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September 1, 2026

Ep 680: Small and Mighty: Inside Jersey City’s Feral Fixers TNR Club, with Robyn Alcock & Jen Scott, Co-Founders of Feral Fixers TNR Club (Jersey City, NJ)

“It’s okay to be small and grassroots.”

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 4, 2026

Ep 676: The Cat Who Came Home After Five Years: Inside a Shelter’s Return-to-Home Playbook with Corinne Bourgoin, Shelter Operations Supervisor at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center

“He walked over to the cabinet where his food used to be and started pawing at it.”

July 21, 2026

Ep 674: From One Alley Cat to 700 Spay/Neuter Surgeries a Year with Deborah Magaldi, Director of CatPAWS

“People have to feel like they are making a difference, not earning a buck.”

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 23, 2026

Ep 670: Bridging the Gap Between Vets and Community Cat Caregivers with Dr. Kevin Lynch, DVM, Veterinarian, Author, and Founder of The Moriches Hospital for Animals

“That’s my own formula — passion and compassion tempered by dedication and humor.”

May 19, 2026

Ep 665: From One to Many: Building a Neighborhood-Based Community Cat Program with Tonya Cook, Community Cat Program Manager at Ohio Alleycat Resource

“When we look at things on a neighborhood level and we’re noticing patterns, noticing new colonies — when something’s predictable, it’s preventable.”

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 21, 2026

Ep 661: From Stray Streets to Smart Shelters: Transforming Cat Welfare in Greece with Julie Kelley, Founder of Let’s Be S.M.A.R.T.

“What’s better than bringing home a life you saved instead of a souvenir that just sits on a shelf?”

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.”

December 31, 2025

Turning Passion Into Action: Reflections, Challenges & the Future of Community Cat Care

As 2025 comes to a close, I’m taking a moment to reflect on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and the power of leadership in the community cat world. After over 30 years of working in cat welfare—and nearly a decade hosting the Community Cats Podcast—I’m incredibly proud of how […]