Protecting Community Cats Stories

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Jackpot! More than 14,000 stray cats get fixed in Vegas, feline save rates skyrocket

Partnership between Best Friends and The Animal Foundation results in thousands of...
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Idaho Falls Animal Shelter was saving less than half of the animals in its care, but today its save rate is at 97%

Idaho Falls Animal Shelter has made great progress saving more dogs and cats, from...
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Veteran changes his mind about community cats (and TNR) thanks to one ear-tipped cat

Unsure about return-to-field feral and stray cat programs, Jefferson Parish man ch...
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People come together to help cats on a flooded island

Best Friends helps Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Animal Shelter round up cats on th...
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Here's how to help cats who call the streets home

Via return-to-field and trap-neuter-return programs, street cats are spayed or neu...
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Elementary school teacher gets kids in his class to help save pets' lives

Valle Del Sol students and teacher support Best Friends' Coachella Valley Communit...
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Here’s how we're saving thousands of cats in Florida

Best Friends partners with Osceola County Animal Services (OCAS) in Florida on tra...
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Helping kittens with FeLV beat the odds

Two formerly stray kittens with FeLV beat the odds and celebrate their first birth...
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Six months and thousands of cats saved in Texas

The shelter save rate for cats in Harris County, Texas, climbs dramatically with i...
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Behind the scenes with community cat programs

Go behind the scenes with Best Friends staffers as they share notes from the field...
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Sustainable programs that save cats

Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) provides trap-neuter-return for c...
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Rapper becomes TNR trapper

Rapper Sterling Davis (the 'Trap King') is a TNR advocate and trapper in Atlanta, ...
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Best Friends community cat mentorships

Best Friends supports shelters, rescues and spay-neuter clinics with grants and mo...
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Community cat TNR in central Utah

See photos of the cats and kittens who are part of a TNR project in central Utah t...
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Why community cat programs are essential to making the country no-kill by 2025

Peter Wolf of Best Friends Animal Society answers FAQs about community cat program...
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