Community Cat Fix Fest Recap – December 20

Community Cat Fix Fest

Thank you to everyone who supported Joybound’s recent Community Cat Fix Fest day. At these events, Joybound’s clinic team spends a full day altering (spaying/neutering) as many community cats as possible, who were trapped and brought in by dedicated community cat organizations. In addition to spay/neuter surgeries, these cats receive FVRCP vaccines, Rabies vaccines, flea treatment, de-worming medication, an ear notch to signify their alteration surgery, and additional medical care as needed.

Joybound’s clinic staff and volunteers worked tirelessly throughout the day, plus the many hours spent before and after the event setting up, breaking down, monitoring, and resetting instruments, paperwork, and equipment to restore normal operations.

Thank You to Our Partners

This day of services dedicated to community cats was made possible through partnerships with Contra Costa Animal Services and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

We’d like to give a special shout-out to our community cat partner organizations whose long hours, patient collaboration, and passionate work often goes unseen to the general public. At this Community Cat Fix Fest event, we worked with the following organizations:

What is a Community Cat?

Community cats — sometimes referred to as “feral cats” or “stray cats” — are free-roaming cats without a guardian. They may or may not be social with humans, but they are often well-adapted to their surroundings and either find a food source in the wild or have one provided for them by a colony caretaker or good Samaritan.