Is there a good case for killing or
neutering outdoor cats to protect biodiversity?
Whether your passion is helping companion animals — by spaying and
neutering outdoor cats or companion animals; getting the animal protection community registered to vote and participating in the legislative process; or protecting wildlife and its habitat, ADLA has a place for you.
Ear tipping is the universal symbol of a spayed or
neutered outdoor cat.
If you need to schedule appointments to spay /
neuter your outdoor cats please let us know the number of cats that require appointments and which clinic you prefer (if known).
Not exact matches
Species, breed, size, heredity, diet, spay /
neuter status, veterinary care, and lifestyle (such as, indoor or
outdoor for
cats) all factor into length of life.
Additionally, we trap, spay,
neuter and return over a hundred
cats each year to their colonies and
outdoor homes.
They do advocate a trap -
neuter - return program which lets
cats continue to live
outdoors without exploding the homeless population.
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Cats non-profit spay / neuter clinic for outdoor cats as a licensed veterinary technic
Cats non-profit spay /
neuter clinic for
outdoor cats as a licensed veterinary technic
cats as a licensed veterinary technician.
In honor of our
outdoor feline friends, we wanted to share some information about feral
cats and Pawmetto Lifeline's TNR (Trap,
Neuter, Release) policy.
While every day is feral
cat day at Best Friends, we're excited about this day each year because it's an opportunity to educate the public about the importance of trap /
neuter / return (TNR), the only humane option for stabilizing and reducing the
outdoor cat population.
All the
outdoor cats would require a veterinary check before moving inside with the other
cats, and they'll require spay /
neuter surgery and a rabies vaccine, and will hopefully be microchipped.
Alley
Cat Allies advocates the use of trap,
neuter and return programs that allow
cats to live out their lives
outdoors without producing any offspring.
Current best practices include diverting healthy
cats «found»
outdoors and brought to a shelter, to a spay /
neuter / vaccination / ear - tipping process and then returning them to their original
outdoor home and colony.
If your
cat is an
outdoor pet, be sure to have it spayed or
neutered to avoid any kitten surprises.
This is your opportunity to educate the public — on the truth about animal shelter high kill rates, Trap -
Neuter - Return, local programs and Trap -
Neuter - Return groups, or simply familiarize people with
outdoor cats in general.
Trap -
Neuter - Return is a great way to help the cats in your community; it improves the cats» health and stabilizes the colony while allowing them to live out their lives outdoors.To successfully trap, neuter, vaccinate, eartip, and return feral cats to their outdoor home, you need a
Neuter - Return is a great way to help the
cats in your community; it improves the
cats» health and stabilizes the colony while allowing them to live out their lives outdoors.To successfully trap,
neuter, vaccinate, eartip, and return feral cats to their outdoor home, you need a
neuter, vaccinate, eartip, and return feral
cats to their
outdoor home, you need a plan.
During TNR,
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (which shows they've been part of a TNR program), and returned to their
outdoor homes.
During TNR,
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (the universal sign that a
cat has been part of a TNR program), and returned to their
outdoor homes.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: «17 Common Poisonous Plants,» «People Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pets,» «Finding the Right Vet,» «
Cat Litter,» «Fleas,» Nutrition Tips for Kittens,» «Spay -
Neuter,» «Safe
Outdoor Environments,» «Enriching Your
Cat's Life,» «Keeping Your
Cat off Countertops and Tables,» «Are Two
Cats Better Than One?»
Every day I read pleas for help from people who failed to spay or
neuter their
cats: male
cats spraying every available surface of the house or escaping
outdoors to fight other male
cats; female
cats who keep the household awake with their loud yowling during estrus and worse yet, «surprise» litters of unwanted kittens.
TNR is the process in which community
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (to indicate that they have been
neutered and vaccinated), and returned to their
outdoor home.
Animal control officers will take any
outdoor cat without an eartip (the universal sign that a
cat has been spayed or
neutered through a TNR program) to Hernando County Animal Services.
