Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Equipment and Supplies
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Equipment and Supplies
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the humane and effective approach to community cat populations that improves cats’ lives and benefits every community. With the right equipment, anyone can do TNR in their neighborhood (we have a step-by-step guide at alleycat.org/TNRGuide).
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Keep Community Cats Comfortable While in Their Trap
When cats have to be in humane box traps, for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) or other reasons, you can make the experience as pleasant as possible. Here, you’ll get the tips you need to keep trapped cats comfortable during their stay. Before we get started, please remember:
DO NOT let a community cat out …
TNR Scenarios: How to Trap Kittens and Mother Cats
Discovering a mother cat and her kittens while doing Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) can be an adorable yet challenging experience (mostly adorable, as long as you know what to do). In this guide, we will walk you through how to safely and successfully and safely trap a feral or stray mother cat and her kittens …
Trap-Neuter-Return Effectively Stabilizes and Reduces Feral Cat Populations
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Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), which involves humanely trapping stray and feral cats and having them vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and “eartipped” before returning them to their outdoor home, is the only effective method of stabilizing outdoor cat colonies. As a result of TNR, the birth of new kittens in the colony slows down and …
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Educating Others
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Biology and Behavior of the Cat Cats have a place in our natural ecosystems.
Discover what Americans Really Think is Humane for Cats A national poll shows that people want humane approaches to community cats.
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Why Trap-Neuter-Return Community Cats? The Case for TNR Explains why everyone, cat
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Trapping Equipment for Feral and Community Cats
Having the right equipment is key to a successful Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) effort. A humane box trap or drop trap will ensure the safety of the cats from the time you trap the cats to when you release them after recovery. We don’t recommend “clam” traps, which close horizontally because they can injure …
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is Not AbandonmentAnd Local Laws Must Reflect It
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Alley Cat Allies supports the enforcement of laws that punish true abandonment, but these laws do not apply whatsoever to Trap-Neuter-Return.
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is not cat abandonment. When community cats are returned, they are going back to the outdoor homes where they have been living and thriving. TNR improves …
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How to Draft a Lifesaving Cat Ordinance with Trap-Neuter-Return
Since our founding in 1990, Alley Cat Allies has helped thousands of communities draft and implement successful Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) ordinances and policies. Many of these communities have successful TNR and Shelter-Neuter-Return (SNR) policies and practices that are not spelled out in their local laws–and that’s okay! You don’t …
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Get Help with Ordinances
… Alley Cat Allies helped author:
Baltimore Trap-Neuter-Return Ordinance This 2007 ordinance, promoted by Alley Cat Allies and local supporters, champions community cats, their caregivers, and Trap-Neuter-Return in Charm City. It can serve as a model for other jurisdictions that are considering TNR legislation.
Washington, DC Trap-Neuter-Return Ordinance This 2008 …
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TNR Scenarios: Tips for Cold Weather Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
… live and thrive in all sorts of climates, including during the harsh winters in areas like Canada and even Siberia. Wherever community cats are, you can do TNR all year round.
Follow all the best practices and steps of TNR you normally would (visit alleycat.org/TNRGuide) while keeping these special cold weather considerations in …
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