Today we join local supporters in calling on the Wake County, N.C. Board of Commissioners to support a humane ordinance that supports Trap-Neuter-Return and protects the lives of cats, and to reject an approach that would continue to send outdoor cats to the county pound, where they are killed.
Animal protection groups in North Carolina and Alley Cat Allies have joined forces to propose a balanced ordinance that supports Trap-Neuter-Return, the only effective and humane approach to feral cats in a community.
We need new ordinances that support the lifesaving efforts of compassionate feral cat caregivers. TNR respects the lives of the cats while stabilizing and ultimately reducing the population. It makes the cats better and healthier neighbors by ending mating behaviors like yowling and fighting. Dozens of communities across the country have embraced TNR after decades of failed ‘catch and kill.’
The Wake County Commission was scheduled to meet today, May 21 at 2 p.m. at the Wake County Courthouse.
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