08/02/2026
🐾 Important Update on TNR Assistance in Umatilla & Morrow Counties 🐾
Cat Utopia receives hundreds of requests every year asking for help trapping stray and feral cats—either for TNR or for outright removal. We want to be very clear: Cat Utopia does NOT remove feral colonies. Our mission is TNR, and we are doing everything we can to keep that service available for our community.
Right now, we have one older volunteer who handles all the trapping for Umatilla County and part of Morrow County. One person. That’s it. And like many long‑time volunteers, he is growing tired, and we are facing the reality that soon we may have no trapping volunteers at all.
💉 **Weekly TNR Clinic**
Every Wednesday, we transport cats to the feral cat clinic at Blue Mountain Humane Society in Walla Walla.
• It is not free, but grant funding is sometimes available to help with costs.
• Cat Utopia can assist with clinic appointments, loaning traps, and transport from Pendleton to Walla Walla and back.
• Currently, we also have a volunteer who can meet in the Hermiston area on Tuesdays for pickup and return cats on Thursdays—but this option will not be available forever.
✨ **We Need the Community’s Help**
We simply cannot trap every cat for every neighborhood. If you are willing to help trap the cats in your area, we can support you with the tools, appointments, and transport needed to get them altered. Community participation is the only way this program can continue.
📣 **Looking Ahead**
Behind the scenes, work is underway on a proposal for a county‑wide tax district to create a sustainable program addressing the ongoing issue of unaltered cats and dogs—feral, stray, and pets. This would ensure long‑term staffing and resources for the entire county.
Please watch for more information on how you can support this effort.
📬 **Want to Get Cats Into Our Weekly TNR Clinic?**
Email us at **[email protected]** with:
• Your full contact information (name, address, phone number)
• How many cats you need help with
• Any details you can share about the situation
📍 This service is only available for Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Thank you for understanding the limits of our small volunteer team and for stepping up to help the cats in your community. Together, we can keep TNR alive in Eastern Oregon.
