Trap-Neuter-Release
Do you know that a pair of breeding cats can have two or more litter per year which can exponentially produce 420,00 offspring over a seven year period? Yes, you read that correctly.
2 breeding cats=420,000 cats in 7 years!
What does that mean for these cats?
These feral cats live short harsh lives. There is a constant struggle to find food and water under constant threat of starvation, disease, hypothermia (summer in Phoenix), hypothermia (think winter in Flagstaff), cruelty, and predation.Millions of cats are euthanized at animal shelters because homes cannot be found for all of these human companions. Free-roaming stray and feral cats are the predominant source of these unwanted cats. These "community cats" are are believed to be the greatest source of cat overpopulation.
What can be done to make these animal's lives more comfortable while decreasing overpopulation?
ADOPTION of all cats into indoor homes but this is not feasible since 75% of all cats in shelters are euthanized due to lack of homes. Feral cats are not suitable pets. While some tolerate a small amount of human contact they are too fearful and wild to be handled.
SANCTUARIES have limited capacity and they are expensive.
ERADICATION deliberate and systematic destruction of feral cat colonies. This leads to the vacuum effect meaning new animals flock to now available habitat and resources or the survivors breed (remember 2=420,000) and more cautious and elusive cats are selected for. Eradication provides a temporary fix, sacrifices lives needlessly, and provides no long term benefit.
TNR programs aim to sterilize large numbers of community cats and return them to colonies to live out their lives. TNR is the most humane, the least costly, and the most efficient way of stabilizing feral cat populations.
What can you do to help with this animal welfare issue?
Main Street Strays and Kaibab Veterinary Clinic are collaborating to help feral cats colonies in northern Arizona. Please contact Main Street Strays if you would like to volunteer, donate, or foster.
To learn more about this very important topic, you can visit Alley Cat Allies
Trap-Neuter-Release
Do you know that a pair of breeding cats can have two or more litter per year which can exponentially produce 420,00 offspring over a seven year period? Yes, you read that correctly.
2 breeding cats=420,000 cats in 7 years!
What does that mean for these cats?
These feral cats live short harsh lives. There is a constant struggle to find food and water under constant threat of starvation, disease, hypothermia (summer in Phoenix), hypothermia (think winter in Flagstaff), cruelty, and predation.Millions of cats are euthanized at animal shelters because homes cannot be found for all of these human companions. Free-roaming stray and feral cats are the predominant source of these unwanted cats. These "community cats" are are believed to be the greatest source of cat overpopulation.
What can be done to make these animal's lives more comfortable while decreasing overpopulation?
2 breeding cats=420,000 cats in 7 years!
These feral cats live short harsh lives. There is a constant struggle to find food and water under constant threat of starvation, disease, hypothermia (summer in Phoenix), hypothermia (think winter in Flagstaff), cruelty, and predation.Millions of cats are euthanized at animal shelters because homes cannot be found for all of these human companions. Free-roaming stray and feral cats are the predominant source of these unwanted cats. These "community cats" are are believed to be the greatest source of cat overpopulation.
What can be done to make these animal's lives more comfortable while decreasing overpopulation?
