Licking County TNR

10/30/2026

Get your tickets here!

https://go.rallyup.com/lctnr-fall-raffle

Help the kitties and WIN a great prize!

10/25/2026

Clinic Day and we had 31 cats checked in for clinic. A big thank you to our lunch angel, Gina Geist for an amazing spaghetti bake with garlic bread, salad, fruit and cookies!

Dr Fredley was our High Volume High Quality (HVHQSN) certified surgeon today. She did 16 neuters and 15 spays in addition to an eye enucleation and a massive double polyp removal. The eye removal was a young, 5 - 6 month old kitten whose left eye had ruptured making removal the only option. She lost her eye and her uterus today and her quality of life will be much better going forward.

Maria was our Registered Vet Tech for clinic today. Veterinary Assistant Amanda worked as surgery assist, keeping the surgery bay moving for Dr Fredley. Aundrea, a CTEC senior in the animal sciences program was back at recovery again today with Sara, making sure every cat got all of their medications and woke up from their surgery. Alice was our paperwork lady again.

The polyp removal was a cat who had previously been TNR'd but the caregiver noticed that the cat recently began vomiting and his breathing was getting loud. He trapped the cat and brought him to clinic where the first thing we assessed was that a cat that should have weighed at least 9 lbs weighed only 5 lbs. He was obviously suffering. Fortunately, the physical assessment revealed two massive polyps that were in his throat almost completely blocking it--food wasn't able to pass so anything he tried to eat was being regurgitated and he was even starting to struggle to get air past them. Once the polyps were removed, his breathing improved immediately. He was sent home with instructions to monitor his recovery but Dr Fredley believes that with the polyps gone, his physical condition should begin to improve quickly. Having a caregiver who pays attention to his colony and meal feeds so he can see them every day saved this cat from an agonizing death where he was struggling to breath. Now he has a chance to return to his colony and enjoy his life (we did take the opportunity to update his rabies vaccine while he was there as well).

10/25/2026

*2026 Fall Raffle Fundraiser*

Enter to win an incredible night on the town in Newark, OH!

A $50 gift card to Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen will have you sipping handcrafted cocktails and eating the best of the wood fired kitchen scene. Then take a short walk across the courthouse square to the Historic Midland Theatre to see David Wilcox Music in his SOLD OUT show! Front row(table) seats in this intimate cabaret experience will make it a night to remember!

Follow this link to enter:
https://go.rallyup.com/lctnr-fall-raffle

All proceeds go to the LCTNR Voucher Fund, providing spay/neuter/medical services for unowned stray cats in Licking County. Every entry is a WIN for the cats!

Thank you to the Matheny family (Carole Matheny) for making this Raffle possible😻

10/16/2026

Today is

Not all community cats are feral, but all community cats appreciate any kindness you can show them. They didn't choose to be community cats, people chose that life for them making them innocent victims of life.

To learn how to help these cats here in Licking County, our next orientation is tomorrow morning, Oct. 17, 2026 from 10:30-12:30 at the Utica Church of Christ fellowship hall.

It’s here! Happy Global Cat Day and National Feral Cat Day! 🌎🐈

To make a lifesaving impact, Alley Cat Allies is calling on people around the world to take positive action for cats in their communities. This is the biggest day of advocacy and action for cats, so let's get to it!

Donating to Alley Cat Allies is a great place to start. And today, your Global Cat Day Gift will be 2X-MATCHED ➡️ https://secure.alleycat.org/page/103097/donate/1

Then, throughout the day, we encourage advocates to go out in their communities to take action and share their impact on social media with and . Learn how you can join in at alleycat.org or GlobalCatDay.org!

For our part, Alley Cat Allies will be on the ground today providing cats with Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), no-cost cat food, access to care, and other critical support. We're eager to share updates from the field! ✨

10/15/2026

FREE in-person community cat conference next month if anyone is interested. Lots of good knowledge and experience about community cats on the agenda.

10/12/2026

Excellent post about the importance of acclimating cats when relocating them. We discuss this in orientation, but it's a good reminder.

10/12/2026

The The Animal Care Center at Granville is officially part of our voucher program! They are able to provide spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, pain meds and eartip for unowned community cats through our voucher program as part of their regular surgery days. Appointments must be scheduled in advance, cats must be in live traps and caregiver must provide the voucher number when scheduling.

If you're not part of our program and would like to learn more, our next orientation is Saturday, Oct. 17th from 10:30-12:30 at the Utica Church of Christ fellowship hall.

10/10/2026

Clinic Day and apparently the black cats of Licking County decided to make it their day. We had 31 cats checked in and 12 of those cats were solid black. Another 9 cats today were black with white markings. So only 10 of the 31 cats were anything other than black or mostly black cats (tabbies, gingers, a calico, a gray and white and a solid gray).

Thank you to our lunch angel, Pat Armstrong. The chicken alfredo and mushroom lasagna with salad and sun chips was a perfect lunch with chocolate chunk cookies for dessert.

Dr Sipka was a star, not only did she roll through 20 neuters and 11 spays with Sara as her surgery assist, she performed entroprion (eyelid) surgery on a tom who'd suffered through chronic infections to give him some relief. She also helped the black kitten a Good Samaritan found and trapped at Newton Elementary by getting it a spot at the

Registered Vet Tech Alyssa kept clinic flowing with help from Erin, Courtney and Robin had their hands full on recovery and Alice made sure paperwork got completed. In total we had 9 volunteers helping at various points today, spending their Saturday improving the lives of community cats.

Today's clinic represents 13 people who spent their Friday getting these 31 cats in traps, driving them to clinic this morning by 9 am and then coming back to pick them up this afternoon. Several of them had upper respiratory infections they got extra meds for, a couple had tapeworms that we were able to treat and, of course, the guy with the entropion.

We also want to shout out to Licking County Humane Society, Citizens for Humane Action and Whiskers who have taken in a few kittens and cats who were suffering outside and may not have survived the winter.

10/06/2026

Our last two orientations of this year are being held in communities outside of Newark. Saturday, October 17th will be in Utica, Ohio and SUNDAY, November 8th will be in Buckeye Lake, Ohio.

No pre-registration is required. Anyone is welcome to attend to learn more about community cats in Licking County. Attendance at one orientation is required before being able to access Licking County TNR resources.