Trap-Alter-Manage-Invest (TAMI)

TAMI is a new collaborative effort by FieldHaven Feline Center for community cats. It’s all thanks to a grant from California for All Animals, which exists to unite and amplify the work of California animal shelters. TAMI (Trap-Alter-Manage-Invest) can be defined as the following:

• Trap: The method of humanely securing cats for spay/neuter surgeries and/or sometimes other minor medical services
• Alter: The medical care, including spay/neuter surgeries, vaccines, a microchip, and/or sometimes other minor medical services
• Manage: Ensuring the cats are safe and cared for after being altered and returned to their homes
• Invest: The method of sustainability for the future of the program by encouraging communities to invest ongoing resources, continue Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) and caring for community cats, and educating the general public to ensure a peaceful coexistence between people and cats

TAMI is a holistic, community-based program for community cats in several defined areas surrounding our shelter in Lincoln. It will make affordable services and resources more accessible by targeting specific neighborhoods which have historically had had a high population of unowned cats with minimal spay/neuter compliance. This will decrease barriers for local residents, create sustainability for the care of community cats, and reduce overall euthanasia of unwanted and an uncared population of cats in these specific regions:

• • Sutter County: Qualified TNR colonies
  • City of Shasta Lake: Owned cats
  • City of Marysville: All cats

The range of services offered through TAMI will include a multi-faceted, triage approach to ensure a foundation of success. Specific focus areas will include trapping, spay/neuter services, medical care, transport, and community outreach and support.

The program funding was awarded in late 2022 and will end in August 2023.

California for All Animals is a five-year project to improve the lives of at-risk animals in the state and provide much-needed resources to shelters that serve this vulnerable population. It exists to unite and amplify the work of California animal shelters to achieve our shared goal of matching every animal in need with the right outcome through the right care, delivered in the right place and at the right time.

Apply for Funding

To request funding (e.g. low-cost or free services), please fill out this application. Please note: qualification is not guaranteed even if you live in a targeted community.

Watch Now: Presentation to the City of Shasta Lake City Council on February 7, 2023 by Joy Smith (5:30 – 45:32)

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