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What are community cats?
Community cats are unowned or semi-owned cats living outdoors. Some cats are friendly while others are feral. Feral cats are the same species as pet cats, but they are frightened of people and avoid human contact. Feral cats cannot be adopted into homes as pets.
What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?
TNR is a community cat management practice where community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies, and ear tipped (to identify a cat has been neutered and vaccinated).
Is TNR effective?
TNR is the only effective method of community cat management. No other method has permanently reduced the community cat population. Lethal control has failed because it only temporarily reduces the number of cats in a specific area. Animal control officers must continually trap and kill the new cats year after year, creating a cruel cycle where cats are trapped and killed at great cost to taxpayers with no decrease in the population.
In Clark County, TNR is provided by the Jeffersonville Animal Shelter (812) 282-0071
In Floyd County, TNR is provided by the Floyd County Animal Rescue League (812) 949-9099