05/24/2026
The City of Mitchell has FREE TNR services
Feeding and caring for outdoor cats without spaying and neutering may feel compassionate, but it actually allows the cycle of suffering to continue.
One unspayed female cat — and her kittens — can lead to hundreds of cats over time. The result is more starving kittens, disease, injuries, fighting, dead kittens, overwhelmed shelters, and cats being hit by cars or harmed by weather and predators.
TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) is what stops the cycle.
When community cats are:
• trapped
• spayed/neutered
• vaccinated
• and returned to their territory
the population stabilizes and gradually declines. The cats live healthier lives, nuisance behaviors decrease, and far fewer kittens are born to suffer outdoors.
Feeding alone is not rescue.
If food is provided without sterilization, the colony grows, more cats are attracted to the area, and the problem becomes worse each breeding season.
Real compassion means taking responsibility for prevention — not just providing food.
If you feed feral cats, please also support TNR:
✔ Spay/neuter every cat possible
✔ Get kittens socialized and adopted when possible
✔ Vaccinate when you can
✔ Work with local rescues and TNR groups
✔ Encourage responsible pet ownership
We cannot “save” cats by allowing endless litters to be born outside. TNR is the humane solution
The City of Mitchell has free TNR Services.
If you are caring for cats that you would like to keep, contact us. We will provide you with traps and pre-approved numbers you can use to have your cats altered, virus tested, and vaccinated at Creekside.
If you have cats you want removed from your property contact amimls control. They will either trap for you or loan you a trap. If they are unable to do so, traps can be borrowed from the TNR program. These cats go to the pound. Friendly cats end up on the adoptable side of the rescue. Feral cats go to TNR. All TNR cats are vetted at Lakeciew and then picked up by adopters with approved applications.
