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All About TNR

What is Trap Neuter Return (TNR)?

We can all agree there are too many cats, especially cats that live outside and are considered "feral". Feral kitties have had no human contact, don't wish to have any and have always lived outside. There are approximately 60 million of them in the United States.  TNR seeks to reduce the number of feral cats while increasing their quality of life.  After a feral cat has been spayed or neutered and, vaccinated, it is returned to the original colony where it can live out a full, healthy, non-reproductive life. TNR is endorsed by the American Veterinary Medical Association. TNR is the least costly as well as the most efficient and humane way of stabilizing and ultimately reducing the feral cat population.

Certainly, people could instead choose to kill the cats, but it is far more expensive and does not work. Cats are territorial animals, when they are removed from the colony, new ones move in and breed to capacity. So, simply put, if you remove the cats, more will move in.

TNR stops the cycle of reproduction. The San Diego Department of Animal Control showed a decrease of almost 50% in the number of cats intake after starting a TNR program. Spay/neuter reduces undesirable behaviors, such as yowling, fighting and spraying.

Feral cats can be dropped off any day at our clinic before 10 a.m. without an appointment, they must be in a trap and we can accept up to 2 cats. 3 or more cats must have made prior arrangements, call 586-435-6930.

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Additional resources from Neighborhood Cats

Let us know if you would like to purchase traps instead of borrowing them, we will have them for sale starting 1/24/09. They are Tru-Catch traps and available to people willing to pick up at our clinic in Warren (no shipping). Please call us for a quote - 586-879-1745.

Thank you to the ASPCA for the grant for our Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project!

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