Wagenseller helps felines in OKC

Hattie Wagenseller of Oklahoma City is a fierce advocate for her feline friends.

Wagenseller fosters cats through the organization Free To Live OK in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Wagenseller does Trap, Neuter and Release (Return) on cats in the OKC area and started trapping cats in 2016.

She encourages others to help our furry friends in need.

“All we have to do is look around and see all the dogs and cats that need to be helped and this is one way that I can help control the population. However, just one person cannot do it all. We have to work together,” said Wagenseller. “Some cats that I trap are feral, some are community cats that are semi-friendly, and some were once in a home and left to survive on their own.”

According to Wagenseller, she has helped around seven cats find homes, and is on her sixty-second “trapped and fixed” cat.

“That is 62 cats that will not have babies or be able to contribute to the overpopulation,” Wagenseller said.

Wagenseller uses her own funds to neuter the trapped cats and return them to where she found them once they recover.

“I have been able to get a couple of sponsored spay and neuter appointments from All Paws Rescue and Free To Live Animal Sanctuary,” she said.

The cats get fixed through OK Humane Society.

In March 2021, Wagenseller began volunteering at Free To Live Animal Sanctuary.

Through this organization, she met a little kitten named Denali who needed a foster.

“I wanted to try fostering and I thought, ‘why not him!’ Denali went everywhere with me. He walked on a harness leash and he even did tricks,” said Wagenseller.

Denali was adopted and is living a happy life.

You can keep up with Wagenseller’s journey by following @hattiesfosterfelines on Instagram.