Feral Cat Day: FixNation’s Trap-Neuter-Return Workshop “Catches” Audience by Surprise!

2020-03-11T16:37:17-07:00 October 27th, 2016|News and Events|

This past Feral Cat Day, which occurred on Sunday October 16, was one that FixNation made quite an impact during. Karn Myers was asked to present during the many workshops for the Feral Cat Caretakers’ Coalition sponsored event “Sanctuaries Without Walls Community Cat Workshop.” This event was held in the modern NKLA Pet Adoption Center located in Santa Monica, where many cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies can be adopted. Representatives from other nonprofits and charities also hosted their own panels during this event, most of which were focused on Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) protocols, but there were other topics such as the [...]

FixNation Shares the Red Carpet at Fashion Tails

2020-03-11T16:37:27-07:00 October 20th, 2016|News and Events|

FixNation was graciously invited to attend Fashion Tails’ “Adopt a New Attitude. An Exhibition” event on Thursday, Oct. 6, which took place at the intimate and iconic Lombardi House in Los Angeles. Featuring three years of photography focused on celebrities and animals they love, it was one of the most exciting animal-related events of 2016, with proceeds going towards Fashion Tails programs for homeless animals. Photos of celebrities such as–Elaine Hendrix of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Jenna Fischer of  The Office, Seth Green of Robot Chicken, musical artists such as Ashanti and many others adorned the mansion’s walls. In addition to animal loving [...]

Day of the Dead Altar Honors Departed Cats

2020-03-11T16:37:34-07:00 September 27th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Day of the Dead "Tree of Life" FixNation's 7th Annual Day of the Dead Altar Each year FixNation erects an altar for lost and departed cats at the Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, held at the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This year's event will be on Saturday, October 29.  The altar will honor beloved felines and also raise awareness about FixNation’s work on behalf of community cats still living among us—including spaying and neutering more than 100 cats that live on the cemetery grounds! There are so many ways to get involved... SEND PHOTOS Memorialize your departed feline friends by sending a [...]

12 Reasons to Love Black Cats

2020-03-11T16:37:38-07:00 August 17th, 2016|Happy Tails|

To celebrate National Black Cat Appreciation Day this August 17th, we thought we’d share a few reasons why we love our ebony kitty friends: Black cats were worshiped in ancient Egypt. Black cats have had starring role on TV shows and in the movies, such as The Simpsons, Star Trek, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Black cats are so elegant. They’re always ready for a fancy black tie affair! Black cats are like mini ninjas, practically invisible at night. How cool is that? The richest cat on earth is a black cat. His Italian owner bequeathed him $13 million when she [...]

Walter The Kitty

2020-03-11T16:37:44-07:00 April 24th, 2016|Happy Tails|

Architects for Animals “ Giving Shelter” 2016 on March 10 was a spectacular event that celebrated the artistic and innovative designs of LA’s top architects and designers. These creative geniuses compassionately donated their time to conceptualize and build state-of-the-art cat structures that any homeless cat would be lucky to inhabit.  These works of art were exquisitely photographed by the gifted product photographer, Meghan Beierle-O'Brien who also generously donated her time. “It was fun to work on an event like that where you are giving back and shooting something precious but something that’s really cool.  The architecture was pretty impressive. To [...]

Hell’s Kitty

2020-03-11T16:37:48-07:00 April 24th, 2016|Happy Tails|

Her name was Angel despite playing her hellacious self in writer/director Nicholas Tana’s soon to be released feature film based on his hit webseries Hell’s Kitty, a comedy-horror web series about a Hollywood writer and his possessed cat. Hell’s Kitty is based on Tana’s real life experiences dealing with his lovable but unruly cat. The series has a devoted following of ardent cat lovers and horror fans alike.  Tana attributes the series success mostly to his magnetic star. "It’s not so bad when you have a star like Angel in your show." What was the impetus for creating Hell’s Kitty? [...]

12 Shelters for outdoor cats to delight the senses

2020-03-11T16:38:36-07:00 March 26th, 2016|News and Events|

Architects for Animals brings together 12 fantastic firms to create inspired shelters for outdoor cats A sold out crowd attended the March 11th Architects for Animals "Giving Shelter" benefit for FixNation at the HermanMiller showroom in Los Angeles, and the evening event was a smash success.   Abramson Teiger Architects Cat in the Fish Bowl – CAT BOWL The inspiration for the form comes from the Chinese symbol Taiji, or more commonly known as yin-yang. The symbol itself is made up of two fish, white and black, and represents the dichotomy between opposite energies and how they are connected and interdependent, [...]

And the Architects for Animals fan favorite is…

2020-03-11T16:41:55-07:00 March 15th, 2016|News and Events|

And the fan favorite is...(bragging rights only!) A sold out crowd attended last night's Architects for Animals "Giving Shelter" benefit for FixNation at the HermanMiller showroom in Los Angles, and the evening event was a smash success.  Attendees browsed the upscale items in the popular Hauspanther Style Lounge, admired the display of community cat bowls decorated by celebrities, and voted for their favorite outdoor cat shelters, designed and donated by more than a dozen top LA architectural firms and designers.  It was a close race, but the fan favorite was "Cat Bowl" by ABRAMSON TEIGER ARCHITECTS. The inspiration for this [...]

Beloved Vet Bids Adieu to FixNation

2020-03-11T16:38:42-07:00 February 11th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Change is inevitable, as it’s been said. But that’s little comfort to the FixNation family as we grapple with the departure of Derek Turner, an exceptional and truly devoted veterinarian who recently hung up his surgical scrubs for good. Just how devoted was he? Dr. Turner spayed, neutered and performed emergency surgery on thousands of feral cats at FixNation’s clinic, commuting from New Mexico to Los Angeles two weeks out of every month…for seven years. That’s one heck of a drive, even by Los Angeles standards. Why do it? “I was impressed with the quality of care that FixNation offered [...]

One woman’s fight to save Israel’s Cats and how FixNation is helping

2016-03-15T11:23:58-07:00 January 25th, 2016|Happy Tails|

When most of us think about Israel, images of bombs exploding in markets and public squares come to mind. It is a beautiful but deeply conflicted, war torn country.  Most people living there are understandably consumed with their day-to-day survival much less caring for the livelihood of millions of their country’s homeless cats. Conversely in a small town outside of Tel Aviv Israel, Riva Mayer, a cat welfare specialist and Founder of The Cat Welfare Society of Israel has selflessly made it her life’s work for the past thirty years to fight for the plight of Israel’s homeless cats. In [...]