Protecting Community Cats Stories

Ledy VanKavage smiling and interacting with a dog

5 steps to using your power for pets

Expert advice from one animal lover with decades of experience in changing laws to...
Start a campaign in your community
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Person releasing a community cat from a humane trap as part of TNVR

Virginia shelters take on the community cat challenge

Three Virginia shelters are saving more lives this July, and you can be part of th...
Learn how you can help
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Calico community cat with an ear-tip outside beside a chain-link fence

Cats in Wyoming get a lifesaving lift

A powerful trap-neuter-vaccinate-return collaboration is helping outdoor cats and ...
Community support makes all the difference
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Dog gets some love at the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia

No-kill animal shelters: The new normal in America

From a large shelter in Las Vegas to a smaller one in rural Georgia, U.S. animal s...
Steady progress saves more lives
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Renee Skipper holding a cat in front of a kennel

How a journey home to Alabama saved dogs and cats

When Lisa Barrett returned to her hometown on assignment for Best Friends, she pro...
Great things happening at Dothan Animal Shelter
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Mama cat nursing kittens

Small but mighty: How 3 rural shelters save cats

Three Southern, rural shelters are no-kill today because of their programs that sa...
Saving lives together
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Liz and Erica, with one holding a cat

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

How Chicagoans are stepping up for community cats
Cats in Action works to support and create community cat programs in the Windy City
Julie Castle Blog
Cream and white kitten lying in a bed and meowing

How a N.J. shelter is changing the future for pets

Through a Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grant, a shelter built lifesaving partner...
Grant helps cats and changes lives
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Johnney Ehrlich beside a window with a kitten

A little ‘tush push’ is sometimes all it takes

The power of teamwork and a well-timed push can be unstoppable.
A little push helps shelter with TNVR and other lifesaving programs
Julie Castle Blog
Dr. Lisa Williams with a feline patient in the mobile spay/neuter trailer

Teaming up to revive an Illinois community cat program

Coles County embraces a new program to spay and neuter community cats with support...
Mobile clinic has been a game changer
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Shepherd dog with a smiling animal control officer

Animal shelters embrace no-kill philosophy

A mindset to save lives means large animal shelters are maintaining no-kill even w...
They’ve maintained no-kill despite challenges
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Small brown dog smiling with tongue out, outside on a leash held by a person

Progress for pets: Looking back at a year of advocacy

Best Friends and advocates nationwide are changing policies to create brighter fut...
Some of the year's wins
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Bongo the cat after the surgery on his eyes

Cat regains sight thanks to dedicated volunteers

When volunteers discovered Bongo had a dangerous eye condition, they went above an...
His second chance at life
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Four people in front of a Fresh Step branded van with a live trap covered with tie-die material

117 cats spayed or neutered in surgery marathon

After receiving comprehensive vet care, these cats are ready to live their healthi...
Single day event in Northwest Arkansas
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Dilute tortoiseshell community cat with tipped ear in front of a vehicle

Community cats: The Tweety vs. Sylvester debate

No-kill, TNVR, and finding common ground
Response to article in The New Yorker
Julie Castle Blog