If you've
trapped a cat in your colony that is friendly, please leave them in the trap for our clinics.
«This bill... defines a sponsor of a cat colony as a person who actively
traps cats in a colony for the purpose of sterilizing, vaccinating, and ear - tipping before returning the cat to its original location; exempts community cats from the three - day mandatory hold requirement; and allows a shelter that receives a feral cat to release it to a sponsor that operates a cat program.»
If you are physically unable to
trap the cats in your colony we might be able to help.
Not exact matches
I've been spending my time
in the Animal Welfare Division of the SPCA, which targets its efforts on the implementation of a
trap - neuter - return (TNR) program for stray dogs and its
Cat Colony Care Programme (CCCP).
Le
Cats on the Water is a 501 (c) 3 charity consisting of a group of volunteers who care for local feral
cat colonies using
trap - neuter - release (TNR) practices, based
in northeast Queens.
In this Facebook album, Handy Guide to Feral
Cat Trapping Equipment, you'll find a breakdown of 6 types of equipment — see what will work for your
colony.
Trap / Neuter / Return has made a huge difference
in the lives of our neighborhood's feral
cats, and I feed four
colonies every day.
The morning's general session will feature a keynote address by Jane Hoffman, Founder and President of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals; a report on non-surgical sterilization research by the Alliance for Contraception
in Cats & Dogs (ACC&D); an update on the TNR study being conducted
in Alachua County and funded by Maddie's Fund, a demonstration of the Feral
Cat Colony Online Database; a screening of The Humane Society of the United States» new film, «
Trap - Neuter - Return: Fixing Feral
Cat Overpopulation,» and a Regional Roundtable discussion on «Building Working TNR Coalitions» sponsored by Best Friends Animal Society.
During TNR,
cats are
trapped (if needed)
in humane
traps, neutered, vaccinated and eartipped, then returned to their
colony.
If a kitten is sick or a
cat is injured when we
trap, the animal receives whatever medical treatment is necessary, then returned to its
colony in a healthy state.
The preferred approach
in many places has become animal control: Culling a
colony by humanely
trapping, and then bringing
cats into the shelter for humane euthanization or adoption.
Historically [using
trap and kill] some
cats in a
colony would be removed, but their numbers would only increase again, and meanwhile none are vaccinated.»
In New York City, more than 6,000 trained volunteers practice the humane
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR)
colony management technique to sterilize, vaccinate, feed, and monitor already existing, self - formed
cat colonies until they completely disappear through gradual attrition.
Volunteers humanely
trap community
cats, which are then spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies and other common viruses found
in cats, and returned to their
colonies.
We understand that there are no guarantees that you will successfully
trap the
cats in a feral
colony that need sterilization.
My neighbor and I
trap and release the community
cats in the ELMM (Ed, Laura, Mindy, Melissa)
colony located
in northeast Pasadena, California.
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 p
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 p
trap, neuter, vaccinate, eartip, and return feral
cats to their outdoor home, you need a plan.
Local kittens or moms with kittens found
in Morgan Hill and Gilroy will be a priority when we have appropriate space, as will kittens from
trapping projects at managed community
cat colonies.
Local kittens found
in Morgan Hill and Gilroy will be given precedence, as will kittens from
trapping projects at managed community
cat colonies.
If you're interested
in volunteering with our Good Felines team to identify targeted
colonies within the community,
trap, transport, and / or return
cats to their
colonies, please complete our online volunteer application.
There are also the many volunteers to coordinate — TNR requires diligent caretakers to oversee
colonies of
cats, providing them food and monitoring their health,
in addition to
trapping cats when it's time for their spay / neuter surgery.
Feral
cat colonies can be managed with a nonlethal method called
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR),
in which
cats are humanely (painlessly)
trapped, spayed or neutered, and returned to their
colony site where volunteer caregivers provide them with food, water, and shelter.
Managing a
colony with a program that includes
Trap - Neuter - Return and consistent, organized feeding discourages roaming because neutered males are no longer searching for mates, and there is decreased competition for dominance rank.4
Cats who are fed on a regular schedule tend to stay
in close proximity to their feeding stations.
These
colonies can be managed through a nonlethal method called
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR),
in which
cats are humanely (and painlessly)
trapped, spayed or neutered, and returned to their
colony site where volunteer caretakers provide them with food, water and shelter for the duration of their lives.
Trap - neuter - return is not «abandonment» (as some detractors suggest), because
cats in TNR
colonies are not bonded to people but to other
cats and are not adoptable into homes.
After five years of providing food, medicine and spaying and neutering for several
colonies, Holy — who has
trapped nearly 700 ferals
in Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach during the past five years and personally paid thousands of dollars to spay and neuter 124
cats last year alone — is getting her own helping hand.
