Did you know free-roaming cats are responsible for the majority
of kittens produced in the U.S.? Unfortunately, many of the
kittens from these litters eventually end up in shelters, where
they’re at high risk for euthanasia. In fact, 11,000 cats and
dogs every day, or 4 million each year, are euthanized. Spaying
and neutering more cats stops these litters from happening. How
to control free-roaming cats However, free-roaming cats pose a
particular problem. These are “community” cats, often without
identified owners to bring them in for spay/neuter surgeries.
That’s where Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) can make a real
difference. It’s the only proven method to humanely and
effectively control the free-roaming cat population, and it
often directly reduces a community’s euthanasia rate by lowering
the number of births and reducing intake into already crowded
shelters. The Trap-Neuter-Return process goes exactly as it
sounds: - Set up humane traps to capture free-roaming cats in a
targeted area - Perform spay/neuter su