Rescuing stray and feral cats through Trap-Neuter-Return, providing food and shelter, and veterinary care when required. Foster/adoption for tame strays.

Decrease the stray cat population through Trap-Neuter-Release, and improve the lives of existing stray and feral cats by bringing friendly strays to the SPCA to be adopted, and providing food and shelter to those who cannot be tamed and must be left outside.

The stray cat population is a result of human error. Stray and feral cats have resulted from people no longer wanting their cat and so simply throw them outside like a disposable item. Stray and feral cats are also a result of people who do not get their cats fixed and let them outside, where they are likely to impregnate another unaltered cat, or become pregnant from another unaltered cat.

Feral and stray cats live terrible lives. It is not uncommon to see these cats the tips of their noses and ears missing as result of frostbite. They usually have mangey fur from fleas, skin infections and malnutrition, and they are typically quite thin due to insufficient food.

These cats were once someone's pet, or are a result of someone's pet not being fixed.
These poor cats are a result of human error, and only human intervention will solve the problem.


TNR is extremely important as the stray cat population is continously growing. A stray female cat can produce 100 kittens in her lifetime! Now think about all those 100 kittens reproducing, and then those reproducing ..... It is critically important for human intervention to control the stray cat population.


Terminology:

Feral cat:
A cat born and living in the wild, with little to no human interaction. Feral kittens born in the wild only have a 50% survival rate.

Stray cat:
Typically a cat that has been abandoned. Depending on the length of time the cat has been outside for, they can range from being friendly to being terrified of humans.

Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR):
Also referred to as Trap-Neuter-Return, TNR is a worldwide initiative where feral and stray cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, and released where they were found.
The ASPCA deems it the most humane, effective and financially sustainable strategy for controlling free-roaming cat populations.
Kittens young enough to be socialized will be tamed and brought to a shelter, as with stray cats that are friendly or can be tamed.