There are so many reasons to embrace and promote the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Program:

• Stabilizes feral cat colonies: colonies that are involved in TRN programs diminish in size over time.  During a 11-year study of TNR at the University of Florida, the number of cats on campus declined by 66%, with no new kittens being born after the first four years of operation.
  
  
• Improves the lives of community cats: TNR relieves cats of the constant stress of mating and pregnancy, and their physical health improves.  Also, mating behaviours like roaming, yowling, spraying, and fighting cease.
  
  
• Answers the needs of the community: once TNR stops production, and therefore mating behaviours, the cats’ relationships with residents improve; colonies become quieter as behaviours like yowling or fighting stop, calls to authorities about the cats decrease significantly, and community morale improves.  Once residents understand that something is being done to control the cat population, they usually embrace having a Trap-Neuter-Return program.
  
  
• Protects cats’ lives: the number one documented cause of death for cats in North America is being euthanized in pounds and shelters.  For decades, animal control policy has wasted millions of dollars catching and killing outdoor cats, but populations of cats are still there, just as they always have been.  TNR programs reduce the spending of taxpayer dollars, and is a humane solution to needless euthanization.
  
  
• A solution that works: attempts to permanently remove cats from an area always fail because of a natural and scientifically-documented phenomenon known as the vacuum effect. In basic terms, whenever cats are removed, new cats move in, or the surviving cats left behind, breed to capacity.
  
  

With Trap-Neuter-Return, we can help stabilize the population humanely, improve the cats’ lives, save taxpayer dollars, address neighbours’ concerns, and help the entire community reach a solution that benefits everyone.