LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The clang of the iron cat trap was the sound of another success, which is typically illegal in Henderson.
The pilot program spread out in two groups at an undisclosed Henderson neighborhood Friday night, searching for feral and community cats to trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors in the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work to return the cats who have helped out with a rat problem in the area.
“The people in this area have been asking for help with these cats for a long time,” Arvie Bromley, a Henderson Cats volunteer, said. “They would just like for them to stop the stop breeding. So, we’ll stop the breeding. We’ll get them vaccinated, and we’ll bring them back so the caretakers can continue to feed them.”
Arvie Bromley, a Henderson Cats volunteer (KLAS)
In Dec. 2024, the Henderson City Council voted to suspend several ordinances enforced by municipal animal control for stray and outdoor cats and allow nonprofit organizations to start a TNVR pilot program, which includes the Henderson Cats, to gather data and report back in 2026 to city officials.
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“Henderson Cats is a group of volunteers who have a heart for these animals that are out here that have been left abandoned,” Bromley said. “They’re not neutered or spayed, and they reproduce, and it’s just kittens that are born outside. And it just, it’s just a vicious cycle. It just keeps going and going.”
Henderson Cats is not funded by the City of Henderson, but through the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5), which is the existing TVNR for Clark County. The organization, which has been running since 2009, has successfully encountered more 50,000 cats in Southern Nevada, according to a city posting.
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The pilot program spread out in two groups at an undisclosed Henderson neighborhood Friday night, searching for feral and community cats to trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors in the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work to return the cats who have helped out with a rat problem in the area. (KLAS)
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The pilot program spread out in two groups at an undisclosed Henderson neighborhood Friday night, searching for feral and community cats to trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors in the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work to return the cats who have helped out with a rat problem in the area. (KLAS)
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The pilot program spread out in two groups at an undisclosed Henderson neighborhood Friday night, searching for feral and community cats to trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors in the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work to return the cats who have helped out with a rat problem in the area. (KLAS)
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The pilot program spread out in two groups at an undisclosed Henderson neighborhood Friday night, searching for feral and community cats to trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors in the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work to return the cats who have helped out with a rat problem in the area. (KLAS)
“[C5] is very generous in helping us get started, but we are raising our own money, and that’s our goal,” Bromley said. “We just want to have one year. We hope that it will continue after a year, but the city wanted to try it out for a year and see what happens.”
Interested volunteers are asked to email Henderson Cats at rvbrom@gmail.com. Bromley said the nonprofit already has 20 jobs out right now, with the expectation of accumulating more.
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“Now that we’re organized, we’re going to make a difference,” she said. “It’s just we don’t want to see the animals out here suffering. That’s all.”
The pilot program runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of 2025 and is expected to collect data and explore related issues to prepare recommendations to the Henderson City Council in 2026. The surgeries for the cats are conducted by Heaven Can Wait animal shelter.
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