IndyFeral - How to Help Community Cats

Need help getting community cats fixed in your area? These groups can help you in the following Central Indiana counties.

Bartholomew - Hope For Ferals
Boone - Brownsburg Clinic (317) 852-0537
Hamilton - Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic Noblesville (317) 706-0537
Hancock - PAWS Hancock (317) 318-9483
Hendricks - Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic http://www.lowcostclinic.org Brownsburg (317) 852-0537
Hendricks - Hendricks Co. Humane Society Community Cat Program (317) 745-3338
Howard - Kokomo Community Cat Program
Johnson - HSJC Community Cats (317) 535-6626
Shelby - Animal Outreach of Shelby County (317) 364-4227
Morgan - Morgan Co. Community Cats (765) 349-9177
Marion - FACE Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic (317) 638-3223
Putnam - SPOT Spay/Neuter Clinic (765) 795-4336

If you live outside of these counties we can give you a referral source. Call (317) 638-3223

SNSI - (Spay Neuter Services of Indiana) can provide additional statewide resources

If you find a cat, always report it at Indy Lost Pet Alert. Regardless of how the cat acts, someone might be looking for it.

Learn about vaccinating community cats.

An overview of the Trap-Neuter-Return process.

Did You Know

If you are feeding outdoor cats (stray or feral) in Marion County, Indiana you are required by the city’s TNR ordinance to:

Register the colony with IndyFeral
Provide spay/neuter and eartip for all cats
Provide rabies vaccination
Follow IndyFeral's Colony Management Guidelines

Read the Indianapolis / Marion County TNR Ordinance

To register your colony call us at (317) 638-3223 or email contact@indyferal.org.

Trapping Basics

More trapping information:

Read IndyFeral's "Trapping - The Basics (PDF)" for an overview of the basic trapping techniques that you can print out.
Read Neighborhood Cats' "Mass Trapping" page for how to apply this basic knowledge to large-scale projects.
VIDEO: Watch Alley Cat Allies' "Trapping Cats: How to Trap an Entire Colony" video for an overview of basic trapping techniques:

Hard to Catch Cats

For cats that are trap savvy, hard to catch or you you need to catch a specific cat out of a group - we suggest using a drop trap. The drop trap falls down over a cat, eliminating the need for kitty to step into a narrow opening. Since the cat's natural wariness about moving into a confined space isn't triggered, drop traps are highly effective.

Watch the videos below and read Neighborhood Cats' "Hard to Catch Cats" page for detailed techniques.

How to use a drop trap

How to build a drop trap

Where to Purchase Traps

SafeGuard: Wildlife Control Supplies
(860) 844-0101
Recommended trap: Raccoon Trap NWS52830
Comes with a "guillotine"-style back door, dimensions: 30" x 11" x 12"

To easily locate this model on their website, type the model number, NWS52830, into their site search.