Cobden Spay/Neuter Coalition

Cobden Spay/Neuter Coalition Small group of volunteers focused on reducing animal over population in southern Illinois Scroll to the bottom for full service and price list. Bake sale?

The Spay/Neuter Task Force is open to all participants interested in combating animal over-population within the Cobden area via the humane method of castration. We have enlisted the help of local veterinary team, Dr. Ray Heinrichs and his wife Debbie, Union County Animal Control, Finding Forever Animal Rescue, Cobden Village Hall, CCBA, local police and private citizens for this purpose. We have

already begun this incredible effort and ask anyone interested to join us! The number one goal of the Spay/Neuter Task Force is to help Cobden residents get their pets fixed. With the understanding that spay and neuter surgeries are costly, we have created a voucher program for local residents to sponsor one half of the cost of spay and neuter surgeries performed by Dr. Heinrichs. We will offer a limited number of vouchers for spay and neuter surgeries. Our next goal is to address the stray and feral cat population within the Village. We will work with our partners safely remove and/or contain stray and feral cat populations. Please report stray and feral cats, and spread the word among your neighbors about this great opportunity. Contact us for assistance! Please do not harm cats! We will live trap for you. Stray and feral cats will be tested for Feline FIV and leukemia. Want to join the spay/neuter task force? There are several ways to get involved! We've raised funds for vouchers through a yard sale in fall 2016 and will host 2nd yard sale on Friday & Saturday, May 5 & 6. Seeking 6-10 volunteers to work sale shifts, and additional assistance with set-up and tear down. Also collecting items for upcoming sale. And, we could use storage space for these items. Estimated sale hours 8am-1pm

Can't donate items or help with the sale? That's okay, we'll have more opportunities to come. Or, get creative and come up with an initiative to raise money for our cause on your own. It could be as simple as decorating a coffee can for a local convenient store counter top, or elaborate as hosting an activity or game at a local community event. Spaghetti dinner or house concert? We're open to suggestions! Please join us in gaining control of our animal population in a sustainable way which we can be proud of. A healthy animal population is good for all. Thanks for your help. It takes a Village ~

It’s so much better now! Thank you, Brandi, John and Bonnie❣️Please come out and shop our shop at Cobden Village Shops &...
09/03/2026

It’s so much better now! Thank you, Brandi, John and Bonnie❣️

Please come out and shop our shop at Cobden Village Shops & Galleries! We have so much great stuff for your dog or cat…

Stay tuned for a rapidly developing event that you’ll want to check out!

Here is something we could use help with— our shelf at the Cobden Village Shops is absolutely overflowing…and yet we hav...
09/03/2026

Here is something we could use help with— our shelf at the Cobden Village Shops is absolutely overflowing…and yet we have more stuff we’d like to put out there…

Does anyone have a shelf measuring 3‘7“ wide or less that we could stack and secure on top of the current shelf??

09/01/2026

With this extreme heat, we’re pressing pause on feral cat trapping this week. Safety comes first—for the cats AND our volunteers.

But we’re still working behind the scenes, planning, organizing, and getting ready to hit the ground running when the temperatures come down.

We have an incredible number of local Union County residents on the upcoming subsidized surgery schedule. We are very grateful to our sponsors and donors for funding this amazing program❣️

This Week’s Progress 🐾This week, we fixed 3 feral cats at a housing complex in Jonesboro AND helped 8 more cats through ...
08/29/2026

This Week’s Progress 🐾

This week, we fixed 3 feral cats at a housing complex in Jonesboro AND helped 8 more cats through our subsidized surgery program!

That’s 11 cats fixed this week—11 fewer cats contributing to the cycle of unwanted litters.

We’re proud of the progress, grateful for our volunteers, veterinary partners, and sponsors!

We’ve made great strides this week and it’s only Wednesday! Stay tuned for this week’s super exciting progress report…
08/26/2026

We’ve made great strides this week and it’s only Wednesday! Stay tuned for this week’s super exciting progress report…

Our diligent trapping team hit the streets again this week and trapped 4 feral cats—3 female, 1 male from a colony we’ve...
08/22/2026

Our diligent trapping team hit the streets again this week and trapped 4 feral cats—3 female, 1 male from a colony we’ve been working in Lick Creek. We are super grateful to these ladies for doing the difficult work!

Help Us Grow ❤️We just hit 1,300 followers! 🎉 And while we’re incredibly grateful for every single one of you, we know t...
08/20/2026

Help Us Grow ❤️

We just hit 1,300 followers! 🎉 And while we’re incredibly grateful for every single one of you, we know the community we serve is so much bigger.

Our mission is simple: help reduce the number of unwanted cats in Union County through spay, neuter and TNR. The more people we reach, the more cats we can help.

So today, we’re asking for a little help from our friends: follow our page, invite your friends to follow us, and share our posts when you can. You never know who in your circle may need our help—or who might be willing to help us help them.

Let’s keep growing this community and making a difference, one cat at a time. 🐾

There’s a lot happening behind the scenes! 🐾 We’ve been busy putting in the work, and we can’t wait to share this week’s...
08/19/2026

There’s a lot happening behind the scenes! 🐾 We’ve been busy putting in the work, and we can’t wait to share this week’s progress with you. Stay tuned!

We’ve been fortunate to receive several generous donations recently, and we are so grateful! ❤️A huge thank-you to our a...
08/17/2026

We’ve been fortunate to receive several generous donations recently, and we are so grateful! ❤️

A huge thank-you to our anonymous donor for a $500 donation, and to our friends Kelly Keller, Susan Steck, and Winston’s Corners for supporting our work!!

And we’re a little behind on sharing this one—but last week, 5 cats received spay/neuter surgery through our subsidized surgery program, including sweet Willow pictured here. ❣️ That’s 10 cats total for the week when including the 5 ferals we fixed on Wednesday. Excellent progress!

Thank you to our teammates at Meller-James Veterinary Clinic for helping us make it happen! 🙌

Five cats trapped, vaccinated, fixed, and returned home to Jonesboro this week! 🙌 A huge thank you to the caretakers and...
08/13/2026

Five cats trapped, vaccinated, fixed, and returned home to Jonesboro this week! 🙌

A huge thank you to the caretakers and our trapping team for working together to make this one happen. TNR takes teamwork—and this was a great example of it!

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PO Box 542
Cobden, IL
62920

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618-201-4841

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