Fix Our Ferals

This organization recently opened a low-​cost spay-​neuter center in Richmond CA. The availability of these services has always been the key to humanely controlling feral and stray cat populations. Their veterinarian, Dr. Scott Cox, is a great guy and I would have no hesitation taking my own pet cats to him to be sterilized! The center’s surgical equipment is reportedly state-​of-​the-​art and I understand was provided by a grant from Petsmart Foundation. The volunteers who staff the clinic are wonderful, caring people. Please be sure to keep Fix Our Ferals in mind next time stray cats appear in your neighborhood! They are great!

This is a great organization — but it’s really oversubscribed. I totally support their mission but when I was helping a friend take care of a feral colony in his backyard, they were not very helpful — they rely on volunteers who trap and bring cats into the Oakland SPCA’s Feral Fix program. I never got anything other than recommendations for other organizations to contact for help in getting neutered the animals we were trapping.
Nonetheless — I support their mission and they do the best that they can for a class of animals who depend on us (humans). TNR of ferals helps reduce colonies and prevents needless pain & suffering — would you like to die slowly on the side of the road after being hit by a car at a year old on Claremont Avenue? Didn’t think so.

I donated to help fix cats in my neighborhood. The management has a real tough job and are doing an important community service. I hope the word gets out. If a few more people could donate $ 50, they can arrange for volunteers to fix many more cats than if someone just trapped a stray cat themselves and spent that $ 50 at a vet. Plus this keeps them out of animal control and gas chamber. They also help educate people that feeding cute little kitties isn’t really helping, just breeds more.

Had my yard feral cat fixed there in 2002 — he is a georgeous, big boy and still going strong! I remember how well organized the event was and how friendly and efficient the volunteers were.

I am so delighted to have this amazing resource in our community.
They hold a clinic on a Sunday every other month, where dozens of volunteer vets, vet students, nurses, community members, etc volunteer their time to fix up to 200 cats each clinic.
Community members can borrow a humane trap from them (for a small deposit– $ 40), trap feral cats, bring them in to the clinic, and pick up later that day.
And after the cats recover, release the now spayed or neutered cat back to their area. Good for the cats, good for the community!
They also hook up other volunteers to answer the hotline, feed feral cat colonies, and assist others in the community to trap their neighbor ferals and care for them!
Fantastic!

These folks rock! We contacted them about a feral population in our building’s parking lot and within a week two volunteers were spending HOURS of their own time using their own traps (baited with Fancy Feast) to capture the cats. They were returned in under a weak, fixed and still live in our building. A great program and worthy of a generous donation. As they were leaving we gave them $ 100, which is a lot of money for us. But, considering the time and effort they expended, we got a bargain!