TNVR (trap-neuter-vaccinate-return) reduces the number of community cats entering shelters. It reduces the number of cats living on the...

As a cat advocate for over four decades, I’ve felt the ups and downs of the ytap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) movement’s evolution....

The vacuum effect occurs when community cats are trapped and taken out of the territory they reside in and protect, leaving a void. This...

Community Cats and Birds Bird lovers have claimed for years that cats, specifically feral or community cats, are to blame for killing too...

Nativism is the idea that native species (birds, wildlife) have more value than non-native ones (cats). This means that one animal...

When a community cat is found to be feral or semi-feral because they have had little or no contact with humans, they have, most often...

Many animals, both wild and domesticated, can pass diseases to people. These are zoonotic diseases. Although we should be concerned about...

Very often when approaching the subject of Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate –Return (TNVR) for community cats with people opposing the practice, the...

Attrition is the reduction, over time, in the number of community cats that have been TNVR'd (trap-neuter-vaccinate-return) and living in...

Let me start by saying that life is about risks. No matter how much you try or all the plans you make, you will experience e both good...

In the community cat movement, we all have one goal in common: To reduce the number of abandoned pet and feral cats over time. Together...

For the past 100 years, shelters have generally adopted out a few animals and killed the rest because it was widely believed that there...

You see a stray cat and it looks hungry and alone. You want to help it but how? You figure your local animal shelter would be the one to...

The treatment of feral cats (homeless) will only change when their status in society is elevated. These cats, many abandoned through no...

No other animal entering an animal shelter faces such a grim and certain future as feral cats. Because of their unsocial disposition,...

Is this where you would want to see your child, lying on a pile of trash out in the cold cruel world, with nowhere to turn to except the...

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, humanity is defined as the quality or state of being kind to other people or to animals....

Our concern is about the growing population of feral and free-roaming cats in our community. Killing cats is not the answer! It’s...

We don't trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) these cats without knowing that one day the dread we each face will be realized. We know...

Animal rights and cruelty have been issues for a long time. The first humane organization was founded over 150 years ago to: Establish...