WHAT IS TNR & WHY?

Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) has been proven the most effective way to ensure strays, or neighborhood cats aren’t multiplying. It dramatically decreases the number of kittens suffering on the street & overwhelming shelters & rescues.

Once a spay/neuter appointment is confirmed, free roaming cats are humanely trapped, transported to a clinic where they’re scanned for a microchip, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, treated for fleas and following 36 hours for recovery, returned exactly where they were trapped. 

Community focused, or “high intensity”TNR is what we do. Learn about the science supporting regionally focused TNR. . Frontiers in Veterinary Science

An ear tip is the universal sign of a spayed or neutered cat. Eartips are readily visible from a distance, making it easy for the public & animal control to identify a cat as spayed or neutered. The procedure is performed under sterile conditions while the cat is anesthetized, is relatively painless, involves little to no bleeding and does not significantly alter the cat's appearance. We consider that ear tip a badge of honor!

A friendly reminder, humans domesticated cats, most free roaming cats were born outside, in the wild thanks to abandoned, un-ixed pets. As a compassionate community, each of us have a responsibility to treat them with kindess & do no harm.

Where: 

Los Feliz/Silver Lake/Virgil Village/Rampart Village & Filipiontown/Los Feliz & East Hollywood: 90026/90029/90027/90039

Echo Park/Elysian Park/DTLA: 90026/90029/90039/90027/90057

LP City of Los Angeles Trapping Permit: A24-009801-5

So You Know:

Once you submit the TNR Request Form, we’ll review your request, assess the urgency of the situation, connect via email and a volunteer will schedule the TNR based on available spay/neuter & the number of cats on our wait list to be trapped & fixed. There is no such thing as on demand trapping & spay/neuter..

Please note, our volunteer trappers have full time jobs & donate their time.

Once a trapping date is confirmed, you’ll be required to:

1. Withhold all food for 24 hours before trapping,

2. The cats are trapped in the early evening, held overnight by the volunteer trapper & transported to a clinic by the volunteer trapper very early the following morning for surgery.

3. Following surgery, they’re monitored by the volunteer trapper while they recover, fed 2-3 meals & 36 hours after surgery. they’re returned exactly where they were trapped.  

We do NOT have a shelter facility.

We are NOT an animal pick up service. We don’t accept unwanted animals from the public.

We do NOT relocate/remove cats. Free roaming cats are always returned exactly where they were trapped.

We do NOT provide free medical care or food for cats living in the community/free roaming cats.

* Unfortunately there are no support services in the city of L.A. for sick or injured cats. If you have the ability to secure the animal safely, please do so & take it to a city shelter where their medical staff will make the most humane choice for the cat.

FAQ’s:

We utilize the spay/neuter services of Stray Paws Animal Haven.

We can ONLY rescue kittens if we have a foster home and the funds to cover required medical care. The more you can help, the more we can help!

We will never ask for a financial “pledge” before we trap or rescue an animal. We rely solely on the community to chip-in what they can to help fund our volunteer work.