Articles tagged with: spay/neuter assistance
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FixNation and Valley Vet Non Profit (VVNP) are teaming up this summer to bring you even more days when you can get your feral cats fixed for free.
Starting in August, VVNP will be open on the 2nd Monday of every month for a day dedicated to fixing feral cats. This is an extra day above and beyond when VVNP is normally open, as a way to expand how many feral cats are being fixed within our community each month. VVNP will fix up to 50 feral cats on these special Mondays, …
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Known for her ever-present smile and enthusiasm, Ericka Pino, is the weather anchor/meteorologist for Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles. She recently teamed up with FixNation to get the word out to the Spanish-speaking community about TNR and how to make a difference in the lives of homeless cats across LA.
Ericka has been working in news for over ten years. Born in Peru, Ericka moved to the United States at a young age. She graduated from Rider University with a communications degree. She then set off working for big industry names …
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We had six very successful Best Friends Catnippers clinics in 2009, fixing nearly 700 cats in total throughout the year. Way to go Catnippers vets and volunteers! We couldn’t have done it without you, so thank you!
The Best Friends Catnippers clinic schedule for next year, 2010, will be on the following Sundays:
January 10, 2010
March 14, 2010
May 16, 2010
July 11, 2010
September 12, 2010
November 14, 2010
All clinics will be held at FixNation, 7680 Clybourn Ave., L.A., 91352.
An initial application and reservations are required in advance. Please do not bring cats to the …
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Do you have homeless cats in your neighborhood that you would like to get fixed? Do you have a friendly stray cat that you are concerned about? Have you noticed litters of kittens springing up left and right? Or are you a responsible pet owner and would like to get your cat spayed or neutered? (Or maybe you want to, but you can’t really afford to?)
FixNation is a non-profit organization providing free spay/neuter services for homeless, stray and feral cats, as well as reduced rate spay/neuter services for tame cats. …
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Introducing a premiere video about FixNation clinic, courtesy of our friends at Found Animals Foundation. See our state-of-the-art clinic, meet our kitty clients and learn about our mission to spay and neuter the homeless cats all across Los Angeles.
About Found Animals Foundation, Inc.:
Found Animals is a privately funded non-profit dedicated to minimizing shelter euthanasia. They create programs designed to reduce shelter intake, increase adoption rates and focuses on developing sustainable animal welfare business models. For more information, visit their website or add them as a fan on Facebook today.
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FixNation wants you to know about an important development in Los Angeles concerning TNR. Last month a local judge issued a ruling in response to a lawsuit filed against the City of LA by wild bird groups, ordering that the City of Los Angeles is suspended in supporting and promoting Trap-Neuter-Return as a means to help homeless cats.
TNR is a community-based, humane approach to controlling homeless cat overpopulation. It involves concerned citizens humanely trapping feral cats, getting them spayed and neutered (at clinics like FixNation), and then returning them to …
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Tame cats are considered pet cats or even friendly stray cats who have been abandoned or “strayed” from home, but were likely once pet cats. Tame cats can be picked up, held and easily handled. For more clarification on the differences between tame, stray and feral cats, see our FAQ section (above link).
No initial application is needed to bring a tame cat to our clinic, but advance reservations are required.
You can call our front desk at 818.524.2287 x 4 to speak to our receptionist and get booked for a …
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Feral cats are outdoor, free-roaming cats who are not socialized to humans. They are generally wild and unhandleable. Whether you have just one or two cats or kittens who showed up in your yard, or if you are dealing with a feral cat colony of many, you will need to complete our feral cat application form. For more clarification on the differences between feral, stray and tame cats, see our FAQ section (above link).
Feral cats will need to come to our clinic in humane cat traps, which we can loan …
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After we receive your application, someone from our team will be following up with you within approximately 72 hours to finish your enrollment.
If you submitted a feral cat application and you do have traps, we will call you to go over our clinic guidelines and protocol with you and immediately get you booked for reservations.
If you submitted a feral cat application and you do not have traps, we will call you to schedule time for you to come in to pick up humane traps from us and get trained on …
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We highly recommend that you watch our TNR training videos which are available in the Gallery section of our website, or click here:
How To Trap a Feral Cat: Video Series
The videos are presented by Liz Cava, our FixNation master trapper. She covers the main points you will need to know about proper TNR and safely trapping feral cats.
If you do borrow traps from FixNation, when you come in to pick up the traps we’ll give you a 15-minute training session on how to trap. The training session will explain the …
