Sterilizing the outdoor cats near you is the only way to reduce and prevent the amount of free roaming cats being born and living outside. We do not support removing kittens without attempting to sterilize the cats who created them as the cycle will only continue.
General Information on Community Cats – helpful starting point regardless of area. Lots of background information on these cats, trapping advice, and more resources
TNR Spay / Neuter Clinics
SFSPCA (San Francisco)
- Open to all, free to SF residents only. Preference for SF cats but willing to hlep other areas as well
- $50 per cat
Valley Human Society (Pleasanton)
- Surgery Center
- $100 per cat
Animal Fix Clinic (Pinole)
- Cats from anywhere welcome
- $55 per cat
9Lives (Redwood City)
- Open to all but free for San Mateo County residents only with county voucher
- $125 per cat
Where to get Humane Traps?
Virtually all of the local resources linked above have location-specific information on trap borrowing / rentals
For an urgent situation (pregnant, injured) ask us about borrowing a trap
If you are planning to get involved in regular trapping, we do recommend investing in your own humane trap(s). These are our favorites. Tru Catch or Tomahawk
Most private vets will perform surgeries for trapped feral cats. Many will even work with you on costs. It is worth calling around if non of the above clinics are accessible to you or you have a more urgent spay / neuter need.
- Additional Vet Resources (list curated by ICRA)
What else can you do?
There are hundreds of groups on Facebook dedicated to cat and kitten rescue. Join them ALL and post photos and details of what you need. There are large rescue groups in these groups who may see your plea and have the bandwidth to hlep. There are thousands of people in these groups. We have done this ourselves with relatively good luck. To find all the groups, use generic search terms in different combinations… South Bay kitten rescue, San Francisco cat rescue. Cat rehoming San Jose, Bay Area kitten rescue, California kitten rehoming, etc.
This a link to one of the groups you should join: FB Cat Connect SF Bay Area
If you are able to foster the cat yourself that will help make it easier for a rescue to help you.
Thank you for caring for the kittens or cat that you have found. We wish we could do more.