Catt County Cat Nippers Cattaraugus County TNR & Rescue Aid

Cattaraugus County humane TNR & surgical relief

Fund the surgery that ends a colony’s kitten season.

We equip rural caretakers, farm colony managers, and volunteer trappers across Olean, Salamanca, and Cattaraugus County with spay/neuter vouchers and frontline medical relief.

Choose your gift

Antibiotics, wound flush, and eye ointment for injured or sick colony cats.

$22.50 to licensed surgery · $2.50 to traps & gas

How the 90/10 split works
  • IRS 501(c)(3) · grants tax-deductible
  • 90% paid straight to licensed clinics
  • Olean & Salamanca partner clinics
A young tabby-and-white cat peering over a wooden fence at sunset

Audited disbursal

90/10

90% pays licensed surgery. 10% funds humane traps & dispatch gas.

Where your gift goes

From the field to the clinic and back home

  1. A cat safely held in a humane wire live trap at night, lit by a flashlight, during a trap-neuter-return day

    Humane trapping

    Volunteers set humane live traps and check them through the night. The 10% share keeps traps and dispatch gas on hand.

    Photo: Akire gatuna, CC BY-SA 4.0

  2. A veterinarian listening to a rescued white kitten’s heart with a stethoscope during a clinic checkup

    Licensed surgery

    Spay/neuter, rabies vaccine and a left ear-tip at partner clinics in Olean & Salamanca. The 90% pays the clinic directly.

  3. An older caretaker crouching to feed a small colony of street cats on a waterfront promenade

    Return & care

    Cats go home to their colony, where caretakers feed and shelter them, and the colony stops growing.

Direct rescue store

Frontline Micro-Grants & Handbooks

Every purchase funds community cat veterinary care in Cattaraugus County.

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Veterinary Grant

$10 Micro-Grant: Frontline Spay & Neuter Surgery Support

Subsidizes surgical costs for 1 feral cat at an approved clinic in Olean or Salamanca.

$10.00
Veterinary Grant

$5 Micro-Grant: Emergency Antibiotic & Triage Support

Supplies antibiotic drops or eye ointment for rescued winter kittens.

$5.00
Caretaker Resource

Community Cat Caretaker Colony Logbook & Medical Tracker

Weatherproof field journal for tracking colony cats, vaccines, and feeder schedules.

$6.00
Caretaker Resource

The Ultimate Feline First-Aid & Emergency Handbook

84-page practical field manual for outdoor cat emergency triage.

$10.00
A tabby cat crouched in deep snow, looking straight at the camera

Free field guide

A storage tote and a bale of straw can carry a colony through winter.

Our step-by-step guide shows caretakers how to build an insulated shelter that stays dry and warm through Cattaraugus County winters.

Read the shelter guide Caring for a colony? Apply for help

Verified veterinary knowledge

Field Care & Welfare Guides

Practical care protocols for feral caretakers, foster homes, and rural cat guardians.

12 guides published

Managing an unfixed colony in Cattaraugus County?

Don’t wait for kitten season. Apply for surgical micro-grants, loaner humane traps, and clinic vouchers. A volunteer coordinator replies within 24 hours.

Request colony assistance