TNR/Community Cat Program

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🐾 Ready to Bring Justice to the Feline Streets?

Do you have outdoor cats on your property?
Want to help reduce overpopulation and protect community cats the humane way?

Join the mission.
Paw and Order: The TNVR Unit is now accepting new Colony Managers!

Fill out our TNVR Application here! https://airtable.com/appD5dXXaON9VKW5c/pagfxZcGyhFHBwLH9/form
We’ll walk you through the process, loan you humane traps, schedule vet appointments, and support you every step of the way.

Whether you care for one cat or a whole colony, you’re not alone—we’re here to help.

Let’s work together to trap, neuter, vaccinate, and return.
Because every cat deserves justice (and a little peace and quiet).

In the feline justice system, overpopulation and community complaints are considered especially troublesome. In King William and King & Queen Counties, the dedicated team who investigate these issues are members of an elite squad known as the TNVR Unit. These are their tails...

The purpose of this program is to address the overpopulation issue and reduce unnecessary euthanasia of otherwise healthy feral or unsocialized cats that are not candidates for in-home placement. Programs like what is outlined here are popular and widely recommended throughout the animal control and sheltering community and are an industry standard.

This program is to spay/neuter less social and feral cats and eliminate the need for euthanasia of these otherwise healthy cats that are just unbonded to humans and are not socialized. Many of these cats do not like to be handled but may not be adverse to lingering around people and their property. While these cats are not ideal house pets, they still have a place in our community as Community Cats.

These cats can and have lived comfortably in barns, stables, agricultural property, wineries, breweries, warehouses, workshops, nurseries or greenhouses, while providing companionship, and expert free rodent control without the use of pesticides. Cats are opportunistic feeders. Providing them with a steady food source will reduce the effect they have on traditional prey, like wildlife and garbage cans.

It is very stressful for under-socialized cats to be relocated. Returning them to the area they are from reduces stress and keeps the population in check. 

The best way to manage the community cat population is to humanely trap them and then vaccinate, spay or neuter, and return them to their outdoor homes. This method, called trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) — also known as trap-neuter-release (TNR) — stops the cats from breeding, respects the working bond that caregivers have with the cats, and reserves limited shelter space for cats without such an option. 


Learn more about community cats and find resources at https://bestfriends.org/pet-care-resources/tags/community-cats