Taking proactive steps, like educating
your neighbors about community cats and Trap - Neuter - Return, can be helpful in avoiding complaints and violent threats.
But even if they aren't cat lovers and never will be, educating
your neighbors about community cats will help them understand that Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) will help the community — and that it's something everyone can get behind.
Not exact matches
You know there is a caretaker for their colony and the
neighbors don't currently complain
about the six
cats who live there, but will putting those four kittens back overwhelm the
community's carrying capacity?
Educating your
neighbors and
community members
about cats will start a helpful dialogue with them, which can only benefit your neighborhood
cats.
The next time you, your
neighbors, or your
community's decision makers are worried
about rabies in
community cats, remember these facts:
A casual conversation
about cats with your
neighbor can be the start of a
community - wide change in policies for
cats!
The question for the NYCFCI table was, «If you know someone feeding
cats in your neighborhood, which group should they contact
about learning how to fix the
cats to help the
cats and make them better
neighbors for the
community?»
Print these Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) materials for your own reference or to help educate your
neighbors about feral and stray
community cats and promote TNR in your area.
Find out everything you need to know
about keeping your
community cats healthy and helping them be good
neighbors.
- loaning traps - offering easy - to - follow trapping instructions - providing below - cost and sometimes free spays / neuters / vaccines for
community cats at our LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinics - educating the public
about community cats - advising how to affectively manage
cat colonies - offering solutions to help mediate
neighbor complaints - supporting trappers throughout trapping process and the throughout the life of the colony - helping connect people with others interested in helping
community cats in their area and fostering the growth of grassroots efforts in neighborhoods throughout the 20 county metro area - giving referrals for
community cat resources throughout the metro area
Workshop participants from throughout New York City and
neighboring Long Island and New Jersey learned how to approach others
about feral
cats in their
communities, how to speak to people who approach feral
cat colony caretakers, and what resources are available to help educate your
community about how to help feral
cats through Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).
You will learn
about working with
neighbors and the
community at large; best practices for colony feeding; setting up adequate shelter; arranging for spay / neuter, trapping (including preparations, equipment, and techniques); and caring for the
cats pre - and post - spay / neuter surgery.