A Daughter’s Legacy: How One TNR Clinic Saved 25 Feral Cats
Published On: 12/18/2025
Last Updated On: 12/18/2025
By Callie, Seymour, Yebba, and Mama and our Hooman Ashley!
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Some stories arrive gently.
Others arrive carrying the weight of grief, love, and a promise that something good must come from loss.
This one arrived like that.
We spent time speaking with Beth Nazary, a woman who spends her days doing TNR with Fairchild Feral Friends Foundation, caring for feral cat colonies year-round, and working at Douglassville Veterinary Hospital. She’s someone we’ve seen quietly showing up for cats long before cameras ever did.
But on December 7, 2025, something different happened.
That day, Beth helped lead the first annual feral cat spay/neuter clinic at Douglassville Veterinary Hospital, held in loving memory of her daughter, Caitlin Nazaryk, — an animal lover whose compassion now lives on through every cat helped that day.
When Grief Turns Into Action
After losing her daughter, Beth found herself searching for a way to honor a life rooted in compassion for animals. She didn’t want something symbolic or distant — she wanted something real, something that would make an immediate difference for cats who needed help the most.
December kept coming back to her.
Her daughter would have turned 33 on December 23rd, and that date carried a weight Beth couldn’t ignore. While most people slow down at the end of the year, Beth felt a quiet urgency instead — a pull to do something meaningful during a time that could have easily been defined by grief alone.
That’s when the idea formed.
What if she hosted a feral cat spay and neuter clinic — right here, at Douglassville Veterinary Hospital — in her daughter’s memory?
So Beth put up a signup sheet at the hospital, unsure what to expect.
It filled almost immediately.
Caretakers came forward. Volunteers offered help. Donations of vaccines, flea prevention, and supplies started rolling in. What began as a deeply personal act of remembrance quickly became something larger — a community responding to love with action.
By the time the clinic arrived, over 30 feral cats were signed up, and 25 cats successfully received full TNR services — an incredible feat for a first-ever event.
A Call for Veterinarians (and Hope)
Fairchild clinics rely on Dr. Fry, Dr. Carley, and a very small pool of veterinarians willing to donate time.
They need more.
What we need from you:
3–4 hours once a month
Veterinarians and vet tech support
Surgical assistance
The clinics are held on the third Sunday of every month, and every extra set of hands means more cats helped, fewer kittens born into danger, and fewer preventable deaths.
Beth’s dream — one she shares openly — is to someday help create a dedicated, affordable feral cat care space, where caretakers aren’t priced out of doing the right thing.
It’s a big dream.
But then again… so was this clinic.
From Us, With Gratitude
We cats know what it means to be saved because someone cared enough to act.
To Beth.
To Fairchild Feral Friends.
To Douglassville Veterinary Hospital.
To every vet, tech, donor, and volunteer who showed up.
Thank you for choosing compassion — even when your heart was heavy.
If you’re a veterinarian, vet tech, or someone who wants to help feral cats in Berks County, we encourage you to reach out to Fairchild Feral Friends Foundation or Douglassville Veterinary Hospital.
Even a few hours can change hundreds of lives.
🐾 Coming tomorrow on Stray Cat News
See what finger licking surprises we won from Berks Community Cats online auction!
We’re recapping the Berks Community Cats online auction — the bids, the generosity, and the incredible way this community showed up for cats who need it most.
And yes… we’re also revealing what we won (our newsroom has opinions already).
From lifesaving funds raised to the surprises that landed in our paws, it’s a feel-good wrap-up you won’t want to miss.
See you tomorrow. 🐈⬛💛
