Who pays for the cats with no names?
Donors keep the surgeries going. This month, we have a match up to $5,000!
Every trap means one less litter.
Most days at Animal Fix Clinic aren’t dramatic. Most days, it's spay/neuter done right: anesthesia, surgery, recovery. And on to the next patient.
TNR: the upstream solution
More than half of our patients are community cats: They are the ones darting across alleys, slipping through backyards, or turning up on porches with kittens.
Some kittens may find homes. The adults keep reproducing. The cycle does not stop unless someone intervenes.
There is always debate about outdoor cats. We stay focused on what works: fix the ones here today, before the next litter arrives.
Every surgery means fewer kittens born next year, fewer surrenders at already full shelters and rescues, and fewer cats for everyone to worry about.
There is no national program that funds this work. TNR is a public service without public funding. It continues because donors like you make it happen.
Real-World Impact
Here’s how one long-time trapper put it:
“As a youngster, I would hear stories from my aunt in the Central Valley about cats around the local mall… As an adult, all I see are cats in neighborhoods and I try to educate those around me and offer guidance.
After a successful recovery and release, we all have this immense satisfaction. We know the cat is better off after receiving medical attention from Animal Fix Clinic… Low-cost TNR is vital to keeping the homeless cat population under control."
An ear tip: proof of TNR
"Getting an ear tip at the clinic is a badge of honor for an outside cat. It shows that someone cared enough to vaccinate and sterilize them… The community cat problem takes a community to solve.”
- Erica F.
TNR’d outdoor cats just being cats.
The Real Cost
A TNR surgery here currently costs about $180. That covers medical supplies, vaccines, parasite treatment, and the trained staff who get each cat through surgery and anesthesia. Caretakers pay roughly a third; donors make up the rest.
Full surgery day at AFC
By mid-October, more than 3,200 community cats have come through our doors. Over 1,900 were fixed through The Phyllip Fund.
That adds up to approximately $200,000 in care this year alone, covered almost entirely by donors.
One unfixed cat can mean a litter of six in a few months: six sets of vaccines, six shelter spaces, six more surgery slots already hard to come by.
Every gift this month is matched up to $5,000. More surgeries covered. More colonies fixed means fewer litters next spring.
Support at $20/month or $50+ and we’ll send you our tote.
What You Can Do
If you have felt the frustration of waitlists, too many kittens outside, or nowhere to turn, here is how you can help:
Give to The Phyllip Fund
Start a fundraiser on our behalf
Share this email with someone who might want to help
Every gift keeps TNR accessible and helps us do more of it, one cat at a time.
Donors make sure no cat is turned away. Even the ones with no names.
Open House and Auction
Thank you to everyone who supported our auction and joined us at the Open House. It was good to put faces to names and show you where the work happens.
Looking Ahead
We run at full capacity four days a week, but the demand keeps climbing. Your support funds the care that fills those days. Next month, we’ll share what it takes to serve more animals.
Gifts made by October 31 will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $5,000.
Thanks for your support, as always.
Jean Goh, DVM, Medical Director
