Understanding Community Cats and TNR
In this podcast we speak to Beth Frank President and founder of Community Cats United. Understanding community cats and TNR is an important issue. Learn more about the responsibilities and challenges of feral cat management.
Taking care of feral cats is more humane than euthanasia. The public often does not see this as viable.
The steps of this program are:
- identify a colony
- put out food and shelter
- trap the cats and bring them to a vet
- cats are fixed so they cannot reproduce
- Return the cats to the colony and continue care
Understanding community cats and TNR is the goal of this podcast.
Alley Cat Allies is an organization that helps educate the public on this program and fights against laws that prohibit the practice.
Alley Cat Allies Quick Facts:
- “Community cat” is an umbrella term that refers to any cat that is unowned and lives outdoors. Both feral and stray cats are community cats.
- Community cats have a wide range of behaviors and degrees of socialization. See our comprehensive Cat Socialization Continuum guide.
- Observing a cat’s behavior and body language can help you assess their level of socialization.
- Understanding a cat’s level of socialization can help you act in their best interest.
- Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) protects and improves the lives of all community cats, regardless of their level of socialization.
