VC Scratch - Ventura County Street Cat Response Action Team

03/15/2021

Our SCRATCH team trapped TEN cats in La Colonia this evening! All ten will be heading up to Humane Society of Ventura County tomorrow morning for TNR surgery, on vouchers provided by The Herman Bennett Foundation !! 🖤🖤

That is THOUSANDS fewer kittens that will be born on the streets of La Colonia over the next several years!! 🙀🖤👍

Got street cats? Email us at [email protected] to get them fixed! 🐈🚫🍼

03/10/2021

Our SCRATCH team got a report that this orange boy who had previously been TNR'd had managed to get a twine rope wrapped around his neck! 🙀🙀

Out volunteer trapper got him trapped, and took him to where they were able to sedate him and remove the rope from his neck.

We also trapped this pretty little lady kitty from the same location, who was spayed by SPAN! No babies for you, missy! 🖤

Both cats are now back safe and sound at their home colony.

@ Oxnard, California

03/09/2021

This orange little lady was trapped by our SCRATCH team last weekend, spayed, vaccinated, and is now back safe and sound in her home colony! No babies for you, little Peachy!! 🍑🧡

03/07/2021

Welcome Home, Kitties!!

Nine of the TWELVE cats that were trapped on this Oxnard street and fixed were returned safe and sound to their home colony today, where they will live the rest of their lives happy and BABY FREE!!

Kitty Ten is pregnant and in foster with Foundling Kitten Society, and Kitties Eleven and Twelve are going in to Humane Society of Ventura County for sterilization surgery tomorrow morning! 🖤

Got street cats? We will get them FIXED at no cost to you! Contact us at [email protected]! 😺😼

03/05/2021

The Herman Bennett Foundation is one of the major financial supporters of TNR in Ventura County. Come check out their thrift store in Camarillo, and support no-cost spay and neuter services for community cats in Ventura County!

Saturday 3/6, SAVE 60% OFF Purses/Bags/Luggage, Plus Toys and Games! 👜💼🎒🧳🎲♟
AND - Get in on our St. Patrick's Day Sale! 🍀🍀🍀🍀
All Clothing $5 and up is 60% OFF... and ANY GREEN items in the store are 60% OFF... LOTS OF SAVINGS!
Follow the red balloons! 🎈🎈🎈🎉
WAREHOUSE: 1330 Flynn Rd., Camarillo, Units B&C
STORE: 315 Arneill Rd., Camarillo, Units 103 & 105

03/05/2021

🚨🚨 LAST LITTER ALERT!! 🚨🚨

Our SCRATCH team trapped this feral mama and her three babies in Camarillo! The kittens are old enough to be weaned, so they went to foster with Foundling Kitten Society , and mama went in for spay surgery today at Ventura County Animal Services !! Following a brief recovery, mama will be returned to her home colony, where she will officially have NO MORE BABIES!! 🖤🖤🖤

@ Camarillo, California

03/05/2021

Two more cats were trapped overnight from our Oxnard trapping site - that's up to 10 cats trapped now from that colony! 🙀

That is 10 cats that won't be making any more kittens, which otherwise would have produced HUNDREDS of offspring over the next few years!! 🖤🖤

Huge thanks to the property owner for reporting the situation and allowing us access to get in and get these cats trapped, and huge thanks to Ventura County Animal Services for squeezing in the two last-minute bonus cats for surgery today!!


@ Oxnard, California

03/05/2021

One more cat trapped from the same Oxnard colony as last night! Not as dramatic of a catch tonight, but EVERY cat fixed is one step closer to our goal of a home for every cat! This guy will be going to Ventura County Animal Services for TNR surgery tomorrow, and then back home after a brief recovery from neuter surgery. 🖤

03/04/2021

One of our SCRATCH volunteer trappers was shopping at Lowes in Ventura, when she saw a cat run by in the store! 🙀 The store employees said that the cat had suddenly showed up out of no where a few months ago, but they hadn't been able to catch it. Our SCRATCH trapper was able to safely and humanely trap the cat overnight in the garden department! 🌷🌺🐸

Kitty appears to be pretty pregnant, so she will be heading into foster with Foundling Kitten Society for monitoring.

@ Ventura, California

03/04/2021

We got a report of a large number of unfixed community cats living in a neighborhood in Oxnard, that had already started having kittens this year! 🙀 The kittens were taken to Ventura County Animal Services over the past several weeks, where they are now in foster care.

We weren't sure how many cats there were, so we brought 7 traps, because that's how many fit in the car. In about an hour, all 7 traps were filled, and there were still cats loose! We are going back tomorrow evening to try to round up the rest of the colony.

Tomorrow morning, the trapped cats will be going to Humane Society of Ventura County where they will be spayed/neutered and vaccinated, on vouchers provided by The Herman Bennett Foundation! 🖤 One of the cats appears to be pregnant, so she will be going into foster with Foundling Kitten Society for monitoring. It truly takes a village, and we are so fortunate in Ventura County to have so many organizations and resources rallying around community cats!! 🖤🖤

Want to get involved? Email [email protected] to learn more about volunteer opportunities!!

@ Oxnard, California

03/01/2021

Our SCRATCH team responded to a report of a pregnant street cat in Camarillo, near CSUCI. The reporting party was concerned due to high coyote activity in the area, and wanted a safe place for her to have her kittens. We went out and trapped mama cat, who is now in foster care with Foundling Kitten Society. The kittens will ultimately be placed for adoption once weaned, and mama cat is showing strong signs that she may be friendly enough to be adopted by the reporting party as a safe indoor-only housecat! 🤞🖤 @ Camarillo, California