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November 19, 2024
Building a Safe Haven for Working Cats with Mary Scott, Director of the Working Cats Program, ASAP Cats
November 12, 2024
Saving Lives with Return-to-Field: The Future of Humane Cat Management, Part 2, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats
November 5, 2024
Saving Lives with Return-to-Field: The Future of Humane Cat Management, Part 1, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

TNR Certification Workshop

Dec. 7th | 2:00-4:30PM ET.
Learn what TNR is and why it works. We’ll cover getting along with neighbors, preparations for trapping, trapping itself (including entire colonies at once), feeding, providing winter shelter, and more.

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8th Annual Online Cat Conference

Jan. 25th & 26th | 10:00AM-5:00PM ET.
Take part in two days filled with cat-centric content, speakers from a wide variety of animal welfare roles share their perspectives on the field, providing valuable insights to help you or your organization create a more humane world for community cats.

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Surrender Prevention Certification Workshop

January 15, 2025 | 2:00-3:30PM ET.
You’ll learn compassionate strategies for empathizing with cat owners, addressing their unique limitations—whether financial, time-related, or related to patience—and tackle the three most common reasons for surrender: litter box issues, destructive scratching, and inter-cat aggression.

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Scholarships may be available for these events!

Thanks for generous sponsors, many of our workshops and conferences can be attended at no charge when you apply for a scholarship.
Please visit our scholarship info page to get all the details and apply.

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Community Cats Program Management

DATE: JANUARY 13, 2025 – MARCH 9, 2025
TIME: Materials will be available on demand. Live Q+A sessions will occur every Friday at 11:00 AM ET.
REGISTRATION: Fee is $429. Click here to register before January 12, 2025

Are you ready to make a greater impact in your community? Registration is now open for the January 2025 session of the Community Cat Program Management Course in collaboration with the University of the Pacific, Benerd College!

Course leaders, Stacy LeBaron (Community Cats Podcast & United Spay Alliance) and Elizabeth Finch (Community Cats Podcast), will facilitate this unique, fully comprehensive, eight-week certificate program that covers every essential aspect of building and managing a successful community cat initiative. Aimed at animal welfare professionals, veterinary students, animal control officers, nonprofit leaders, and community advocates, this course combines theory with practical applications to cover all aspects of community cat welfare.

Through a blend of online lectures, interactive discussions, and real-world assignments, students will learn how to implement humane and effective strategies for managing community cat populations, ensuring their health and welfare while engaging positively with the communities they serve.

October 15, 2024

Taking Rescue to New Heights with Michael Schneider, Founder of Pilots to the Rescue

“Giving back is way more powerful than receiving. The benefits are tenfold, and they come back to you in ways you can’t explain.” Listen to Episode #582 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie’s Fund and the Whisker Tracker App. In this inspiring episode of The Community […]

October 8, 2024

A Reproductive Revolution: Reframing TNR in Urban Landscapes with Katja M. Guenther, Professor at the University of California, Riverside

“The reproductive justice framework is really useful for thinking about community cats and TNR because it opens us up to engaging with the lives of the cats both personally and before sterilization, but also afterwards.” Listen to Episode #581 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie’s Fund […]

October 1, 2024

3500 Cats and Counting: A Two-Woman TNR Success Story with Dr. Christine Monroe, Owner/Veterinarian & Rhonda Shaffer, Assistant/Trapper, Spay + Neuter Northwest

“We will not spay and neuter ourselves out of the problem…the education is the lasting part of it, and that will go from person to person.” Listen to Episode #580 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie’s Fund and Tomahawk Traps. In this episode of the Community Cats […]

September 24, 2024

Mastering the Drop Trap: Essential Skills for Feline Trapping – Part 2, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“When you’re down to the last few cats and time is running out, the drop trap can be your saving grace.” Listen to Episode #579 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie’s Fund, and the Whisker Tracker app. In the second part of this special webinar series, […]

September 17, 2024

Mastering the Drop Trap: Essential Skills for Feline Trapping – Part 1, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“The drop trap is the most humane and effective way to trap those hard-to-catch cats, and once you’ve mastered it, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.” Listen to Episode #578 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie’s Fund, The Acatemy, and Tomahawk Traps. Join Bryan […]