Operation Catnip-Raleigh, NC

06/20/2026

🎉 WE DID IT! 🎉
In just ONE WEEK, Operation Catnip reached our $2,000 fundraising goal and successfully unlocked the full $2,000 matching award from United Spay Alliance!
WOW!
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated, shared our posts, forwarded our emails, encouraged friends and family to give, and helped spread the word. This achievement belongs to all of you.

Operation Catnip has been serving community cats for nearly 30 years, and while we have always been blessed with amazing supporters, we were truly overwhelmed by the generosity and enthusiasm shown during this campaign.

Thank you for helping us make this campaign such a tremendous success. We hope you'll stay tuned for future fundraising opportunities and continue supporting the community cats we all care about so deeply.
💙 Thank you for believing in Operation Catnip.
🐱 Thank you for supporting community cats.
🎉 Thank you for helping us reach our goal!


Here are pictures from our clinics held at the beautiful Learning Center at the SCPA of Wake County.

06/15/2026

We had an awesome day! A warm welcome to all our new volunteers.

We had a total of 76 surgeries with 34 males and 42 females. 4 lucky kitties were already altered and were vaccinated. 2 kitties came by for their scheduled revaccinations.

Thank you so much to everyone that spent their day or part of their day with us!

Chonks and Littles below 😀

06/12/2026

🐾 DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT FOR COMMUNITY CATS 🐾
Exciting news! Operation Catnip has been accepted into the Community Cats Grants Program from the !
If we successfully raise $2,000 before August 15th, United Spay Alliance will provide a generous match of $2,000, allowing us to generate at least $4,000 in direct support for community cat spay and neuter.
If we reach our goal, that becomes $4,000 in direct support for community cats.
Your donation helps support:
💉 vaccinations
🐱 preventive care
🏥 humane spay/neuter clinic services
IMPORTANT: To count toward the match, please include the memo:
USAMATCH
when donating.
Without that memo, your donation will be processed as a regular donation and will not count toward the matching campaign.

06/10/2026

What an amazing couple making an incredible impact in their area! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/195ctj9H5J/

05/25/2026

Volunteer Spotlight on Dr. Febe Delgado!

We choose Dr. Febe to honor her service to us because her last clinic with OC was in April. 😢 She moved out of state but vows to continue helping community cats through TNVR!

Dr. Febe joined us in 2022 to gain more surgical experience, and she quickly became a regular who rarely missed a clinic. Her positivity, smile, and hard work made her one of our favorite people. She stepped up to mentor other veterinarians and veterinary students, took on difficult cases, and was always adaptable and flexible regardless of the situation.

From Febe:
"After my first clinic, I fell in love with the entire operation. I appreciate the cause, making a difference in our community while helping animals, and the kindness and dedication of the volunteers. It has been wonderful getting to know so many special people and experiencing the dynamics of Operation Catnip. Operation Catnip opened my eyes and my heart to the immense satisfaction and happiness that comes from giving. This is an experience no amount of monetary compensation could match. "

We will miss Febe so much! We are so incredibly grateful for her service to Operation Catnip and community cats.

05/20/2026

This is why we have the best volunteers! Read below from a volunteer application submitted this week when asked why she wants to volunteer with Operation Catnip.

"That reality is something I carry with me — the knowledge that millions of cats are born into lives on the streets, facing illness, injury, and hardship, with little chance of ever knowing the safety and comfort of a family. Spay and neuter is one of the most powerful tools we have to prevent that suffering before it begins. Every surgery performed means fewer cats born into circumstances they did not choose and cannot escape. To me, this work is not just medical — it is deeply humane. My love for cats is at the heart of everything I do in this field. They are resilient, complex, and deserving of care and advocacy, whether they are a beloved house cat or a feral cat living in a colony. Volunteering with Operation Catnip is an opportunity for me to put that love into action on a larger scale, to be part of a community of people who share the same commitment to making a meaningful difference. I am eager to expand my experience beyond the clinic, contribute my skills, and help give these cats a better chance at a healthier life."

Ashley, we couldn't agree more.

05/17/2026

Thank you to all our volunteers and caretakers for coming out to help us today! We had a total of 97 surgeries with 48 neuters and 49 spays. 1 lucky boy and 1 lucky girl were already altered so they got updated vaccines. 3 were just too little to go through clinic and were diverted to rescue. 1 girl came by to be revaccinated.

05/10/2026

Our volunteer John Davis tabled at Shakori Festival this weekend and represented Operation Catnip through Animal Advocates United. Thank you John!

05/06/2026

Worth the read!
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/21/3204?sfnsn=mo&fbclid=IwdGRjcARniN1jbGNrBGLvY2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHnqOrp8l35JIjOLLPAdgwcZKV5o6cmscSKjwIKOP3D_Ff65QdLe6Ewg1WCVe_aem_TldoP_4E8OdhWW9UVJltcA

Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) present a major management challenge for animal welfare and biodiversity conservation. Trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs, which include sterilization and return of cats, are increasingly adopted to manage cat populations, often alongside routine food provisio...

05/02/2026

Volunteer Spotlight: Do you know Dwight Briggs? If you do, consider yourself privileged because he is one of the hardest working, most dedicated, and loyal human beings around. It will be hard to convey all the wonderful things he has done for OC in this short post!

Like many who found Operation Catnip, Dwight starting caring for a colony of over 60 community cats who all needed TNR. He got them all sterilized and then became a regular volunteer around 2005. He has helped in almost all the stations, and in 2018 was elected to the Board of Directors as Director of Logistics. His contributions have been numerous, including procuring and upfitting our storage trailers, hauling them to and from clinic EVERY month for the past 10+ years, securing donated items such as air purifiers during COVID and medical supplies/equipment, making corner protectors for our host sites, inventing and building the heat lamp station, built our trap racks, built new table risers, and we can always depend on him to research and find new products for our clinic needs.

Outside of OC, he volunteers for the NC Highway Patrol, does power washing on the side, and annually donates his services to clean the memorial for the Fallen Trooper's Service Ceremony.

From Dwight, "helping the cats and giving back to others" is what it's all about!

Please join us in thanking Dwight for his years of service and dedication to Operation Catnip!