What is Heart of Texas Feral Friends?
Heart of Texas Feral Friends is a 100% volunteer group of the ABC Clinic’s Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program. The ABC Clinic is a non-profit organization, so all donations made to the “ABC Clinic’s TNR program” are tax-deductible. What exactly is a feral cat? A feral cat is an un-owned, free-roaming, “semi-wild” cat who is the offspring of a domestic cat. The parent cat may have been lost or abandoned, but if she was not fixed, then she became pregnant and raised her kittens in the wild. These outdoor kittens have little, if any, human contact, so they’re not necessarily the cute kittens you find for adoption at the Waco Humane Society. These un-owned kittens grow up to be feral cats and are sometimes known as alley cats or street cats. However, these street cats are NOT completely wild, so they still rely on humans to feed them and help shelter them. What is TNR? Trap-Neuter-Return is a compassionate, non-lethal alternative to feral cat control and maintenance. Basically, we humanely t