Do you FEED or CARE for community cats?
If so, please have them spayed or neutered to help decrease the population…
IT’S FREE!

Ventura County Animal Services is proud to be a part of a coordinated countywide effort to help reduce the overpopulation of outdoors cats living in our community. TNR (or Trap Neuter Return) is the process by which community/feral cats are trapped by experienced humane trappers, spayed/neutered at a participating organization listed below, microchipped and returned to the community from which they came if the location is safe to do so. These cats can now live out their lives in the environment they were thriving in without the possibility of procreation. Altered cats also have the tendency to keep out unaltered cats.
The process begins with the humane trapping of feral/community cats by an experienced trapper. Trappers can then schedule an appointment to bring these cats to VCAS for spay/neuter surgery. When they arrive, cats are scanned for a microchip to determine if there is an identified owner. While under anesthesia for their spay/neuter surgery, the VCAS Veterinary Team vaccinates, microchips, flea treats, and ear-tips each cat. Ear-tipping is the process by which a small portion of the cat’s right ear is removed. This is an easy indicator that the cat is already spayed or neutered and is part of an established colony, thus does not need to be re-trapped. If the area from which the cat was trapped is unsafe for return to (i.e. being too close to a busy street), the cat may enter our VCAS Working Whiskers program which allow members of the community to adopt a feral/community cat to live out their lives on their property, in open areas. An application process ensures these cats are placed in appropriate locations with owners who fully understand their responsibility to these cats.
VCAS is proud to be one of four (4) participating organizations who offer spay and neuter services for community cats:
CAMARILLO ANIMAL SHELTER
(805) 388-4341
600 Aviation Drive
Camarillo, CA 93010
SIMI VALLEY NON-PROFIT SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC
(805) 584-3823
1659 E. Los Angeles Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93065
HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY
(805) 646-6505
402 Bryant St.
Ojai, CA 93023
MERCY CRUSADE
(805) 278-4433
2252 Craig Dr.
Oxnard, CA 93036
If you are part of this coordinated TNR effort in Ventura County and need to schedule a spay/neuter surgery for your trapped feral/community cat, please tap/click this button. NOTE: We have eliminated all of the additional forms previously required to complete. If you are having difficulty, please call us at (805) 388-4341. Thank you!
TNR surgeries performed at Ventura County Animal Services are proudly sponsored by the Herman Bennett Foundation. Visit their Save-A-Live Thrift Store to help provide continued supporter for our TNR surgical efforts.