About Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County 🐈

Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County (FFSC) is a nonprofit spay/neuter clinic focused on improving the lives of unowned cats in Sonoma county. They are the longest-running Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) organization in the country, and have been serving the community since 1990. Their mission is to spay and neuter every unowned cat in Sonoma County, provide medical care for sick and injured cats, and find loving homes for adoptable cats.

Project Objective 🌟

FFSC’s goal is to alter at least 75% of unowned cats in targeted areas, reducing overpopulation more efficiently and preventing the unnecessary suffering and deaths of these animals. FFSC recognizes that in order to fulfill this goal, they must involve the public: encourage them to report, trap, and bring unowned cats to the clinic, and spread general awareness. Our app provides an interactive, engaging way for the FFSC staff team to connect with and build relationships with community members for this purpose.

Project Demo Video 🎥

Link to Finished Project/Figma Prototype 🎨

Process 💭

Connect with Client

With a topic as complex and sensitive as TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), it was crucial for our team to connect with our client to fully understand the outlined product requirements and stakes at hand. In addition, we needed to grasp how our product would be an extension of their current systems in place, instead of a replacement. Through thorough discussion of their goals and existing technology, as well as a virtual tour of the FFSC medical clinic, our team was able to first-hand experience and understand the impact our product will be contributing to.

FFSC’s primary goal is increase community involvement in their efforts and equip them with the tools and resources necessary to do so. Our app will:

  1. Engage with the public, by providing a form for locals to submit sightings of stray cats, view educational resources about TNR, and learn how to perform TNR themselves. By boosting participation in TNR and encouraging the public to become involved, we can accelerate FFSC’s efforts to their mission.
  2. Streamline TNR efforts by allowing forms submitted by the public to connect directly with the existing database to track and update cat and client information, providing a scheduling system to approve and track TNR appointments requested by the public, and more. Our new system will ease the process needed to connect with the community prior to performing TNR, encouraging staff to be more organized and work cohesively with the community.