Top TNR Talking Points
… keep on hand. The next time you find yourself fielding your community’s TNR questions, you’ll be ready!
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How do I do Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for cats outdoors?
Visit alleycat.org/TNRGuide for a step-by-step guide to TNR, an informative video, best practices for successful TNR, tips for hard-to-trap cats, and more.
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What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?
Trap-Neuter-Return is the humane, effective approach to addressing community cat populations. Through TNR cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered and vaccinated. The tip of one ear is painlessly removed to indicate the cats are part of a TNR program. They are then returned to their outdoor homes where they live and thrive …
From the Field: Working in Fort Bend County, Texas, to Support Trap-Neuter-Return
… efforts in Texas, you know that we’ve been working closely with Fort Bend County to save cats’ lives. After Fort Bend County passed an ordinance allowing Trap-Neuter-Return in June, Fort Bend County Animal Services immediately launched a pilot program in two cities: Needville and Richmond. I traveled there, first, in July to …
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Charles Town, West Virginia, Passes Ordinance Supporting Trap-Neuter-Return
With help from Alley Cat Allies, the city of Charles Town, West Virginia, passed a lifesaving ordinance on Monday supporting Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR).
Alley Cat Allies worked for months with local advocates and the Charles Town City Council to pass the ordinance, which permits individuals and organizations to carry out TNR and care for …
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Memo to Jefferson: Iowa Communities Report TNR Success
… We continue to reach out.
Meanwhile, Jefferson doesn’t need to look far for inspiration. Surrounding cities and counties have embraced successful TNR programs for years. Through TNR, community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, eartipped, and returned to their outdoor homes.
In rural Winterset, a city-funded TNR program that began in …
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Australia Study Shows Benefits of Trap-Neuter-Return
A landmark study on a college campus that was once hostile to its community cat population has proven what Alley Cat Allies has observed time and again: Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs are extremely effective in stabilizing cat populations over time.
The nine-year study of campus cats at the University of New South …
Alley Cat Allies Helps Fort Bend County Embrace Trap-Neuter-Return
(From top left to right, clockwise) Sheldon Cortez: ACO, Rene Vasquez: Director of Ft. Bend Animal Services , Alice Burton, Alley Cat Allies, and Barbara Vass: Community Involvement Coordinator
Fort Bend County, Texas, has joined hundreds of other communities around the nation that provide lifesaving Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs for community cats. Alley Cat …
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Chincoteague Island, Virginia, Embraces Trap-Neuter-Return Project
Julie Brommer never carried out Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), but that didn’t stop her from launching a TNR program on Virginia’s Eastern Shore with help from Alley Cat Allies and Caring Hands Animal Support and Education (CHASE).
First, Brommer recruited volunteers to trap and return cats to their outdoor homes, and veterinarians to …
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Tabitha Kucera Is on a Mission to Educate People About Trap-Neuter-Return
As a veterinary technician, Tabitha Kucera fielded many questions over the years about community cats and Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) from clients at the Ohio clinic where she worked. Locals also reached out to Kucera on social media, where she had been advocating for TNR. Even many of her fellow veterinary professionals weren’t familiar …
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