Community Cats

Applications are open for the 2025 Community Cat Management Fellowships at Operation Catnip in Gainesville, Florida.

Guerios S, Houston K, Oglesby M, Farinha M, & Jenkins M (2024). Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, 3(1). doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v3.89…

With eight Shelter Medicine course and activity offerings this summer, UF veterinary students can pick a favorite topic or start on a path toward earning the Certificate in Shelter Medicine.

Vet students: If you have a deep personal passion to change the world for shelter pets and community cats, you might be one of our next Summer Fellows.

Sometimes, it’s not possible to return a cat to its original location — reasons can include: The original location is unknown, as when a cat is left at a veterinary clinic or shelter without a detailed address The original location is being destroyed or redeveloped The original caregiver is gone…

RULES OF THE ROAD Healthy Adults Fast track healthy adult cats to neuter and return to their original location Return…

Communities and shelters alike have long been developing and seeking solutions to the euthanasia of healthy and treatable cats in animal shelters. Today, we know that “a cat revolution” is at hand, and that euthanasia of cats who aren’t hopelessly suffering can be replaced with programs that are dramatically more humane…

In the process of refining trap-neuter-return programs for community cats over the years, it’s apparent that while return to the community via TNR is usually the best option for thriving adult cats, young kittens do not fare as well. It has been reported that 50%-75% of kittens living in the…

Neuter & return to the neighborhood…

A difficult year - Animal shelter crowding - Compassion fatigue strategies course - Kitten shelter diversion -