Care For Community Cats

To assist in promotion of Trap-Neuter-Return, Stray Cat Alliance’s six Trap Depots located across Los Angeles County lend out 400+ humane cat traps free to the public. Depot volunteers train the public on trapping techniques, pre- and post-surgery care and colony maintenance. Spay/neuter veterinarian resources are also provided through this program and via our popular Hotline. Every year, the public borrows over 2,500 traps facilitating the spay or neuter of 2,500 to 3,000 cats and kittens. As resources allow, more traps and depot locations will exist to serve more of the community broadening our services. 

The following are components of our comprehensive Care for Ferals program:

• a) Emergency Medical Fund: To help free-roaming cats who have a medical need. Often we receive a call from a caring community member who sees an injured or ill cat on the streets. The person will want to help this cat but sometimes need some funding for veterinary bills. We offer funding to partially help with the vet bill anywhere from $50 to $500. We find that when caring citizens get support from us on this issue, they are more likely to take responsibility for the cats in their communities.
• b) Spay Days: When sponsorship makes it possible, we host recognizable high-volume, well attended, free-to-the-public spay/neuter clinics. Reminiscent of the hit 70’s TV show, M.A.S.H, at each one-day clinic, 150 to 200 cats and kittens are sterilized, ear-tipped, vaccinated, medicated against fleas and worms and microchipped. Over 30 tireless volunteers work shifts from daybreak to sunset, providing medical staff assistance and education to the public, while maintaining the highest healthcare and safety standards for the cats. Thousands of cats have been sterilized and community members assisted through our free spay days.
• c) Spay-A-Stray Fund: We provide spay/neuter pledges to the public and our volunteers to assist with spay/neuter costs at participating veterinarians where Stray Cat Alliance pays for part or all of sterilization.
• d) Community Action Target Sites (CATS): When a problem is too severe for a single person or neighborhood to handle, we deploy a team of experienced volunteers to assist. Our volunteer CATS teams have been successful in spaying and neutering thousands of cats and kittens over the past ten years.
• e) Low Income Support: Food and medical supplies are distributed to low-income individuals, senior citizens and colony caretakers.