Operation Catnip Peterborough is on a Mission to Spay and Neuter All Feral Cats in the City
/Operation Catnip Peterborough is looking for a warm space to house feral cats post-operation this winter.
Photo courtesy of Operation Catnip Peterborough.
Operation Catnip Peterborough is a non-profit organization working to reduce suffering of and to control the population of feral cats in the community.
Since the organization began in 2013 they have spayed/neutered over 1450 cats through their Trap, Neuter, Return program (TNR).
With the TNR program, Operation Catnip responds to calls around the community regarding feral cats. They set live traps, bring cats to the vet to get fixed then return the cats to the wild.
“If they’re truly feral, really wild, we return them to their colonies - with someone providing them food and monitoring them,” said Kristen Mommertz, a volunteer with Operation Catnip. “If they’re friendly we work with rescue partners to try to find homes for them.”
According to Mommertz, Peterborough has a lot of colonies of feral cats.
“We’ve noticed recently a huge increase of developing cat colonies in rural areas,” she said. “The biggest one we service has just passed it’s 100th cat. They can get out of hand really quickly. Cats can get pregnant three or four times a year and have a litter of four to six kittens and as soon as those kittens are four or five months old they can start getting pregnant.”
The Operation Catnip Logo was created by volunteer and Graphic Designer Kim Russell.
