Alley Cats Allies has documented statistics that prove that the Trap-Neuter-Release model for feral cats is the most effective plan for controlling and reducing cat colonies. http://bit.ly/1GS1lO8

1. WHY
TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN
FERAL CATS?
Source: http://www.alleycat.org/CaseForTNR - protects
Presentation designed by Diahan Krahulek

2. WHY TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR)?
Reduces numbers in feral cat colonies
Improves cats’ quality of life
Addresses public’s concern about
neighborhood safety
Saves cats’ lives
Proves to be most effective model

3. REDUCES NUMBERS
Neutered cats do not reproduce, so
colonies decrease over time.
Kittens can be socialized and adopted
by families.

4. IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
Reduces stress of frequent
pregnancies
Stops mating behaviors (e.g.,
roaming, yowling, spraying, fighting)
Reduces rabies outbreaks

5. ADDRESSES PUBLIC SAFETY
Colony sizes eventually decrease
Cats fight less, which decreases
neighborhood disturbances

6. SAVES CATS’ LIVES
Decreases shelter intake of feral cats
Saves shelters money by stopping
euthanasia and disposal protocols
Offers solution to public’s belief that
cats are safer outside than taken in by
shelters

7. MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION
30 years of catch-and-kill method has
not reduced numbers as much as TNR
Unrealistic to think all feral cats can be
rehabilitated to be family pets
Relocation increases animal stress
and creates vacuum