Episode 74: Urban Cat League

About this episode

Mike Phillips discusses his work with Urban Cat League and his contributions to feral cat care and TNR practices.

Mike Phillips is the president of Urban Cat League which he co-founded in 2003. In 2010, the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association named Mike recipient of its award, “BEST FRIEND TO FERAL CATS.” In 2014, he was recruited to be the founding Senior Supervisor of the ASPCA’s Neonatal Kitten Nursery after having formerly served as the Vet Tech Supervisor of their NYC Adoption Center and having worked on the A’s mobile Spay/Neuter clinics even before graduating Vet Tech school. Thousands have attended Mike’s workshops for Community Cats on numerous topics including Taming Feral Kittens, Advanced TNR Trapping Techniques, Feral Cat-Shelter Building, TNR Community Relations and Bottle Feeding Neonatal Kittens . Offered in-person around the US and Canada, the workshops are now available on the Urban Cat League YouTube Channel. When President of Neighborhood Cats in 1999, Mike taught at the very first TNR Certification Workshop, which Neighborhood Cats continues monthly online to this day, having trained tens of thousands of people in TNR best practices. Before leaving Show-biz entirely to focus on working for cats, Mike’s alter ego worked in theater as a director, choreographer…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Trachtenberg

Guest: Mike Phillips

Topics covered

• feral cats
• TNR techniques
• cat care
• animal welfare
• community outreach

Keywords

• Urban Cat League
• feral cats
• TNR
• neonatal kittens
• cat workshops

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Urban Cat League, Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, ASPCA, Neighborhood Cats

Places: New York City, US, Canada

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