Community Cat Spay/Neuter Clinics
What are the Community Cat Clinics?
This is a program that has for goal to control overpopulation of community cats, meaning outdoor, free-roaming and feral cats through a spaying/neutering.
The program not only improves the lives and welfare of cats, but also yields meaningful experience for the staff, students and veterinarians who make the program a success.
Who can benefit?
- Cornell Vet CARES community cat clinics are only open to clients with a Cornell Net ID (Cornell employees and students).
- Services are only provided for intact community cats 2 months and older — outdoor, free-roaming and feral cats that are un-spayed and un-neutered.
- See what to do for a pet (non-outdoor or free-roaming cat).
How does it work?
- A registration link is posted on our Facebook page about a week prior to each clinic date
- If you have successfully secured a spot, confirmation and instructions will be sent to your Cornell email.
- You will be responsible for dropping-off and picking-up the cat(s) that you registered. Drop off between 7:45 and 8:15am, and pick up about 3:30pm at the Small Animal Community Practice building on the corner of Caldwell Road and Campus Road.
- Exams and surgeries will be performed by Cornell veterinarians and veterinary students under direct supervision.
Upcoming clinics
| Registration opening on Facebook | Clinic dates for 2025 |
|---|---|
| Feb. 25 | Mar. 7 |
| Mar. 24 | Apr. 4 |
| Apr. 21 | May 2 |
| May 27 (due to Memorial Day holiday). | Jun. 6 |
| Jun. 16 | Jun. 27 |
| Jul. 21 | Aug. 1 |
| Aug. 25 | Sept. 5 |
| Sept. 22 | Oct. 3 |
| Oct. 27 | Nov. 7 |
Useful Tips:
Clinic spaces fill up fast! Usually, all 25 spots are reserved under 1 hour.
We try our best to post the information by 8am EST, but sometimes it takes a bit longer for the link to be live.
We recommend monitoring our Facebook page for notifications and refreshing often.
Policy
- As a Cornell faculty, staff or student, you are responsible for the cats registered.
- All cats must come in carriers or traps that are labeled with both cat and client information.
- Your information (name, phone number and home address) will be used for the rabies certificate.
- We accept a maximum of 4 cats/household.
- No alternate drop-offs or pick-ups will be allowed. If you are unable to drop-off and pick-up your cat(s), please do not register for that specific clinic.
- If you are helping to re-home the cat(s) you bring, please do not conduct the exchange on campus.
