Pet Rescue Portrait Days
Mark your calendars on April 8th for the 2006 AzCATS Day at Camelback Photography. Camelback Photography has been working with the rescue community since 1998. 20% of all portrait sales will be donated to AzCATS!! They are located at 5533 East Bell Rd. Scottsdale. Call today! 602-696-0760

About AzCATs Volunteers

AzCATs is comprised of a coordinated network of volunteers that spans Maricopa County. We have 16 trap depots throughout the valley, an office near 7th Street and Glendale Avenue in Phoenix, and high volume Spay/Neuter days several times a month at a veterinary clinic in Gilbert. There are countless volunteer opportunities that can help us accomplish our mission.

Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR)

Volunteers are needed to help local residents humanely trap feral cats that they are feeding. Equipment and volunteer training is provided. There is much, much more to TNR than trapping the cats. Even if you cannot help with humanely trapping the cats, there are many other opportunities to help with the process. Take a look at our wish list.

We sometimes need to deliver traps to caregivers who can trap for themselves. Cats sometimes need to be transported to or from the vet's office. We sometimes need volunteers to help monitor the cats after surgery. You do not necessarily have to have a place for the cats to stay in order to help monitor the cats. Cats need to get back home and be released the day after surgery. Traps and other equipment must be disinfected between each trapping job.

High Volume Spay/Neuter Clinics - Mission Nip & Tip (MNT)

Our high volume clinics are held several times each month in Gilbert, Arizona. Once again, there is so much you can do to make the clinics a success. You can volunteers to work with us during the clinic itself. You can help us schedule cats for the clinic. Volunteers are needed to transport equipment, both large and small, to and from the clinic. Between clinics, we need volunteers to help with many facets for getting ready for the next clinic.

Education and Public Relations

Volunteers help monitor our telephone line during the hours when the office is not staffed. This is the "front line" of our work. Volunteers who like to help people find this job most rewarding. AzCATs publishes a bi-annual newsletter and has brochures that need to be kept up to date. Our website must be updated and maintained. Our community Action Team reaches out to teach the community about TNR as the humane solution to the cat overpopulation problem. We respond to requests for speakers at, for example, Homeowner's Association meetings. We have educational tables at community events.

These are just a few of the things we do. AzCATs has projects large and small. Whether you like working alone or working with others, whether you want a project to do at your leisure or a specific assigned task, we have what you are looking for. Volunteer today! Thank you!