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Henderson cat catchers are getting support while the laws are suspended

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The clatter of the iron cat trap was the sound of a new success, which is usually illegal in Henderson.

The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area.

“People in this area have been asking for help for these cats for a long time,” said Arvie Bromley, a volunteer with Henderson Cats. “They would like them to stop breeding. So we stop breeding. We get them vaccinated and bring them back so the caregivers can continue to feed them.”

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Arvie Bromley, a Henderson Cats volunteer (KLAS)

In December 2024, the Henderson City Council voted to suspend several ordinances imposed by the municipal animal control for stray and outdoor cats and to allow nonprofits to initiate a TNVR pilot program, which includes the Henderson Cats, to collect data and report to city officials in 2026.

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“Henderson Cats is a group of volunteers who have a heart for these animals that walk around here and have been abandoned,” Bromley said. “They’re not neutered or spayed, and they reproduce, and they’re just kittens born outside. And it’s just a vicious circle. 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), the existing TVNR for Clark County. The organization, which has been active since 2009, has successfully found more than 50,000 cats in Southern Nevada, according to a city release.

  1. The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

  2. The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

    The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

  3. The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

    The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

  4. The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

    The pilot program spread out into two groups in an unnamed Henderson neighborhood Friday evening, looking for feral and community cats to capture, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR). Neighbors from the community came out and thanked the volunteers, noting the humane work of returning the cats that have helped with a rat problem in the area. (CLASS)

“[C5] is very generous in helping us get started, but we’re raising our own money, and that’s our goal,” Bromley said. “We just want to have a year. We hope it will continue after a year, but the city wanted to try it out for a year and see what happens.”

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Interested volunteers are asked to email Henderson Cats at rvbrom@gmail.com. Bromley said the nonprofit currently has 20 jobs, with more expected to be added.

“Now that we’re organized, we’re going to make a difference,” she said. ‘We just don’t want the animals to suffer here. That’s all.”

The pilot program will run from January 1 to December 31, 2025 and is expected to collect data and research related issues to prepare recommendations to the Henderson City Council in 2026. Operations for the cats are being handled by Heaven Can Wait animal shelter.

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