Feral Cat Trap/Neuter/Release Program


NOTE: Financial assistance for spay/neuter surgery of feral and free-roaming cats has been suspended until additional funding for this project can be obtained. Trapping guidance is still available thru FOMCA by calling 649-9798. Humane traps may be obtained by calling the Madison County Animal Shelter at 649-3190. Low-cost spay/neuter surgery for feral cats is offered by the Humane Alliance Clinic in Asheville. Call (828) 252-2079 or visit their website at *www.humanealliance.org* for more information. To learn more about how you can help feral cats, contact: *www.alleycats.org* Feral or Stray? Feral is not another word for "stray." A stray is a cat who has been abandoned or who has strayed from home and become lost. Stray cats can be re-socialized and adopted. Adult feral cats usually can't be socialized and won't adjust to living indoors with a human family. Rather than attempting to tame one or two feral cats, your time and effort are better spent sterilizing many feral cats to break the cycle of reproduction. (Text courtesy of Alley Cat Allies.) The TNR Solution to Feral Cat Populations TNR is a proven procedure in which entire colonies of feral cats are humanely trapped, evaluated, vaccinated, and neutered by veterinarians. They are returned to their outdoor environent and provided with food. The breeding stops, annoying behavior of breeding cats stops, and eventually the populations are reduced.

NOTE: Financial assistance for spay/neuter surgery of feral and free-roaming cats has been suspended until additional funding for this project can be obtained. Trapping guidance is still available thru FOMCA by calling 649-9798. Humane traps may be obtained by calling the Madison County Animal Shelter at 649-3190.

Low-cost spay/neuter surgery for feral cats is offered by the Humane Alliance Clinic in Asheville. Call (828) 252-2079 or visit their website at www.humanealliance.org for more information. To learn more about how you can help feral cats, contact: www.alleycats.org

Feral or Stray?

Feral is not another word for "stray." A stray is a cat who has been abandoned or who has strayed from home and become lost. Stray cats can be re-socialized and adopted. Adult feral cats usually can't be socialized and won't adjust to living indoors with a human family. Rather than attempting to tame one or two feral cats, your time and effort are better spent sterilizing many feral cats to break the cycle of reproduction.

(Text courtesy of Alley Cat Allies.)

The TNR Solution to Feral Cat Populations

TNR is a proven procedure in which entire colonies of feral cats are humanely trapped, evaluated, vaccinated, and neutered by veterinarians. They are returned to their outdoor environent and provided with food. The breeding stops, annoying behavior of breeding cats stops, and eventually the populations are reduced.