The Cat Network

I am very pleased to have had this resource available when needed most. I love especially the meow mobile OR for spaying and neutering procedures– the efficiency of that service and the professional and caring staff made for an excellent outcome with my five kittens. Super fast, clean, and inexpensive. I have used the cat network for multiple resources via their user-​friendly website. They run mainly on their dedicated volunteers and they probably need more (emails & calls can take several days to be answered, but nonetheless, they do get back with you). The website and corresponding links for reduced cost of spaying community cats are great and will assist with putting you in touch with adoption facilities. As a cat lover with an accidental pregnant cat, these guys are the ones who will be an excellent resource in your time of need–

Heard about the Miami Meow Mobile through a co-​worker. We adopted a stray cat a month ago and needed to get her spayed and being that our vet’s rate was $ 245.00, we chose to bring her to this event. At half the price which included her second dose of vaccinations & a microchip, Appointment is not needed, however, be there before 8 am on the event day as there are people with not one but up to 4 cats per person waiting.
If you have community cats you can trap them and take them to the meow mobile which will help the over population of stray and feral cats. They will either tattoo or clip the ear of the stray /​feral cats so that if ever picked up they would know that cat has been spayed or neutered. Since ours is a pet they don’t do that but make sure you write on the cat intake form and tell them when they check you in.
I will update my review once I pick up my Nala this afternoon.
Drop off is 8:00 and and they will advise you of the pick up time to which is usually between 3:30 and 4:00 pm.
Keep in mind that they are able to provide this low cost service thanks to donations to the cat network. Membership is $ 35.00 a year and there are benefits to being a member.

Initially I was interested in adopting a kitten for my family so my 4 year old son could grow up with a pet. We found the kittens «available» for adoption at the Petsmart but they weren’t even available that day. I had to fill out an incredibly lengthy application and was informed that the board meets weekly to go over applications and I might hear something back within a week so there was no guarantee that we were even going to get the kitten we were interested in. I have no other pets, and this would be an indoor only cat. Turns out my application was denied and I didn’t even get a phone call. Just a text telling me my son was too young and likely to hurt a cat. I’m really disappointed and cannot believe they didn’t even call me to explain. Obviously I would teach my 4 year old how to handle a kitten, and it would be a family pet, not something I would expect a 4 year old to handle himself. They were very unprofessional with how handled the rejection, and I’m glad I went through the Broward Humane Society instead.

What a wonderful service these folks are providing! I brought my pet cat to be spayed, vaccinated and microchipped at the Meow Mobile right before thanksgiving. They visit different neighborhoods so I was able to go to a location convenient to my house. Check in was pretty quick (all cats are checked in at the same time in the morning) and my kitty was all done by around 2:00 that day. They did a wonderful job with her surgery and all services were a very reasonable price. Additionally, after the surgery, I have been able to keep in touch with the staff via email to answer any follow up questions I had. I would recommend this service to anyone needing a low cost spay/​neuter alternative for a pet or a stray (Strays can be done at an even lower cost) you can visit their website for all details…

I just adopted a beautiful 5 year old black cat from The Cat Network. I couldn’t have been more pleased with the experience and impressed by the organization. Besides being very loving pet care takers they were also very professional. It felt like I was adopting from a vet’s office, so involved the cat’s health and well being. The wonderful Charlene Grall helped me through the adoption. But what I didn’t expect was the Petsmart (at the Coral Way and 30^th store) employees, so nice and helpful. They even remembered me a few days later when I went to get supplies. From someone who runs retail stores, I appreciate their connection to me and to my new cat. I applaud their partnership with The Cat Network. I highly recommend them both.

The Cat Network is an ALL volunteer organization except fot the vets and vet techs that work on the mobile clinic, the Miami Meow Mobile. They have no shelter, but assist people in addressing and solving their stray cat problems.
I have volunteered with the Cat Network for years, and this organization is very dedicated to reducing the overpopulation of community cats through humane trap, neuter and return (TNR).

