Sometimes our purpose finds us. That just might be the case for Alexis Berryman, who has fostered cats through Second Chance Companions for over eight years. She often found herself thinking about ways she could help more cats. That way came when she met Kristin BriAnn. The two of them started Woodland WA Feral Cats in October 2025.
“I started casually trapping feral cats at my workplace for TNR,” Alexis says. TNR stands for trap, neuter/spay, and return. “I took in the young kittens for rehoming. Word spread, and I was contacted about a feral cat colony at Horseshoe Lake.”
Alexis met Kristin at the horseshoe Lake cat colony and the two have worked together ever since.
Helping Woodland Washington Feral Cats by Reducing the Population
Their main goal at Woodland WA Feral Cats is to help reduce the population of feral cats. “Feral cats need to be fixed so they do not continue to reproduce and create more of a cat population crisis,” explains Alexis. “Most Kittens born on ‘the streets’ don’t make it past six months old.”
They do this in two ways: TNR and the adoption of cats from feral colonies
Cats deemed adoptable are given age-appropriate shots, are altered and have any medical issues taken care of before being adopted out. They adopt cats to indoor-only homes as well as for barn cats. Depending on the location of the colonies and the cats, some are released back to their colony after being altered. “Adult feral cats are always TNR unless the location they come from is unsafe or I am told to not bring them back,” explains Alexis. “With feral adults, it’s much better to release them where they came from since that is all they’ve known. Young cats or kittens, if they seem calmer, I will try to rehome as indoor cats or barn cats, depending on their personality. Feral kittens tend to tame up quickly. Probably 90% of the cats are TNR and not rehomed.”
They serve the Woodland area mostly, but will also help in Ariel, Amboy and Yacolt on a limited basis.
It takes a village to help feral cats, and Woodland WA Feral Cats does not work alone. They partner with the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon for altering. “They are a great resource and run solely on donations,” shares Alexis. “I always encourage people to donate to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon.”
They also get cats fixed at the Humane Society in Longview and they send tame cats to Second Chance Companions for adoption. Second Chance handles the altering through their veterinarian.
Since they work with feral cats, they do not take owner surrenders, but point people to Second Chance Companions.
How you Can Help Woodland WA Feral Cats
Since they started in October 2025, Alexis says she has tamed and rehomed at least 24 cats and kittens and did TNR on somewhere between 4 and 8 cats a week!
If you have been thinking about adding a feline to your household (or barn!) Reach out to Woodland WA Feral Cat.
But even if you can’t adopt, you can still help by donating. They are grateful for in-kind donations of food, litter, toys, etc., or monetary donations. “I have limited income, so we truly can only do this with the donations we’ve been getting of cat food, supplies and gas money occasionally,” Shares Alexis. “We are so grateful for the community to step up and help us.”
Have feral cats around you? Alexis says you can help be part of the solution! Woodland WA Feral Cats lends out live traps so you can trap your local feral cats, have them altered, and released. “We really need more people to step up and TNR stray cats!” she adds.
Follow them on the Woodland WA Feral Cats Facebook page to see cats currently looking for forever homes!
