{"id":1645,"date":"2020-08-17T12:34:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/?page_id=1645"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:04:17","slug":"trap-neuter-return-program-for-feral-cats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/trap-neuter-return-program-for-feral-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Trap-Neuter-Return Program For Feral Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1648\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1648\" src=\"http:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rene-deanda-394242-unsplash-e1597685836709.jpg\" alt=\"Feral cat on grey stone. Feral cat colonies can be reduced through trap-neuter-return programs\" width=\"490\" height=\"324\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Credit: Rene Deanda Unsplash 394242<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Feral (wild) cats often form into colonies when there is a food source present.&nbsp; The source may be rats or mice. It may also be open garbage or a well-meaning individual who is putting out food.&nbsp; These cats breed uncontrollably and eventually die of starvation, disease or predators such as coyotes.&nbsp; They are a neighborhood annoyance with noise and spraying.<\/p>\n<p>Shelter research and our own experience have shown that a trap-neuter-return (TNR) procedure can stabilize and eventually eliminate cat colonies.&nbsp; In this process, cats are trapped, sterilized, and vaccinated and then returned to the colony.&nbsp; Once a large fraction of the colony has been sterilized, no new cats are born or join the colony and it eventually disappears as the cats age.&nbsp; TNR is a practical, effective, and humane practice and does not place owned cats at risk. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleycat.org\/resources\/why-trap-neuter-return-feral-cats-the-case-for-tnr\/\">link<\/a> has more detailed information on TNR and its supporting research.<\/p>\n<p>We rely on our collaboration with the public to trap and deliver cats in for sterilization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are aware of a cat colony and willing to help with TNR, please call the Humane Society of Schuyler County at 607-210-2600 ext. 205.&nbsp; We can provide you with traps and instruction on how and when to set them and can assist with food and shelter.&nbsp; We can also discuss financial arrangements for the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Feral cats are not generally accepted for adoption.&nbsp; They are wild animals and rarely take well to life with humans.<\/p>\n<h3>Feral Cat Shelters<\/h3>\n<p>You can provide comfort to feral or barn cats by providing a shelter to help them survive our cold winters and monitor their well-being. &nbsp;Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleycat.org\/resources\/feral-cat-shelter-options-gallery\/\">links<\/a> to plans for building shelters and options for commercially available shelters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feral (wild) cats often form into colonies when there is a food source present.&nbsp; The source may be rats or mice. It may also be open garbage or a well-meaning..<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/trap-neuter-return-program-for-feral-cats\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-1645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1645\/revisions\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylerhumane.org\/hssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}