Shelter uses trap-neuter-return for feral cats
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Feral cats live in colonies and congregate near food sources. These colonies can be managed in a humane, compassionate manner called trap-neuter-return, in which cats are humanely and painlessly trapped in a live-trap, spayed or neutered, and returned to their colony site where a volunteer caretaker (such as you) provides food, water, and shelter, as well as monitors them for ill health and injury. They are not just returned to the wild to fend for themselves.
TNR is the only chance feral cats have of living safe, healthy lives without reproducing. But TNR is a hands-on project requiring commitment from one or more volunteer caretakers, often with help from feral cat advocates living in the area.
We believe these animals, a byproduct of human failure to spay and neuter their domestic pets, deserve a chance to live. We believe the old method of managing feral/wild cats by trapping and killing them does not work. We believe TNR better reflects the moral values and ethics of the community we live in.
Having said all that, Life Savers Animal Rescue has worked with several local people in Charlo, Ronan, Pablo, and Polson to help with their feral cat populations. This year alone (to date), we have spayed/neutered 113 cats at a cost of over $4,000. From these colonies, we have rescued, socialized and rehomed dozens of kittens. Fixed feral cats can be identified by a blunt ear-tip.
There have been rumors that some people who do not agree with our program are killing the cats we’ve worked so hard to save (shooting. poisoning and even training their hunting dogs with them). Feral cats may not curl up on your lap and purr, but they deserve a life.
TNR works. For more information, go to our website at: www.lsar.org and read our “feral cat information” page.
Please consider donating to our TNR fund so we can save even more lives.
