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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We highly recommend that you watch our TNR training videos, which available online at the following eHow website:

How To Trap a Feral Cat: Video Series

There are 15 short videos in this series by Liz Cava, our FixNation master trapper, which cover the main points you will need to know about TNR and 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 various parts of …

Please review our trapping and make sure you trap safely according to these guidelines:

Humane Trapping Instructions

Key Highlights

Whether you’re a master trapper or just a beginner, here are the key highlights you’ll need to remember:

- Never leave a trap out unattended for any length of time, whatsoever.

- Do not trap cats after midnight the night before your appointment, due to the risk of the cat vomiting while undergoing anesthesia.

- Make sure the back of the trap is locked and kept locked.

- Line the bottom of the trap with newspaper.

- Bait the …

Check-in time for all cats is is between 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. daily. If you are bringing tame cats, we ask that get to the clinic by 8:00 a.m. to allow more time for health exams before surgery.

Pick-up time is before 5:00 p.m. every weekday except Thursdays. We have extended hours on Thursdays until 7:00 p.m.

If you did not catch any cats for your appointment, please give our office a call that night or first thing in the morning to let us know you won’t make it. You can leave …

Heaven on Earth Society for Animals, a leading animal rescue group in the Los Angeles area, has launched a transportation program to and from FixNation clinic, specifically for residents within the San Fernando Valley. All you need to do is the trapping, and then HOE will pick up your cats, transport them to FixNation for their spay/neuter appointments, and then return them to you at the end of the day. To schedule transportation with them, please call (818) 474-2700 ext. #6 or email them at spay@heavenlypets.org.