Rescue & Release Colonies
Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release (TNVR) is the practice of humanely trapping cats in colonies and transporting them to a veterinary care clinic to be spayed/neutered and vaccinated. There are many benefits to treating local colonies such as:
- Mating behaviors cease to exist.
- Overall improvement on health for male and female cats.
- Cats are vaccinated against rabies, which helps stop the spread amongst the colony and to other animals in the area.
- Females no longer have to go through the stress of pregnancy without proper medical care.
After surgery and vaccination, cats are hospitalized and returned to their colony 2-3 days into recovery where local groups and individuals provide food, water, and shelter. TNVR helps stabilize colonies by ending reproduction.
In order to be effective, ALL cats in a colony need to be TNVR'd. If just one male and/or one female are left, the cats may continue to reproduce and grow the colony.
Why Does Trap and Kill Not Work?
Animal Control Agencies claim that trap and kill is the only way to control unwanted cat populations; However, after 100 years of this crude process, there are still feral cats.
- Removing cats from their colony's location only allows other cats the opportunity to take their place in order to take advantage of the previous colony's food source. The only way this process could be successful is if you were able to trap and kill all the cats everywhere all at once. The TNVR option allows you to stabilize one area at a time, reducing overpopulation and creating sterilized colonies.
- Without a trap, neuter, vaccinate, and release program, people have no alternative but to let the cats continue to breed. This leads to cats and kittens being placed in shelters to be rehomed. Unfortunately, this causes overcrowding in shelters, which results in the euthanizing of cats and kittens and the turning away of people trying to surrender their cats. TNVR is the solution to reducing the homeless cat population and also preventing shelter death.
