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Trap-Neuter-Return solves society’s problems..
Trap-Neuter-Return solves society’s problems of:
- Yowling cats who fight and compete for mates
- Noxious smell of un-neutered male urine (spraying)
- Unwanted kittens
- Over-population of feral cats
- Roaming intact cats looking for mates
Feral cats are free-roaming cats that may have been domestic pets or descended from feral cats that chose a life outside. They will live a healthier, happier life if their colony is controlled. They selected their homes and they want to live there with their family. Best solution for them and people is to spay/neuter them and return them to the homes and families they love. You can help by making styrofoam shelters and providing food twice a day. No need to take them inside — it is not recommended to handle a feral cat. They will help you by keeping the area rodent-free, and disallowing new cats who are not fixed, so their numbers will not increase. Feral cats who are managed by their caretakers do not roam and cause society complaints. They are healthier because they are neutered/spayed and well fed, which reduces parasites and disease. To be a feral cat caretaker, with the help of Home Again animal rescue, call 613-334-8471. You may have a feral cat or two on your property and you don’t want them multiplying!
Here is Buster, showing his left ear tipped after neuter surgery — the 1/2-inch tip of his left ear was cut off under anesthetic. This proves that he was fixed and there is no need to capture him again for neutering. Also pictured here is a drop off at the Toronto Humane Society of two feral cats in their covered traps. Covering them calms them. The Toronto Humane Society, funded entirely by donations, no tax dollars, fixes feral cats for free, if one has a TNR certificate.
Home Again participates in a Trap-Neuter-Return program for cats
In March 2015 Home Again financed a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program for feral cats.
One un-spayed female cat and one un-neutered male cat and their offspring can result in 420,000 kittens in 7 years. A population explosion is not good for the Bancroft area where there are already too many unwanted cats.
So Home Again spent a lot of money and many caring people devoted their time to live trapping the cats who were then vaccinated and spayed/neutered.
They recuperated at a Home Again volunteer’s home, and released where they were found. The program reduces the colony’s size humanely while allowing the cats to live the life they want, the life they were born into.