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Chapter Seventeen: Storm Preparation & Recovery 147Before the storm 147The aftermath 148Chapter Eighteen: Feral Cat Resources 150Books 150Children’s books 150Equipment & supplies 151Feral cat organizations – lists 151Funding for TNR 151Handouts & flyers 152Kitten care 153Spay/neuter resources 153TNR ordinances 153Tool kits 154Videos 154Webinars 154AppendicesStop poisoning poster 155How to build the Neighborhood Cats Winter Shelter 156TNR trapping log 160iv
ForewordOne of the first ferals I ever met was a cat namedApollo. Before that, working in a spay/neuter clinic,I’d seen multitudes of other feral cats but they weredifferent. Those were quiet little figures huddled intraps, doing their best to make themselves invisible.Apollo, on his home turf, was a personality and apresence. He’d prowl his colony’s territory, a rusty,overgrown lot in the heart of the city, slipping frompatches of tall grass to the lot’s lone twisted tree thenback to leap easily onto the old brick wall borderingthe end of the property. Sometimes he’d bask on thesun-warmed bricks. Thoroughly feral, Apollo neverlet humans come near but he went about his businessin a purposeful, dignified way, leaving no doubt he knew he was in charge of his life andliked it that way.Apollo was born in 1999, the year Neighborhood Cats started. In those days therewere no services in New York City to manage free-roaming cat populations and littleawareness, even among animal care professionals, of what defined a feral. If you were acat born outdoors and wary of humans, you were pretty much on your own. Maybe you’dfind a nice person to feed you but Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) was still little known soyour likely fate would be a constant struggle for survival and a lot of kittens left behindon the streets. If you were brought to the city shelter, your chances of coming out alivewere near zero.The introduction of Trap-Neuter-Return by Neighborhood Cats began to change allthat. To many, the notion of catching cats, fixing them and then putting them backoutside was puzzling, even startling, but results were dramatic. Within a few years,managed colonies like Apollo’s dotted the city. Blocks and neighborhoods, whereskinny, weepy-eyed kittens had been ever-present, had no more kittens. The cats werehealthier. The 3:00 am screeching and fighting over mates, pungent tomcat urine andother nuisances that upset and angered residents were quietly gone.TNR had arrived, but for all its advantages, several more years would pass before astrong citywide network was in place. Across the country, similar advances wereunderway. Communities, from tiny specks of towns to major metro areas, were exploringthis new method that finally offered hope for forgotten animals. Neighborhood Cats ledthe way with programs and innovations that steadily fostered the growth of Trap-Neuter-Return in New York City and elsewhere. In 2002, we held our first workshop to teachNYC residents how to safely and effectively practice TNR; Neighborhood Cats TNRWorkshops have now trained and certified more than 5,000 residents and each month thatnumber continues to grow. Our website and award-winning materials, including theinstructional video How to Perform a Mass Trapping, have aided countless caretakers intheir efforts to help feral and stray cats. Among our “feral firsts”: creation of a humanetrap specifically for feral cats, design of a commercially available drop trap, authorship of1
Page 1 and 2: TNR HandbookThe Guide to Trap-Neute
Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsForeword by Susan
Page 5: Chapter Ten: The Neighborhood Cats
Page 9: Introduction“If we keep ‘em in
Page 12 and 13: 2. What is Trap-Neuter-Return?Trap-
Page 14 and 15: c) Fewer nuisance complaints. As me
Page 17 and 18: and as their hunger grows, they wil
Page 19 and 20: 3. The TNR Process - An OverviewEve
Page 21 and 22: After you’ve determined how many
Page 23 and 24: for this purpose. Once you can talk
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Another option is the Snuggle Safe
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apart. Knowing the correct number,
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4. Schedule the spay/neuterAfter yo
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three more traps than the number of
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Tomahawk Live Trap- Neighborhood Ca
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11 inches in height. In our opinion
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trap are attached. The transfer doo
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Feral cat densNeighborhood Cats Fer
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drop trap (code: KITDT) - see Figur
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That said, not every community offe
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practice. In our experience, there
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saving one day. Also remember, you
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intrusions you and others make into
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doing so. Don’t check too frequen
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Winter trappingSome trappers in nor
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around and inflict a severe bite or
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The bottle-and-string method is use
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you let her go right away, there is
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If you might have to care for unwea
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Unless a caretaker objects on relig
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Caddie” by Tomahawk (see Figure 9
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effective, some experienced trapper
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feet long, and lean it up against a
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sodium hypochlorite on the label of
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PreparationsAs with any trapping, i
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4. Anchor the trap. Place a heavy o
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transfer cage, so the far end needs
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11. Caring for Cats in TrapsWhile t
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Feeding and cleaningThe traps shoul
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7. Secure the rear doorAfter you’
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Figure 12-1 shows the Setup fullyas
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unlikely the cat would be able to o
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• Special instructionsAny special
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The FVRCP vaccine, also known as th
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difficult without the ability to te
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windpipe and cut off her breathing.
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“snap” test, it produces a resu
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In our experience, the primary caus
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Before releasing a spayed female, r
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has been created and one set of cat
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and water bowls - see the Feral Cat
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enforcement agency will tell you if
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long will show signs of being socia
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feral at all yet and may tame immed
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When they’re verycomfortable with
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socialize enough, which is very lik
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When the cat no longer uses the cag
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alternatives, like scratching posts
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• Where to lookIn order to attrac
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In case you’re unable to return t
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18. Feral Cat ResourcesBooks Implem
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Petco Foundation (4Rs Project Suppo
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ToolkitsAction Kit: Advocating for
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Appendix BHOW TO BUILDTHE NEIGHBORH
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5. Place piece E two inches back fr
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Trap LogProject/Colony: ___________
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In memory ofBobby Kergis1952 - 2011
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