At the recent
Outdoor Cat Conference held in Los Angeles in December, 2012, Jon Cicirelli, the Deputy Director of the City of San Jose Animal Care & Services Department, attributed his community's success to the implementation of a trap -
neuter - return prgram known as Feral Freedom.
During TNR, community
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped for identification, and returned to their
outdoor homes.
In a Trap -
Neuter - Return program, community
cats are humanely trapped,
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped, and then returned to their
outdoors homes.
Laws affecting Trap -
Neuter - Return and
outdoor cats are different in every city and state.
TNR is the process in which
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (to indicate they have been
neutered and vaccinated), and returned to their
outdoor home.
Feral Feline Project (FFP) specializes in Trap
Neuter and Return (TNR) of feral (wild) or stray,
outdoor cats.
Now people can bring in community
cats and shelter staff can immediately transport them to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped, then returned to their
outdoor homes.
During TNR community
cats are humanely trapped, taken to a veterinarian to be spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped for identification, and, after recovery, are returned to their
outdoor homes.
Local authorities, often in the form of an animal control agency are charged with enforcing laws related to the control and impoundment of animals — including laws that may affect the feeding, spaying and
neutering, and care of
outdoor cats.
Community
cats are humanely trapped, spayed /
neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (the universal sign that a
cat has been part of a Trap -
Neuter - Return program), and then returned to their
outdoor home.
When
outdoor cats aren't spayed or
neutered, they breed uncontrollably and become nuisances to their human neighbors.
Trap -
Neuter - Vaccinate - Return, also known as TNVR, is a program in which
cats are humanely trapped, brought to a veterinarian to be evaluated,
neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped, then returned to their
outdoor homes.
Although adult feral
cats —
cats that are not socialized to people — can not become indoor pets,
neutering and returning them to their
outdoor home improves their lives.
In such a program, community
cats would be
neutered, vaccinated, and ear - tipped at the shelter, then returned to their
outdoor homes.
TNR, where
cats are humanely trapped, taken to a veterinarian to be spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped, and returned to their
outdoor home, is the only humane and effective approach to community
cats.
TNR is the process in which community
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped to indicate that the
cat has been through TNR, and returned to their
outdoor homes.
Techniques had been developed for sterilizing livestock, but American households would have had a hard time finding a veterinarian trained to safely
neuter pets before this time.10 Just as
cats found their own food and litter areas
outdoors, 20th century
cats bred and gave birth
outdoors as they have done since their origins in the Fertile Crescent 10,000 years ago.
Holodenschi has also formed strong ties with the local Humane Society, including setting up a TNR program to move unadoptable community
cats out of the shelter by providing spay or
neuter services and returning them to their
outdoor homes.
If your clients are working with
outdoor cats, encourage them to microchip every
cat during the Trap -
Neuter - Return process.
Robin Starr with the Richmond SPCA said feral
cats live on their own
outdoors quite sufficiently, but she did recommend the trap -
neuter - return method if you have feral
cats near your house.
The best way to help feral
cats is to spay or
neuter them, vaccinate against rabies, and ear tip them for identification purposes, and return them to their
outdoor home.
Guests will learn how to identify which
cats need to be spayed or
neutered, how to humanely trap them, proper clinic procedures and returning them to their
outdoor homes.
If you want to help
cats in your community who live
outdoors or if you already care for
cats and want to conduct Trap -
Neuter - Return (TNR) but don't know where to get started, we can help!
Whenever new
cats join colonies, it's important to get them spayed or
neutered and vaccinated so they can live healthy lives in their
outdoor home.
TAHS is happy to spay /
neuter feral
cats and place in barns so that they have a job, shelter, and food and water, but still can enjoy life
outdoors.
Through TNR programs,
cats are spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, ear - tipped (the universal symbol of
neutered and vaccinated
cats), and returned to their
outdoor home.
During TNR,
cats are humanely trapped, spayed or
neutered, vaccinated, eartipped for identification, and returned to their
outdoor homes.
The opening workshop of the day, «Helping
Cats in Your Community,» will demonstrate the steps involved with Trap -
Neuter - Return (TNR), the only humane and effective approach to
outdoor cat populations.