Kern County Animal Services provides the program/service listed below only to residents who live in the unincorporated areas of Kern County (including the unincorporated municipalities of Frazier Park, Lamont, Mojave, Oildale, and Rosamond) or in the contracted cities of Arvin and Tehachapi. Residents of other incorporated cities should review the below list of Other Local TNR Resources or contact their city agency.
Which agency should I contact regarding feral cats?
Kern County Animal Services has relocated our Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) program to Critters Without Litters. They will accept the first twenty (20) trapped cats on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. (two cats per day, per household). Residents must live within unincorporated areas of Kern County. Cats must be in a proper cage, please see below for trap requirements.
Community cats and feral cats must come in a cat trap. NO Exceptions. Please note that cat traps must be a minimum of 9”x 9”x28” or 10″ x 12″ x 32″. The small traps measuring 7″ x 7″ x 24″ are designed for ground squirrels or gophers. The small trap is not suitable for cats, and will not be accepted. Cats that come into the program will need to stay with your trap while they wait for surgery. They will need to be picked up next day at 7:30 a.m. Release is recommended late afternoon or next day.
The term "community cats" refers to any unowned free roaming cats. Community cats may include cats who have been lost or abandoned. Feral cats are those that are not domesticate and are not pets.
KCAS helps manage both Community cats and feral cat colonies primarily through our TNR program.
Other Local TNR Resources
Contact Critters Without Litters(661) 831-60004300 Stine Rd. Suite 720Bakersfield, CA 93313
Email animalservices@kerncounty.com.
TNR FAQs (PDF)
We thank you for being a part of the solution to the feral and community cat problem in Kern County and for helping us to save more lives!
Kern County Animal Services - Bakersfield
3951 Fruitvale Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661) 868-7100
City of Bakersfield Animal Care Center
201 South Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: (661) 832-7387
California City Animal Control
5000 Lindberg Street, California City, CA 93505
Phone: (760) 373-1115
Delano Police Department - Animal Control
1022 12th Avenue, Delano, CA 93215
Phone: (661) 721-3377
City of Taft Animal Shelter
1080 E. Ash Street, Taft, CA 93268
Phone: (661) 763-1227
McFarland Animal Control
401 W. Kern Avenue, McFarland, CA 93250
Phone: (661) 792-2121
Ridgecrest Animal Control
411 San Bernardino Blvd., Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone: (760) 499-5190
City of Shafter Animal Control
18849 S. Shafter Avenue, Shafter, CA 93263
Phone: (661) 746-2140
City of Wasco Animal Control Division
746 8th Street, Wasco, CA 93280
Phone: (661) 758-7220
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