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The Community Cats Podcast

Stacy LeBaron

Our mission is to provide education, information and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to help cats in their community.

Episodes

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Ep 687: Trapping Colonies, Not Cats, with Julie Morriss Community and Outreach Associate for Animal Birth Control Clinic

"If you're not doing targeted trapping, you're working too hard. You're working way too hard." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's...

26:36Oct 20, 2026

Ep 686: The Free Helpline Keeping Cats in Their Homes, with Matt Wildman, Founder and Director of National Cat Behavior Helpline

"In terms of surrender prevention, this is low-hanging fruit. It costs nothing." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTra...

33:25Oct 13, 2026

Ep 685: Feeding Plans, Not Feeding Bans, with Danielle Bays, Senior Program Manager for Cat Protection and Policy at Humane World for Animals

"We're not hiding in back alleys in the dark at night. We're out there on the streets, on the front lines, and we're in city hall." This epi...

29:26Oct 6, 2026

Ep 684: Building TNR That Lasts: A Data-Driven Model From Penang, with Daniel Leung, Co-Founder and CEO of Catsoterra

"In truth, we prove statistically how little funding is needed to create a real impact." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund...

36:20Sep 29, 2026

Ep 683: They're Not Spicy, They're Scared - Handling Fearful and Aggressive Shelter Cats, with Berlin Waters, Founder of The Spicy Cat Project

"Cats aren't spicy. They're not mean. They're just scared." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and Jessica Dolce...

28:08Sep 22, 2026

Ep 682: Too Small Is Not a Diagnosis, with Jordyn Purpura Feline Director, Yolo County SPCA; Strategic Advisor, Orphan Kitten Club; Clinical Researcher, Vernau Laboratory at UC Davis

"When we say age is not a disease, we also mean it for the youngest." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and Jes...

22:22Sep 15, 2026

Ep 681: Making the Case for TNR Without County Buy-In, with Eve Salimbene, President of Street Cat Project of Polk County

"Today's inside cat is tomorrow's outside cat." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and The Community Cat Clinic...

28:07Sep 8, 2026

Ep 680: Small and Mighty: Inside Jersey City's Feral Fixers TNR Club, with Robyn Alcock & Jen Scott, Co-Founders of Feral Fixers TNR Club (Jersey City, NJ)

"It's okay to be small and grassroots." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and The Community Cat Clinic . Robyn...

35:56Sep 1, 2026

Ep 679: Running on Empty: Compassion Fatigue and Grief in TNR, with Jen Blough, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor & Author

"It's about knowing your limits, knowing where you are energy-wise, time-wise, resource-wise, and just doing what you can — and knowing that...

32:41Aug 25, 2026

Ep 678: Ctrl+Alt+Meow: How an IT Guy Built a Home for Cat Lovers, with Darein Gray, Founder of Paw-Events.com

"There's not a lot of that — you don't really hear about cat parks or cat meetups. So I wanted to try and change that." This episode is spon...

19:51Aug 18, 2026

Ep 677: The Environment Makes the Cat: The SAFE Framework for Community Cat Adoption, with Jodi Belongié, RVT, Co-founder of Chico Cat Café, Founder & Executive Director of The CATS Foundation

"The environment we build around a cat shapes her outcome more than any single intervention we can ever make." his episode is sponsored-in-p...

27:47Aug 11, 2026

Ep 676: The Cat Who Came Home After Five Years: Inside a Shelter's Return-to-Home Playbook with Corinne Bourgoin, Shelter Operations Supervisor at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center

This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and The Community Cat Clinic . Corinne Bourgoin returns to the podcast five y...

30:49Aug 4, 2026

Ep 675: Cats Pick Their People: Inside Florida's First Cat Cafe Franchise with Sandra Cagan Founder & CEO of the Orlando Cat Cafe

This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and The Community Cat Clinic . Sandra Cagan spent decades in property managem...

26:34Jul 28, 2026

Ep 674: From One Alley Cat to 700 Spay/Neuter Surgeries a Year with Debra Magaldi, Director of CatPAWS

"People have to feel like they are making a difference, not earning a buck." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap ,...

22:50Jul 21, 2026

Ep 673: The 42-Point Gap Between Loving Your Cat and Getting It to the Vet with Gina Fortunato, Executive Director of the CATalyst Council with Kristin Wuhrman

"It is not a lack of care or love. They love, love, love their cats. They would do anything to give their cat a longer life." This episode i...

30:00Jul 14, 2026

Ep 672: How Mumbai's Feline Foundation Is Systematically Tackling a Million-Cat City with Pallavi Kamath, Executive Director of The Feline Foundation, Mumbai, India

"The more I work in this field, the more there is to learn — and there's multiple strategies that you have to implement." This episode is sp...

28:33Jul 7, 2026

Ep 671: Saving the African Wildcat: The Race Against Hybridization in South Africa with Louise Holton, President & Founder, and Debbie Holzer, Development & Fundraising Manager, Alley Cat Rescue

"The goal isn't so much a set number as the area, and 100% sterilization — which is a lofty goal. But the only thing we can do is keep going...

31:27Jun 30, 2026

Ep 670: Bridging the Gap Between Vets and Community Cat Caregivers with Dr. Kevin Lynch, DVM, Veterinarian, Author, and Founder of The Moriches Hospital for Animals

"That's my own formula — passion and compassion tempered by dedication and humor." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuT...

28:20Jun 23, 2026

Ep 669: 10 Years of Community Cats Podcast: A Conversation with Stacy, Kristen, and Mike

"We may not all be the same organization, but we all have a very similar goal, and that is a better world for cats ultimately." This episode...

41:09Jun 16, 2026

Ep 668: City Kitties: Inside New York's Bodega Cat Movement, with Dan Rimada, Founder of Bodega Cats of New York and Co-Founder of Cats About Town Tours

"You can both celebrate them and advocate for them at the same time." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund , OcuTrap , and Dro...

27:15Jun 9, 2026