Community Cat Caregivers of Omaha

09/10/2025

With cooler weather quickly approaching, it is time to start getting those community cat houses ready for the winter! ❄️ One of our Eagle Scouts generously built 5 well made houses for community cats this winter to ensure the kitties stay warm this season! 🏠 We would love to give these houses to colony caretakers in need of them so please message us if you are interested in snagging one. It is first come first serve so once they are claimed, that is all we have. Pick up will be at NHS.

04/23/2025

Not All Who Wander Are Lost!

Just because a cat is friendly doesn’t mean it isn’t an outdoor cat—and just because a cat lives outside doesn’t mean it isn’t deeply loved or cared for.

Take, for example, this sweet cat who was recently picked up by a well-meaning Good Samaritan who assumed he was lost and brought him to a shelter. What they didn’t realize was that this cat had a devoted caretaker who had been worried sick. She explained to the shelter staff that her son was incredibly bonded with the cat—he was essentially her son’s emotional support animal. The relief they felt when they found out he was safe and could bring him home was immeasurable.

Some cats simply don’t thrive indoors. They prefer the freedom of the outdoors but still rely on caring humans to watch over them. These community cats are often named, vetted, fed daily, and provided shelter from harsh weather by people who love them deeply.

Next time you see a cat outside, remember it could be a community cat and more importantly: a community cat is still a loved cat!

02/26/2025

And the best way to prevent kittens being born in the streets is to spay and neuter!

As the weather warms, you are more likely to encounter kittens outdoors. But if their mother is with them, please...Leave Them Be.

This best practice allows the mother cat, kittens' best possible caregiver, to care for her kittens in their outdoor home. They should not be separated if kittens are under 8 weeks old (at minimum).

Learn more and help us spread the word at alleycat.org/FoundAKitten 🐈

02/11/2025

🌟 Save a Life by Adopting a Working Cat from the Nebraska Humane Society! 🌟

Shelters can be incredibly stressful for outdoor cats, who often struggle to adjust to confined spaces and loud environments. For these cats, being adopted as a working cat is their only chance at a better life, where they can thrive in a natural setting and find a true sense of purpose.

By adopting a working cat, you're not only giving them a second chance—you're helping them escape the stress of shelter life and providing a safe, outdoor environment where they can use their natural skills. Whether it’s a barn, warehouse, or large property, these independent cats are experts at pest control and will love having a job to do.

✅ Help a cat escape the stress of the shelter ✅ Provide natural, humane pest control ✅ Rewarding companionship for the right environment ✅ A life-saving opportunity for outdoor cats

Give a working cat the freedom and purpose they deserve. If you are interested in adopting our NHS working cats, please fill out an application here https://www.nehumanesociety.org/adopt/cats/working-cats/working-cats.html! 🐾❤️

02/01/2025

Make sure to get those community cats fixed! Kittens will be born sooner than we know so let’s be proactive and prevent litters of kittens! NHS offers FREE alters and vaccinations for community cats in the Omaha metro area so now is the time to take advantage of this service! Reach out by either calling (402)444-7800 ext. 2305 or email [email protected]! 🐈💜💛

Today marks the start of National Spay & Neuter Awareness Month.

❤️ Throughout the month of February, we will be posting about the importance of spaying and neutering every cat (and dog) in your life and making sure your friends and family do, too!!

11/17/2024

NHS provides free spay and neuter services for community cats in the Omaha metro area! Contact NHS to receive information on how to get community cats altered! 😸

Community cats are generally not socialized to people or adoptable. In shelters without lifesaving programs, these cats could be killed. In any shelter environment, community cats are highly stressed and very susceptible to disease.

A community cat should only enter an animal shelter as part of TNR. In some TNR programs, cats are spayed or neutered at the shelter’s clinic!

Join us to : alleycat.org/TruthAboutCats

10/22/2024

This is such a great collaboration! If you are unable to purchase traps, you can borrow them from Stray to Spay and bring the cats to NHS to be altered! 😻

Happy Monday! We’ve got an exciting update to share with all of you. With ’s Community Cat Program up and running, we have updated our request form to include requests for traps only!

Why? Well for starters, we cannot handle all of the requests we get. We need to leverage every possible resource in the community because we have limited resources. Also, it should go without saying (but we’ll say it), NHS’s Community Cat program can be the difference maker. This is the resource we’ve been waiting for and now it is here so we need to use it. They have a website with all relevant information, but essentially this can be a quicker way for community caretakers to get their cats neutered. To help facilitate this process, we are going to loan community caretakers traps that can be used for a limited time to get TNR’d through NHS. The trap program is just what it says. We loan the traps caretakers do the rest of the work. Cats benefit.

10/11/2024

Shelters create outdoor housing for community cats, ensuring their safety and warmth during the colder months. The Nebraska Humane society community cat program is leading the effort.

09/30/2024

Join us in making outdoor cat shelters for community cats at NHS! If you can’t make it to the event but would like to donate, we are accepting donations of styrofoam coolers, plastic totes, & straw! Let’s work together to keep our community friends warm & cozy throughout the winter! ❄️🐱

09/26/2024

Although not cat related, we want to make sure our canine friends are healthy too. Please make sure to vaccinate your furry friends!

Hey y'all. We need to talk about something that we've been seeing a lot of recently: Canine Parvovirus, also known as "Parvo".

Parvo is highly contagious and particularly dangerous. The virus is also quite hardy, as it can survive for weeks, months, and even years on certain surfaces.

Left untreated, over 90% of cases end in death, typically within 48-72 hours after the first symptoms occur.
Treatment can be tricky and often includes several days of intensive care, which quickly becomes expensive. To put the cost into perspective, Muddy Paws Second Chance Rescue, Inc has taken in 29 cases this year and has spent over $125k just on treatment.

We aren't trying to scare you. In fact, as long as your dog is up to date on vaccines, there is hardly cause for concern. Parvo cases in fully vaccinated dogs is incredibly rare. But NHS and other organizations are seeing an uptick in illness in owned dogs in the metro area, especially puppies and unvaccinated adult dogs that visit dog parks and other dog-friendly spaces.

Please, vaccinate your dogs. Tell your friends to vaccinate their dogs. Tell your neighbors to vaccinate their dogs. Muddy Paws Second Chance Rescue, Inc is hosting a FREE vaccine clinic this weekend, and various organizations including NHS offer similar clinics several times throughout the year. Every vaccine counts.

09/17/2024

Have any extra plastic totes with lids or large styrofoam coolers you don't know what to do with? Bring them to NHS and we will make great use out of them for the cats in our community! 😻 Please click the link for more information on how to donate and join us on October 13 from 10am-12pm to build outdoor cat shelters along with Stray to Spay and Felius Cat Cafe & Rescue! ❤️

Can't make it but want to help? Consider donating supplies! We're accepting donations of styrofoam coolers (at least 20in x 14in), plastic storage totes (at least 18gal), and straw (not hay!)

09/09/2024

We are so glad to be working with Stray to Spay to help more community cats in the Omaha area! Such a wonderful organization with amazing ladies! 😻