Community cats and Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) in North Carolina: how TNR works, why it is the most humane and cost-effective approach to feral cat populations, and how NC communities and the state can fund and expand it.
TL;DR: A barn cat, also called a working cat, is a sterilized, vaccinated, ear-tipped cat who is too unsocialized to live in…
Read articleTL;DR: Kitten season is the stretch of spring, summer and early fall when outdoor cats give birth in waves and shelters fill…
Read articleTL;DR: A community cat is any unowned cat living outdoors. A community cat program sterilizes, vaccinates and eartips those cats, then returns…
Read articleA feral cat and a stray cat can look identical from your kitchen window, but they are not the same animal and…
Read articleTrap-Neuter-Return is the only proven method for reducing community cat populations over time, and starting a TNR program in your North Carolina…
Read articleThe best way to help feral cats is Trap-Neuter-Return: humanely trap them, get them spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and return them…
Read articleNC has the funding mechanism. Community cats are not eligible. Here is the fiscal case for a state-funded TNR program and the…
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