteer to do this. People think we have hundreds of barn homes ready and waiting. Sadly, we do not. News flash - no one wants feral cats. They have nowhere to go. 💔 They have chosen their territory and that is where they are comfortable.

2. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘂𝗺 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁. Cats make their way to a particular location because they have found a food source. 🐈🐈‍⬛ If the cats are removed, it is only a matter of time before new cats move in. So you've accomplished nothing by removing the original cats. If you aren’t feeding, you need to find the person who is. If the food source is gone, the cats will move along to the next one. If you are the one who has chosen to feed, you need to make every attempt to have the cats sterilized, not removed. That way you can continue to feed without breeding and all the challenges that go along with those behaviors.

3. Releasing feral cats away from their original location is 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹. It’s considered animal abandonment and cruelty, as they can't survive in unknown environments, often leading to starvation, injury, or death, and they may carry diseases. TNR is the most humane course of action for feral cats. It reduces much of the nuisance behaviors and greatly improves their life expectancy.

For the reasons stated above,
TNR is trap neuter RETURN, ✅
not trap neuter RELOCATE.

12/20/2025

He had 17 teeth removed and is SO happy now! He has FIV/Felv and maybe FIP - he has more immune system work to do but all he knows is the pain is gone and so is the hunger! Thank you for being part of his story. Follow up bloodwork in 2 weeks to plan out his recovery needs but for now, it's just lots of purrs and pets.

12/15/2025

All donations made between today and Wed are being matched dollar for dollar! So your $5 becomes $10, your $25 becomes $50! Please help get this increasingly affectionate street kitty out of agonizing pain, and on his way to finding a rescue and family to keep him safe and loved the rest of his days! Help Prince today, please.
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/6nbcq-support-princes-journey-to-a-painfree-life

12/14/2025

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In October 2025, The Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health published a prospective observational study to determine whether administering rabies vaccine to kittens under 12 weeks of age would induce protective antibody titers. The results provided evidence that vaccinating kittens under the minimum label age of 12 weeks against rabies can be effective and should therefore be considered for TNVR programs. Learn more about their methods and results at: https://zurl.co/RabiesVaccine

12/12/2025

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The Arizona Humane Society will open its doors today to pet owners as a new option for after-hours non-emergency pet care.

11/27/2025

https://www.facebook.com/UFVetForensicsLab/

The mission of the University of Florida Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory is to improve animal welfare for all animals, by fostering the application of the forensic sciences to veterinary medicine and assisting with animal cruelty investigations.

08/16/2025

Feline parvo aka panlukopenia is becoming more survivable with filgrastim continuing to demonstrate it's life saving anemia fighting abilities in multiple studies. We pray for the day these meds are both affordable and accessible to all rescues.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39765486/