09/04/2026
This past Monday, we came together to spay/neuter, examine, and vaccinate 50 cats for The North Fork Country Kids:Rescue and Preservation Through Pedagogy
Fifty.
They were finishing up the Dix Hills colony, working on other colonies across Long Island, and also needed veterinary care for some of their adoptable cats and kittens.
It was an incredibly long, exhausting day. The kind of day where everyone is running on fumes, your body hurts, your brain is fried, and you wonder how you’re going to do it all again tomorrow.
But we couldn’t say no.
Because this is what desperation looks like.
It looks like 50 cats needing help all at once.
It looks like rescue groups completely overwhelmed, volunteers stretched beyond their limits, colonies that have gone years without enough resources, and cats continuing to reproduce because there simply aren’t enough places to take them and not enough veterinarians willing or able to help.
And honestly, this is why we opened TLVC.
We didn’t open this clinic because it was easy. We opened it because Long Island was drowning in cats and there were nowhere near enough resources to help them.
Every single week, we see the magnitude of the problem firsthand.
And some days, it feels absolutely impossible.
But then there are 50 cats who are no longer going to contribute to another litter. 50 cats who received medical care, vaccines, and a chance at something better.
So we keep going.
Even when we’re exhausted.
Even when the need feels endless.
Even when we’re overwhelmed.
Because they need us.
And until there are enough resources for the cats of Long Island, we will keep showing up.
