Seeing stray cats?

The humane, effective way to control the number of community cats is a program called Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Community cats, sometimes called feral cats, are those that can be found in your neighborhood. TNR is not only the most humane method of preventing cats from entering the shelter system, but it’s also the most effective. By participating in this program, we can control the population of community cats and help save their lives. If you would like to participate in the program, please fill out the application linked below.

Benefits of Helping Stray Cats

  • Allows spayed/neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped cats to be returned to their outdoor area to live out their lives. (Ear-tipping is a universal symbol of a spayed/neutered cat.)

  • Humanely controls the community cat population so there are fewer cats over time.

  • Reduces the number of cats killed by keeping these cats out of municipal shelters.

  • Minimizes nuisance behaviors like spraying, fighting, howling and roaming.

  • Improves health of cats and the community in your neighborhood

TNR also ensures the cats’ health and welfare. Once these cats are sterilized and vaccinated, they can live healthy, happy lives in their communities, where caring residents look out for them. Sterilization and vaccination provide a public health benefit to the community, too, a vast improvement over the failed trap-and-kill approach that’s been used for generations.

How to Participate

You can make an appointment to bring any unowned cats in your neighborhood into the shelter Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday from 11AM to 2PM! 

  • You can help trap the community cats in your neighborhood and bring them to the shelter. We intake community cats from within the city limits Monday through Wednesday from 11AM-2PM. Please make an appointment if at all possible so we will be ready to receive the kitty.

  • Once you trap the cats, you can take them to the shelter to be neutered, vaccinated, and ear tipped

  • After the cats recover, they can be returned to your neighborhood.

For more information or assistance with the TNR Program in Abilene, email Mikaela at mikaela@allkindabilene.org or call (325) 698-0085.

***PLEASE NOTE: Mikaela is the sole program coordinator for the Community Cat Program. Thanks to the success of the program and an increase in interest in program participation, she kindly requests your patience in response time.***

You can also click below to find a wealth of resources for individuals who want to help community cats in their area. The resources also include information about how to work with your local shelter to help community cats, as well as what to do when you find kittens and why this program is so vital for the community.