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Help Homeless Cats. Donate Today And Your Gift Does Twice The Good!

admin 2012-01-29T14:21:03-08:00 November 10th, 2011|News and Events, Support Our Cause|

DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31. Every donation made until December, 31, will be matched by PetSmart Charities! If ever there was a time for you to help homeless cats of LA, it is now! Your heartfelt donations to spay/neuter homeless cats in LA go twice as far when you donate now, thanks to PetSmart Charities who will match whatever you donate, dollar for dollar! PetSmart Charities has challenged FixNation to raise $51k in new donations before the end of this year - December 31, 2011! For every dollar we raise from a new donor, PetSmart will match it! Please help us [...]

G2 Gallery Event – A Successful and Memorable Experience!

admin 2011-12-13T23:39:23-08:00 August 23rd, 2011|News and Events, Support Our Cause|

THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR HELPING MAKE COOL CATS FOR FIXNATION AT THE G2 GALLERY FEATURING THE CARL VERHEYEN BAND ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 SUCH A SUCCESSFUL AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE! Community spirit, art, music, cats and charity all came together at the wonderful G2 Gallery Friday night August 19, where everyone joined hands to support FixNation, and "get down" with the Carl Verheyen Band, performing as the "Cool Cats". (All photos courtesy of G2 photographer Jen May) Our hosts, Susan and Dan Gottlieb, the founders and owners of the G2 Gallery, deserve special thanks for offering up their unique venue and [...]

Los Angeles Magazine – recognizes FixNation as the “Best of LA”

admin 2013-02-20T15:02:58-08:00 July 19th, 2011|News and Events|

Open Letter To all of the donors, clients, employees, volunteers, sponsors, friends and supporters of FixNation: Each year, Los Angeles Magazine searches out to find a limited number of special companies and organizations that deserve to be honored and recognized as the "Best of LA" in categories representing the wide variety of goods and services that make up the rich texture of Los Angeles as a community. This year, we are proud to say that FixNation - your FixNation - has been named the Best in our category - stray cat (spay-neuter) clinic. The cover and inside piece on this [...]

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter for Tame Cats

admin 2012-10-09T13:55:34-07:00 June 27th, 2011|FixNation Services|

For Toto, Finally, There’s No Place Like Home

admin 2011-06-07T22:10:08-07:00 May 26th, 2011|News and Events|

FixNation is Deeded the Plot to Toto's Final Resting Place in Hollywood Forever Cemetery Toto from The Wizard of Oz is one of the most well-known and beloved canine movie stars of all time. Say the word Toto to almost anyone in the world and they immediately know who you are talking about. As a film, The Wizard of Oz was epic when it was released back in 1939. It was witness to the launch of Technicolor, it won several Academy Awards, and to this day it's one of the biggest films in pop culture history. At least once [...]

Improving the Lives of Feral Cats – Article from the Washington Post

admin 2011-09-13T15:25:09-07:00 May 25th, 2011|News and Events|

Great article from the Washington Post: "Fight Over Ferals Boils Down to One Question: Do Alley Cats Live a Good Life?" We think the answer is a resounding YES, especially after they are fixed.

Momma Mia! 7 Important Tips When Caring for Momma Cats and Kittens

admin 2019-07-24T09:02:50-07:00 April 20th, 2011|Caregiver Tips|

Last week we had one very pretty, very pregnant momma cat who decided to deliver her kittens right there in the trap upon her arrival at our clinic! First bit of good news, all five of the kittens came out healthy and strong. We then determined that momma cat was a friendly stray, which was the second bit of good news. She was very tame as can be and easy to handle, so the first-time trapper who had brought momma cat in decided to foster the new happy family until the kittens are big enough to wean and adopt out. [...]

Ringworm: The Fluorescent Fungi

admin 2012-04-02T15:17:33-07:00 April 18th, 2011|Caregiver Tips|

What's in a name, right? In this case not much. Ringworm has nothing to do with worms. Nor does it always show up as a ring! Ringworm is a skin infection caused by a fungus, otherwise known as dermatophytes. These are microscopic parasitic fungi that live on the skin, specifically in hair follicles. Ringworm is a very hardy fungus that can be present in soil. Cats and cattle are the two species of animals that seem to get ringworm the most, although dogs and other animals can contract it. Humans can also get ringworm, either from a pet or from [...]

Indefensible Cat Management Plan in the Florida Keys

admin 2011-04-18T19:05:43-07:00 April 17th, 2011|News and Events|

The latest from Vox Felina, one of our favorite blogs, on the misrepresentation and false assertions being trumpeted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's feral cat management plan for the Florida Keys: "Cat Management Plan Reads Like Fiction."

NBC Nightly News Covers Feral Cat Caretaking

admin 2011-04-18T21:40:45-07:00 March 30th, 2011|News and Events|

There was a great piece that aired last week on NBC Nightly News about feral cat caretaking. The piece educated about feral cats and showed how trap-neuter-return is the only humane solution to helping the cats within our communities. Very well done. Bravo NBC! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy