We at Operation Catnip work to improve the lives of cats and the communities in which they live by spaying, neutering, and vaccinating free-roaming cats, preventing the births of kittens, mentoring other programs around the country and training veterinarians to save America’s community cats. 

• Operation Catnip of Gainesville was founded in July of 1998.
• We have sterilized over 75,000 cats in Alachua County and the surrounding areas.
• After years of renting space to operate our clinics, we have finally purchased a building of our own in the Duck Pond so we can continue to grow our efforts.
• We provide spay/neuter and vaccination services through our Kitten Shelter Diversion program for kittens who are young enough to socialize and be adopted out by folks in the community who encounter them in an effort to ease the burden on our local shelters and rescues during Florida’s long kitten season.
• We have a Working Cat program that finds placement for cats who are not adoptable through traditional routes and can’t return to their original locations.

None of this would have been possible without our incredible volunteers! We hold 3 clinics per week and are always looking for extra hands whether it be at our new building or in the your areas looking our for our beloved community cats.