TNR Handbook - Neighborhood Cats

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The Neighborhood Cats TNR Handbook A Guide to Trap-Neuter-Return for the Feral Cat Caretaker Text by: Bryan Kortis, Meredith Weiss, Anitra Frazier & Laura Burns Photos by: Meredith Weiss, Bryan Kortis, Emma Cobb, Laura Burns & Susan Green Special thanks to: Emma Cobb Neighborhood Cats © 2004 (all rights reserved) Neighborhood Cats 2565 Broadway, No. 555 New York, NY 10025 (212) 662-5761 headcat@neighborhoodcats.org www.neighborhoodcats.org
Contents The Neighborhood Cats TNR Handbook Foreword by Anitra Frazier v Chapter One: What is a Feral Cat? 1 Chapter Two: What is Trap-Neuter-Return? 3 The advantages of TNR – colony level 3 The advantages of TNR - community level 4 Failed Alternatives to TNR 5 Trap and kill 5 Stop feeding 6 Rescue or relocation 6 Do nothing 7 Chapter Three: The TNR Process – An Overview 8 Chapter Four: Building Good Community Relations 10 Community Development Techniques 11 1. Walk and talk 11 2. Deal calmly with hostility and resistance 11 3. Hold community meetings 12 4. Send a community appeal letter 12 5. Post informational flyers 12 6. Work to change municipal laws and animal control policies 13 Poisoning threats 13 Fleas 13 Keeping Cats Out of Gardens & Yards 14 Chapter Five: Food & Water 17 Feeding stations 17 Feeding tricks 19 Preventing Water from Freezing 20 Preventing Food from Freezing 22 Nutrition 23 Interpreting the ingredients label 23 Wet vs. dry food 24 Using ground beef to cheaply improve nutritional content 25 Vitamin C to the Rescue by Anitra Frazier 25 Chapter Six: Winter Shelter 28 Neighborhood Cats Feral Cat Winter Shelter 28 The Rubbermaid Storage Bin with Styrofoam 29 i
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