Volunteers who trap cats and later return sterilized,
vaccinated animals to their
outdoor homes may worry that they're doing something borderline illegal; caretakers may fear that any change in municipal leadership could threaten the lives of the cats they look after.
The Washington Humane Society and many other
animal welfare organizations support the use of increasingly popular trap - neuter - return programs, in which unowned cats are caught,
vaccinated, spayed and, if no home can be found for them, returned to the
outdoor colony from which they came.