TNR Archives - FixNation

Catnippers Clinic Dates for 2016

Catnippers dates: Sunday, May 15 Sunday, July 10 Sunday, September 18 Sunday, November 13 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 clinic without a confirmed reservation. To complete a Feral Cat Application, click here. Please specify in the application that you are interested in Catnippers reservations. If you are one of our regular caregivers and have been to either FixNation or Catnippers before with feral cats, please email Ivy Ramirez for reservations at appointments@fixnation.org. Our Catnippers clinics are specifically dedicated to feral [...]

admin 2020-03-11T16:42:03-07:00 January 23rd, 2016|News and Events|

NBC Nightly News Covers Feral Cat Caretaking

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

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

Top 10 Tips for Getting Your Tenacious Trap-Savvy Cat

Some cats just don't seem to want to go into the trap, no matter how hard you try. You've used smelly bait, you've withheld food to get them hungry, and yet you still sit out night after night and come up with an empty trap! Here are the top 10 tips and tricks I've collected over the years that may help you nab your wily kitty: Pray. Even if you don’t pray...pray. Drink. Even if you don’t drink...drink. Communicate telepathically with the cat. Even if you don’t believe in communicating telepathically with a cat...send them mental mindwaves to let them know their [...]

admin 2020-03-25T09:38:21-07:00 January 18th, 2011|Caregiver Tips|

FixNation and Valley Vet Non Profit Team Up to Fix Feral Cats in the West Valley

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 and going through December 2010, 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, and the program will [...]

admin 2012-04-03T14:43:35-07:00 July 20th, 2010|News and Events|

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

A young couple, James O'Neel and Justine Hong, came in to FixNation recently for trap training classes. They had an orange tabby cat who needed to be TNR'd. This orange girl constantly hung out on the top of a concrete wall in between their condo yard and the yard next door. According to James and Justine, this orange kitty would not come down onto the ground for anything! They only ever saw her up on the wall. She was very skittish and very elusive. While this Cirque du Soleil aerial scenario would present a tricky challenge for any trapper, the [...]

admin 2012-04-03T14:43:48-07:00 July 16th, 2010|Happy Tails|

Disneyland Ferals Get Treated Like the Aristocats They Are

Disneyland may be the "happiest place on earth" during the day, but did you also know that it's home to hundreds of feral cats that roam the park at night? The cats have been around since the park opened. For almost ten years now, Disneyland has worked together with Best Friends Catnippers and FixNation to successfully Trap-Neuter-Return these feline friends. In return, the cats do their part by keeping the rodent population in the park down. Watch out Mickey Mouse! Click here to read the full story by Best Friends Animal Society

admin 2013-11-08T09:57:42-08:00 June 15th, 2010|News and Events|

Telemundo’s Ericka Pino Helps FixNation Reach Hispanic Community About TNR

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 like Univision, Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” and [...]

admin 2011-03-29T21:14:59-07:00 April 30th, 2010|News and Events|

The TNR Ruling in LA: What Does It Mean, What Doesn’t It Mean?

On December 4, 2009, Superior Court judge McKnew ruled that the City of Los Angeles’ modest support of the Trap Neuter and Return of feral cats within the city should have been reviewed in compliance with CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) before being implemented. The ruling was followed by a court-ordered injunction that currently prevents the city from supporting TNR in any way until the city’s TNR program passes a CEQA review. Here is an FAQ on what this means on a practical level: 1. Is TNR now illegal? Answer: No. TNR is legal for private citizens and rescue organizations [...]

admin 2013-02-20T15:04:29-08:00 March 31st, 2010|News and Events|

Declaration of Support for the Humane Management of Feral Cats in LA

If you care about the lives of homeless cats in Los Angeles, please read, and in any way you can, show your support for this important declaration. Declaration of Support For The Humane Management of Feral Cats in Los Angeles When Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew ruled last December that the City of Los Angeles Animal Services can no longer provide information about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) or funding for spay/neuter of feral cats without first satisfying a California Environmental Quality (CEQA) review, he turned the clock back two decades. Before the ruling, Los Angeles was a model of humane feral cat [...]

admin 2010-06-01T23:12:14-07:00 March 31st, 2010|News and Events|

FixNation In the News…

2010 "Watch Out Mickey" By Lisa Warren, Best Friends Animal Society June 11, 2010 "Actor Corey Feldman Attends Benefit for FixNation" By Tom Grady, StarNewsOnline March 16, 2010 "Fixing Stray Cats" By Michele C. Hollow, Pet News and Views March 3, 2010 "A Match 'Fixed' in Heaven: 'Cats' Help Cats" By Luis Torres, Pasadena Star News February 19, 2010 "Opposition to TNR for Homeless Cats Misguided, Says National Animal Welfare Organization" By Best Friends Animal Society, PRWeb January 6, 2010 2009 "Ruling on Trapping of Feral Cats Is (Bad) for the Birds" By Francis Battista, DailyNews LA December 15, 2009 [...]

admin 2010-07-27T20:26:04-07:00 January 30th, 2010|News and Events|