As you all know by now, my husband & I work and take care of a feral cat colony in a nearby park. We have been working with a local organization, AzCATs, who has helped us TNR (trap/neuter/return) over 90 cats now. The colonly has diminshed to about 35 - 40 cats either through finding homes for ones that were adoptable, or other reasons (which I don't want to know) and I have to say this procedure really works. We have set-up watering stations and feeding stations and go there daily to replenish these. We do all of this with our own funds. Luckily for us the park has bent over backwards to help us achieve our goal of every cat fixed in the park! They have even supplied us with a key to enter when gates are locked. It just irritates me to read an article like this! Why is it, it's always the cats that get the bad rap. Seems so many will go out of there way to help every other animal. We see this in the park. They'll bring food for the rabbits, chickens, pigeons, peacocks, turkeys, but never for the cats.
Thank goodness there are people like this woman who cares, and the organizations that are finally recognizing the problem that exists with feral cats, and doing everything to help.
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats already living outdoors in cities, towns, and rural areas are humanely trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, and sterilized by veterinarians. Kittens and tame cats are adopted into good homes. Healthy adult cats too wild to be adopted are returned to their familiar habitat under the lifelong care of volunteers
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