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August 25, 2026

Mid-Year Check-In: What More Than 1100 Caretakers Are Telling Us About Their Colonies

Every summer we ask the same simple question, and every summer the answer tells us something about where TNR is actually making an impact, and where it still has work to do. This year, we heard from 1,181 caretakers across the country, and the picture they painted is a real […]

August 11, 2026

Ep 677: The Environment Makes the Cat: The SAFE Framework for Community Cat Adoption, with Jodi Belongié, RVT, Co-founder of Chico Cat Café, Founder, Nine Lives Strategies

“The environment we build around a cat shapes her outcome more than any single intervention we can ever make.”

July 7, 2026

Ep 672: How Mumbai’s Feline Foundation Is Systematically Tackling a Million-Cat City with Pallavi Kamath, Executive Director of The Feline Foundation, Mumbai, India

“The more I work in this field, the more there is to learn — and there’s multiple strategies that you have to implement.”

June 30, 2026

Ep 671: Saving the African Wildcat: The Race Against Hybridization in South Africa with Louise Holton, President & Founder, and Debbie Holzer, Development & Fundraising Manager, Alley Cat Rescue

“The goal isn’t so much a set number as the area, and 100% sterilization — which is a lofty goal. But the only thing we can do is keep going.”

June 9, 2026

Ep 668: City Kitties: Inside New York’s Bodega Cat Movement, with Dan Rimada, Founder of Bodega Cats of New York and Co-Founder of Cats About Town Tours

“You can both celebrate them and advocate for them at the same time.”

May 5, 2026

Ep 663: Kitten Season Is Coming: What the Data Says and What to Do About It with Tori Fugate, Director of SAC Communications for the ASPCA

“If we all came together to solve the problem, to solve the issue, and work together — those are the areas that we would see the most improvement.”

April 29, 2026

172 Surgeries. 23 Pregnant Cats. Inside the Pickens County TNR Blitz.

When Fix Georgia Pets and Be Paws We Care brought together seven rescue organizations, four veterinary teams, and volunteers from across the Southeast for a four-day TNR blitz in Pickens County, Georgia, the results spoke for themselves: 172 surgeries, 23 pregnant cats, and countless futures changed.

April 28, 2026

Ep 662: Scaling Spay/Neuter, Systems Thinking, and the Future of Urban Animal Welfare with Will Zweigart, Executive Director of Flatbush Cats

“Rescue and adoption actually don’t scale. It doesn’t matter how many you do—you’re not preventing more from showing up.”

April 14, 2026

Ep 660: From Skeptics to Advocates: Launching TNR in an Underserved Rural Community with TyAnn Sumpter, Manager of Shelter Support at Charleston Animal Society

“Community cats — it’s really about the community. It brings the community together.”

February 5, 2026

What’s New for Community Cats in 2026

Each year, we take a moment to reflect on what’s changed, what’s grown, and what’s ahead for the community cat movement. As we step into 2026, we’re excited to share some big updates with you and changes that reflect both how far we’ve come and where we’re going.

March 11, 2025

Ep 603: Fixing Feline Futures

“We have to stop the endless cycle. Everyone loves kittens, but the goal should be to make sure they were never born into suffering in the first place.” Listen to episode #603 now, featuring Robin Post, RVT, Animal Fix Clinic. This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie’s Fund. In this […]

November 4, 2021

Year-End Fundraising, Diversity and Community Cats Takeaways: A recap of Online Fundraising Day and Online Diversity Day

This year, the Community Cats Podcast team celebrated Global Cat Day (or National Feral Cat Day) by hosting back-to-back events filled with useful takeaways, tidbits, and fun: Online Fundraising Day (October 16) and Online Diversity Day (October 17). I will be honest–I was a bit nervous going into the weekend. […]