This is a fantastic organization and what it does helps the community at large, its goal is to humanly address feline over population humanly threw TNR and threw education. It is not for people who want community cats removed. Community cats are stray/​feral cats that live outdoors. What this organization does will help you control your community cat population by offering spay and neuter days, free or low coast clinics, adoption events for the tame animals (Having strict rules to ensure the animals health) the goal of these events are to fix and vaccinate community cats so that they do not become a nuisance. This is called TNR Trap Neuter Release. Obviously people who simply do not care about community cats (which is a problem largely due to human negligence) and view felines as unwanted will hate this fantastic organization. Because the goals are contradictory.
In Miami we have an all year breeding season for cats. A single female cats can have 2 – 3 litters a year and after 6 month her kittens can start reproducing. How do I know this because one day I work up and their was a scrawny feral kitty cat in my yard with her 3 adorable kittens. I am a cat lover I have two rescued indoor cats so I feed them. Apparently Miami is full fantastic people who will feed community cats but lack the resources or knowledge to fix them, the Cat Network works with the community to help with this.
Being that I am an art teacher with limited financial resources I Google-​ed. I found the cat network and the Mobile meow clinic. (The Vet has stations all over Miami on different days, lucky me one was close to my house!) The mother cat ran off and I had 3 kittens so I kept feeding them, due to work I assumed I would fix them when I could catch them. This worked great for the 2 male kittens which I fixed on the first spay day my work would would allow me to, the vet told me they were probably 6 months. The lil female I couldn’t catch, but I wasn’t worried about bc she wouldn’t be an adult till she was at least a year right? WRONG she became a pregnant teenager.
3 more kittens Now by this time I had found a home for 1 of the male kittens and the other male cat established my backyard as his territory. (He briefly had an indoor home but he is marker and he peed everywhere) I also managed to tame the teenage Mother (Foxy) so her 3 kittens were extremely well fed and well socialized, The cat network not only helped with finical cost of fixing and vaccinating these cats, (I also very cheaply micro-​chipped the male & Foxy via the Mobile Meow) they put me in contact w the Human Society a no kill shelter for the kittens
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My 2 our door community cats are fantastic. I provide medical (very cheep medical bc the catnetwork has grants to keep cost down its a few dollars every year to keep them vaccinated) and food and they ride my yard of snakes and rats. You know how I know this? Because these cats love to give back, they eat half and leave half for me at my back door. Yummy.
Now I also know to fix a feline as soon as it wonders threw my yard because no more kittens. If its not tame I can call the cat network and they will lend me trap, I book an appointment on the Mobile meow, the cat is vaccinated, fixed, and ear tipped (which signals that is has been sterilized and is no longer a nuisance animal.) If I cant catch a cat I can call the Cat Network and a volunteer will come and help or they will give me tips. Many times the random community cats I fix wounder in and out of my yard but the best part is I can see an improvement in their health so I know my cats will stay healthy, no babies, no cat fights, and less rodents. Win for me.

We’ve been having problems with people feeding feral cats that are breeding in our neighborhood. I contacted TCN to see if there was anything they could do to help and they were less than helpful. Their volunteers turned out to be the culprits dumping cat food, shellfish remains, fish bones, tins of cat food, cardboard boxes, plastic containers and chicken bones on our lawn, our neighbor’s lawn and the sidewalks in front of our houses. They were dishonest and sent mixed messages about whether or not they discouraged feeding of feral cats, claimed to have access to DMV databases for license plates (creepy) and said they’d ‘talk to them’ but nothing ever happened except more stinky nasty fish parts got dumped in front of our house and their volunteers lectured us on how they weren’t doing anything illegal. Just because they’re not doing anything illegal doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything wrong.
I would (and did) adopt from another rescue.

I have experienced firsthand the professionalism and integrity of the wonderful heroes of The Cat Network. These women (and men) work tirelessly — mostly at their own expense — to find forever homes for loving cats and kittens, as well as the occasional dog. Equally important, they vaccinate, test, and STERILIZE each animal prior to adoption. They also partner with local organizations, including Animal Services and the Humane Society, to maximize resources in their common goal to reduce pet overpopulation (a problem created by humans) and find loving homes for each and every companion animal in Miami-​Dade County.