A story by freelance writer Lisa Grace Lednicer recently published in the Washington Post Magazine is full of errors about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and Washington, D.C.’s model program for community cats. We want to help set the record straight. Read our response.
We applaud Albuquerque for its highly effective Trap-Neuter-Return program for community cats, which is approaching its two-year anniversary. The citywide program is working wonders for cats. In its first year, 59% fewer healthy cats were impounded and killed in the shelter than in the previous year. The program includes spay/neuter and vaccination services, a TNR […]
As part of the Future Five: Shelter Partners to Save Cats’ Lives program, Alley Cat Allies is hosting two Trap-Neuter-Return workshops in Modesto, Calif. so community members can learn the basics of this humane and effective program from our expert staff. The workshops will take place February 4 at noon and 6 p.m. More details […]
Congratulations to Delaware City, Del. for passing a pro-Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) ordinance on January 28! The Delaware City Council adopted the measure while working with Alley Cat Allies. This community joins hundreds of local governments nationwide in embracing TNR, the humane and effective approach to feral cats. We would especially like to thank Councilwoman Megan Titus […]
Local advocates in Bedford, Texas are scheduled to present a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) proposal at Bedford’s City Council meeting tomorrow, January 28. The program is designed to significantly decrease the number of cats killed at the Bedford Animal Shelter by endorsing and encouraging TNR for stray and feral catscommonly referred to as community cats. After obtaining […]
Good news! On December 18, Hillsborough County commissioners enacted a Trap-Neuter-Return ordinance by a 6-1 margin. Feral cat caregivers now have legal protection for the valuable community service they perform. The commissioners made some, but not all, of the changes that Alley Cat Allies requested to the ordinance. They removed some dangerous provisions, including the […]
Alley Cat Allies will hold a workshop on Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) in Partnership with Kanawha/Charleston Humane Association Monday, December 16 at the Martin Luther King Jr., Community Center in Charleston, West Virginia. As part of Alley Cat Allies’ Future Five: Partners to Save Cats Lives program, Kanawha/Charleston Humane Association recently received $5,000 along with one year […]
A colony of feral cats outside Bayside State Prison in New Jersey is at risk of being killed. The cats have been part of a successful TNR program for nearly 10 years, but a new prison administrator plans to hire a contractor to catch and kill the cats. Under staff supervision, inmates have helped with […]
More than 350 attendees from 37 states convened November 8-10 in Arlington, VA for our Architects of Change for Cat Conference to hear experts and leaders from across the nation discuss the keys to success in implementing humane programs for community cats. Our first national conference shows that, 23 years after Alley Cat Allies was […]
On Tuesday, September 10, we’re co-hosting a workshop in Seaside Heights, N.J. to educate residents about Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats living at the boardwalk. The Seaside Heights community was particularly hard-hit when Superstorm Sandy ravaged the city almost exactly a year ago. The workshop, and four signs that will go up on the boardwalk to […]
