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Featured Volunteer: Kim Reed

Ki2006-11-12 16.38.52m Reed is a TNR superhero. She is responsible for saving these kittens during one of the recent TNR Project trapping nights coordinated by our amazing FixNation friend, Joe Federico.  These seven kittens were plucked out of a junkyard in Irwindale. There had been several SOS calls from the facility, as it is unfortunately a dumping ground for many animals. With the help of people who had been rescuing and pulling dogs from this site for years now, feeding stations were set up to get a tally on how many cats were at the facility as well as a regular routine to come and trap. Five cats were TNR’d right away, and in several weeks, three mama cats who had given birth showed up again with their kittens.

An orange mama cat TNR’d with FixNation showed up with the five little orange kitties (pictured here.) The mama cat went into a trap with one of the kittens right behind her. The other trap caught 3 of the orange kittens while the final trap caught one. Two more little munchkins ran right up for snuggles and behaved very domesticated (also pictured here), the gray and white kitty and Siamese mix. Kim was able to place them right into a carrier and brought all seven kittens into FixNation for vet care. Kim not only made their rescue happen, she went so far as to foster all of them! They were a playful, young, super cute bunch who loved to be snuggled.

Kim started TNR’ing in December 2012 after she found a twenty-cat colony in her backyard eating her cat’s food. She found it difficult to get resources and help, or to rent traps. She couldn’t find anybody to ask questions from, or support her at all. So she learned how to trap by watching videos on YouTube. In time she met other people who fed colonies, TNR’d, fostered, and all around loved cats. She began working with FixNation last November and has volunteered for the Catnippers clinics. Since then, Kim has a group called The TNR Project, which keeps track of how many cats and kittens they TNR each month. It consists of independent trappers who work well together or apart, and who are willing to share resources, vet names, supplies, and more. They support and help each other, especially if one of the members stumbles upon a bigger colony. They provide community and unity. Their website is coming soon, and they plan to offer trapper training classes in Monrovia. For now, you can follow them on Twitter.


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