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Caring for community cats during Spay Day at Cornell

Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 9:08am
Organizers of spay day in scrubs thanking sponsors with signs

This February marked the seventh annual Spay Day at Cornell, an opportunity for community cats to receive essential veterinary care.

The Cornell team comprised eight veterinary student directors, 42 student vollunteers, nine doctors and six licensed veterinary technicians. Together, they completd 29 spays and 21 neuters, administered 37 FVRCP and rabies vaccinations, placed 33 microchips and applied 40 doses of flea/tick prevention.

The event was sponsored by Hills, Zoetis, Purina, Boehringer Ingelheim, the Cornell Feline Health Center and the Cornell Richard P. Riney Canine Health Center.

All photos by Karen Black

Two veterinary students handle a cat on an exam table
A large group of volunteers in scrubs prepare for spay day
Four veterinary students handle a cat on an exam table
Several woman in scrubs wash their hands to prepare for surgery
Two people in scrubs observe a veterinary perform a spay/neuter surgery
The core organizers of the spay day event in the surgical room

 

Busy students in scrubs tend to cats along a line of exam tables
A veterinarian focuses on a spay/neuter procedure under a spotlight
A volunteer listens to the heartbeat of an orange cat on an exam table
A veterinary student in a surgical mask, cap and scrubs prepares small equipment in her hands
A group of approximately 30 professionals in scrubs pose together to thank spay day donors