Trap-Neuter-Return
Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR, is the only successful long term strategy for humanely controlling the population of feral or free roaming cats. A sterilized colony of feral cats will stabilize, and eventually decline in numbers through illness, accidents and old age. A sterilized colony often act to keep new, unsterilized cats away from their colony.
If you want to reduce the amount of free-roaming cats in your neighborhood, the solution is to maintain a neutered, managed colony. Trap-and-kill programs do not work. Because of the territorial nature of feral cats, when all the resident cats are removed from an area a “vacuum” is created, and un-neutered cats from nearby neighborhoods will move into this new unclaimed territory. The cities of Berkeley and Oakland endorse the use of TNR to control the population of free-roaming cats in their jurisdictions.
More information about TNR:
- Trapping 1-2-3
- Trapping & Care Guide
- Things to Avoid
- Borrowing Humane Traps
- Special Equipment
- Hard to Trap Cats- Tips & Tricks
- Recovery Tips & Tricks
- What to do if you trap wildlife
- Relocating Cats
- OMG Kittens!
- Ear Notches & Tips
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