CatNip Spay Day Sterilizes 41 Cats

For the Love of Cats celebrates their first high-volume CatNip Spay Day Event on Saturday, March 9th. By partnering with Collier County Domestic Animal Services (DAS), Camp Many Paws, Dr. David Papanu from Harborside Animal Clinic, community members, and volunteers, For the Love of Cats was able to trap, neuter, and return (TNR) 41 feral and community cats. All cats were returned to their caregivers after sterilization surgery, rabies vaccination and ear tip.

For the Love of Cats’ programs save hundreds of cats annually while providing invaluable support to those who love and care for them. Funds received benefit their lifesaving initiatives: TNR (trap, neuter, return) for community cats, emergency and wellness veterinary care for underserved families, and senior cat adoptions for senior citizens throughout Naples and Collier County.

“The goal of our CatNip Clinic event is to increase our ability to address the cat overpopulation problem and reduce the number of kittens surrendered to DAS,” says Jan Rich. There are tens of thousands of free-roaming cats in Collier County. Today, veterinary resources for spay/neuter are extremely limited. Our ongoing CatNip events will give us the ability to target neighborhoods feeding a large number of community cats.”