This will help you get a handle on how many
cats there may be
in the
colony and also get them on a feeding schedule which will make it easier to
trap them for TNR.
Thousands of feral
cats have been helped by Little Shelters vital program that follows the humane practice of
trap - neuter - release and provides support for the dedicated people who care for feral
cat colonies in their neighborhoods.
The
cats, who typically live together
in a group called a
colony, are
trapped and brought to a veterinary clinic.
If all the
cats in a
colony are not
trapped, then the ones left behind will tend to have larger litters of kittens.
Now
in its third year of operation, the NYC Feral
Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance has registered 436 feral cat colonies in the NYC Feral Cat Database, a tool that is helping us to measure the success of Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in humanely reducing the feral cat population in N
Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance has registered 436 feral
cat colonies in the NYC Feral Cat Database, a tool that is helping us to measure the success of Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in humanely reducing the feral cat population in N
cat colonies in the NYC Feral
Cat Database, a tool that is helping us to measure the success of Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in humanely reducing the feral cat population in N
Cat Database, a tool that is helping us to measure the success of
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR)
in humanely reducing the feral
cat population in N
cat population
in NYC.
These programs are now running nationwide and feral, or community
cats, are
trapped, transported, spayed, neutered, vaccinated and returned to their outside homes, often
in what is called a
colony.
TNR programs utilize community volunteers (often
in conjunction with non-profits who raise dollars for this purpose or animal shelters) who humanely
trap feral
cats, have them spay / neutered and vaccinated for rabies before releasing back to their
colonies.
Raised without human contact, they quickly revert to a wild nature and form
colonies where food and shelter are available.TNRM, or
Trap - Neuter - Return - Maintain, is a plan
in which stray and feral
cats already living outdoors are humanely
trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, and sterilized by veterinarians.
Classes include emergency rescue training, how to safely
trap a
cat, how to become a
colony care giver, foster parent skills, bottle feeding, adoption assistants, ambassadors
in our welcome center, socialization 200, clicker training, and positive behavior modification.
Written by Laura King, Smokey's saga unfolds over 27 sequential pages, eloquently illustrated by Thomas Draplin to draw colorist - readers into the everyday lives, relationships, and perils of urban
cats living
in a managed
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR)
colony.
According to Maryann, «studies have shown that humanely
trapping, spaying / neutering, and releasing — or what people
in animal welfare call «TNR» — feral
cats back to the
colonies where they have been living is one of the most effective ways to decrease the number of homeless animals
in our community.»
Using this method, all the feral
cats in a
colony are
trapped, neutered / spayed and then returned to their territory, where they continue to thrive on their own or sometimes caretakers provide them with food and shelter.
For more information on how to get involved
in managing community
cats in your area or to sign up for the TNR Workshop, «
Trap - Neuter - Return: How to Manage a Feral
Cat Colony», please visit communitycats.ca.
Managed
cat colonies are becoming common
in most major U.S. cities and are usually operated by volunteers who like to feed
cats, rely on a scheme called
Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR), whereby
cats are
trapped, neutered, and then returned to the outdoors.
During
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR), friendly stray
cats and feral - born kittens young enough to be socialized are removed from
colonies for adoption placement
in indoor, forever homes.
LifeLine's Community
Cats program operates a
trap loan program, provides
trapping instructions through the process, distributes donated
cat food to managed
colonies, and maintains data on more than 600 feral
colonies in greater Atlanta.
Be sure all your
cats are spayed / neutered and ear tipped - ear tips will allow you to quickly identify any «strangers»
in your
colony that you need to
trap and get spayed / neutered
Every month, we
trap feral and stray
cats, neuter or spay them, vaccinate them, treat them for medical conditions, then either return them to their
colonies or place them
in foster care if they are adoptable.
An A to Z guide are all things TNR for a
colony caretaker, including
trapping, feeding, winter shelter, neighbor relations, veterinary care and more specialized topics like
trapping hard - to - catch
cats, what to do with nursing mothers and kittens and caring for
cats in traps.
Our workshops are designed to engage, educate, and support
colony caretakers and the public on community
cat issues and
Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR)
in the New York City area.
Our mission of
Trap, Neuter, Return and Maintain (TNRM) started
in 2001 when one of our founding members realized the County was
trapping out a
colony located at the Huntingtown compactor site and that the
cats would be euthanized.
It also opposed
trap - neuter - release (TNR) programs that maintain feral
cats in outdoor
colonies.
Nutter, F.B., Evaluation of a
Trap - Neuter - Return Management Program for Feral
Cat Colonies: Population Dynamics, Home Ranges, and Potentially Zoonotic Diseases,
in Comparative Biomedical Department.
In addition to advocating for responsible pet ownership, we also oppose
Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR) for feral
cats because of the persistent and severe threats posed by feral
cat colonies.