Non-surgical sterilizationthat is, sterilizing animals by feeding, darting, or otherwise giving them medicationhas been in the news recently. While there are groups working to make this a viable option for addressing the need to spay and neuter animals, the science is still some years away from creating reliable, distributable non-surgical sterilization.
Fortunately we don’t have to wait for non-surgical sterilization to help cats. There is a proven, successful solution right nowTrap-Neuter-Return.
We support approaches that are best for cats, and right now that option is Trap-Neuter-Return. At this time there is no safe, tested, and approved method of sterilizing cats without surgery. What’s more, eartipping a cat is the best way to seeeven from a distancethat a cat has been spayed or neutered, and the only way to do that is under anesthesia during surgery.
Trap-Neuter-Return continues to be the best method of helping stray and feral cats.
Learn more about non-surgical sterilization and Trap-Neuter-Return.