#trapneuterrelease

This evening I met with Jacquie from @luxepaws … if you want to know more about what they do… Or how you can help them in their mission, information is on their profile page. Spaying and neutering wild neighborhood cats is important. Keeping the population in check… as wild cats decimate bird populations among other things. One neighborhood cat is cute… 57 is a problem. Step 1. Make sure you have a solid plan on where you are going to take the cats before you trap them. A shelter, rescue, or a clinic. Have it worked out before you trap the cats. Make sure where you plan to take them is copacetic with your idea. Step two. Consider contacting organizations like Luxe Paws or similar in your area. People who do TNR, have vet connections, own traps and have knowledge. Just getting spay and neuter appointments in certain areas is a challenge. Step three: attempt to get spay and neuter programs in your city or town. Your local municipality should be trying to help keep feral cat populations in check. Step four: it’s better to get kittens early than wait till they grow too old. But it’s important also to get mature male and females spay and neutered or else you will continue to have blossoms of kittens. Step five. Learn TNR from someone who knows what they’re doing and don’t ask me… I’m not even a novice. I just did it for a few hours. Big thanks to Jacquie and Luxe Paws for showing me an important process that I had no experience in until tonight. We trapped 5 cats, a little TNR. That’s trap/neuter/return… Or trap/spay/release… Or trap/fix/get medical help/find adopters… One was in need of medical attention. It’s really important that you and your community keeps the animal population in check. Spaying and neutering not only your animals at home but feral animals is important. #SpayAndNeuter #FeralCat #TNR #TrapAndReturn #TrapNeuterReturn #TrapNeuterRelease #BarnCat #WorkingCat #TrapsSpayReturn #NeighborhoodCat #Tomcat #Cats #CatsOfInstagram #caturday (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChESJRJuZQU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

HI, HELLO, do you have a moment to talk about my friends the Munchkins? They are small and come in many colors and were abandoned on a dead end street, and I've been giving them food and water every day, and they're super cute but they all need to go to the vet to get their vaccines and get fixed before ten kittens this year turns into fifty next year. It's going to cost $72 per kitten to get them vetted at the local low cost spay/neuter vet, and Tumblr - that's a lot of money. But I'm determined. (FYI I live in downstate NY, and yes - things are stupid expensive here.) So even if you can't donate to the GoFundMe I have set up, could you please give this a share? Thanks. GoFundMe is here: https://www.gofundme.com/4e2f82o

Happy Neuter Day to Mulberry! We're on our way to a TNR clinic. 💗👍🐈 #TNR #trapneuterrelease #trapneuterreturn #spayandneuter #catrescue #catrescuelady #catrescuelife (at York County SPCA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmSHPAOqlY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

'Tis the season for consistent and vigilant trapping, because pregnant mamas and litters of kittens will be here very, very soon. The more kitties we can nab and snip and the quicker we can do it, the better for ALL cats, especially those that won't have to be born just to suffer short, miserably stressful lives. 💔 Please, please, please consider participating in TNR - Trap, Neuter, Return/Release. If you're unable to trap yourself, you can help in others ways: * transport trapped cats to spay & neuter clinics * provide overnight shelter for cats who just had surgery * donate funds or supplies to volunteers, rescues, and organizations And on that note, if you are feeling generous, we have two traps that we use for our trapping, but we frequently lend one or both out to nearby neighborhoods, and there are a LOT of strays to catch - we need more traps! If anyone would be willing to donate a humane cat trap to our TNR efforts, @dmforeacre, @zyachim, and I would be most appreciative! 💗💗💗 We have several on our cat rescue wishlist: http://jenn.love/x/catwishlist The kitties and I thank you! 🤗 🐈 #catrescue #kittenrescue #trapneuterrelease #trapneuterreturn #TNR #spayandneuter #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #rescuekittens #crazycatlady #cattrap #humanecattrap (at Lancaster, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaP3W81rhQB/?utm_medium=tumblr

That's just a particularly ugly cat, right? 🤔 🐁 #cattrapping #cattrapper #TrapNeuterReturn #TrapNeuterRelease #TrapNeuterKeep #TNR #catfoster #catrescue #possum (at Lancaster, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFqDb3rLq1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Dropped this guy off this morning at @mckameycenter to get fixed, vaccinated and then returned to his wooded alley to do his feral cat thing—but no more making babycats.#trapneuterreturn #trapneuterrelease #chattanoogaferalcatalliance #feralcats #feralcatsofinstagram #communitycats #mckameyanimalcenter #mckameycommunitycats https://www.instagram.com/p/By-Vty4Bwfh/?igshid=17buhw8i59d03

Miss Belinda was ready to go home today, despite the drizzly weather. Second picture shows why you should always put a towel or sheet over a trap with a feral cat in it, and is a good example of a cat who was ready to GTFO of the trap, too. Some are calm and collected and can be kept a second night to recover. But some, like Belinda, will do whatever they can to get out—even if it means hurting themselves. In this case, they’re better off seeking shelter in their colony location, where they’ll be less stressed. . . . . . . #trapneuterreturn #trapneuterrelease #chattanoogaferalcatalliance #chattanoogaferalcats #feralcats #feralcatsofinstagram (at Chattanooga, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/By2pDxRh6T9/?igshid=1hbdumbiycbha