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Effective May 2026, Feline Fix will no longer be taking cats into rescue. We will be winding down the shelter and rescue side of the organization due to the continued rise in operating costs and the reality that it is no longer sustainable for one person to manage every aspect of running a rescue while also maintaining a separate full-time, in-office career that includes business travel.
Since Feline Fix was founded in 2019, the primary mission has always been reducing overpopulation through accessible, low-cost spay and neuter programs. The rescue component grew organically out of the work I was already doing to help local cat owners sterilize their pets and find placement for kittens and cats within the community. Rescue was never part of the original long-term plan, and after seven years of operating on a shoestring budget funded through donations, adoption fees, and a significant amount of my personal income — along with more hours, energy, and emotional bandwidth than I can possibly quantify — it’s time to step back and focus on the programs that can create the greatest long-term impact for pet owners, cat advocates, and rescue organizations throughout the Kansas City area.
Feline Fix will continue coordinating low-cost spay and neuter appointments, along with other surgical care services. However, those appointments will likely be limited to every other week or less. Each transport day typically involves 14+ hours spent driving cats to and from the clinic, assisting as the surgical technician, managing medical paperwork and payments, and ensuring animals safely return home afterward. While I genuinely love this work and find the hands-on aspect incredibly rewarding, it also consumes much of the limited personal time I have left outside of work — time that also needs to be reserved for family, friends, and my own mental well-being.
Closing the rescue side of Feline Fix will not happen overnight. It will take time to find appropriate homes and placements for the cats currently in our care, particularly because many are long-term “sanctuary” residents who are not easily adoptable due to medical or behavioral challenges. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to partner with Whiskers Cat Cafe to help place so many wonderful cats into loving homes, and we will continue working with them to support adoptions for both shelter and foster cats. Eventually, however, the shelter building in Belton will close. I do not yet have a firm timeline for that transition because as long as cats still need placement and care, they will continue to have a safe place to stay.
If you need to reach us regarding spay/neuter or surgery appointments, please email spayneuter@feline-fix.org. All of the volunteers who previously helped with email responses and other administrative work are on well-deserved breaks so managing email replies is now my responsibility alone. Therefore, I will be unable to respond to messages requesting assistance with taking cats into rescue. And please be patient as I work to juggle this responsibility after my normal workday has ended!
Along the way, there have been some truly incredible people who stepped in to help carry the weight, keep me sane, and make an immeasurable difference in the lives of countless cats. You know who you are, and I hope you know how deeply appreciated you are. Rescue work has a way of making you feel like nothing you do is ever enough, especially when the need never seems to end. But it mattered — and it still matters — to every cat who passed through our homes, our shelter, and our lives.
- Becky