What is the TNR program?
Trap/Neuter/Return, or TNR for short is the way we manage these feral colonies. It is the only way to keep their numbers in check. Research has shown that there is a vacuum effect. This means that feral cats will breed according to their available food supply. If food is plentiful, females will have larger litters and they will grow up strong and healthy. When food is scarce, females have smaller litters, may stop cycling and/or producing kittens and they often die of malnutrition and disease at a very early age. If all the cats are destroyed and/or removed from the food source, others will move in to take their place, and the cycle begins again. Did you know that cats are induced ovulators? That means that the act of mating will cause the female to drop an egg. They are like bunnies-they don’t miss. This is why a litter can have several different fathers and why female cats, once they have gone into heat, never seem to come out. As soon as a litter is born, the female cat will again b
