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Trap-Neuter-Return

  • Using a humane trap, a cat is caught and delivered to a veterinarian for spay or neuter surgery. Females have their left ear surgically "tipped" to show…
  • Gypsy is a T-N-R cat. She was trapped as an community cat, spayed and released. You can see that her left ear has been "tipped" - the tip was surgically…
  • Cats that have been neutered or spayed as part of a TNR program will have one ear "tipped". The veterinarian will trim the tip of an ear so that if the…
  • Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return helps reduce and stabilize the feral cat population.*******************It is estimated that there are fifty million feral cats…
  • Feral cats that have been neutered or spayed also have their left ear "tipped" surgically to indicate the cat is part of a colony and has already been…
  • Usually the spay-neuter message is aimed at people who need to have their pets surgically altered. But often the cats that we see clearly do not have…