Friday, July 1, 2016

When TNR Is Done Right

We recently received an email from someone who asked WTRF if we would be willing to check on a situation regarding a tenant feeding cats. A neighbor had put in a complaint saying the food being left out was attracting rats and coyotes. WTRF obliged. We went out to the assess the location. What we found… was incredible. The location itself was in immaculate condition. The whole neighborhood is very clean.

We spoke to the tenant in question and the cats are actually his indoor/outdoor cats that use to be strays and they ended up taking them in. All of them are spayed/neutered and very friendly. One of them was lounging on the lawn chair taking a good ole’ cat nap. I approached him for a quick pet. He was very sweet. As far as the yard and alley area, we did not see one plate nor did we see any kind of mess, smell, or anything. We actually told the tenant to keep up the good job. His yard was very serene and I could honestly see myself hanging out there.

When speaking to him, we actually found out there were quite a few feeders on the block who had colonies. So of course, we went to check each one of those houses out. Every single one of these colonies were pristine. I was very impressed. These people are definitely doing TNR/Colony Caretaking the correct way! And every single cat had an ear tip. I was in TNR Heaven!




We decided that our investigation was over and it was time to go home. When we turned around the corner, guess what I see... a cat. So of course, I want to pull over. We came across another colony, all 3 cats were waiting on the porch for their feeding time and every single cat was ear tipped. We knocked on the door, but the owner wasn’t home yet so we left him our card and decided to drive to go get the fur kids some canned food. On our way, we saw another cat, and yet again we pulled over, and yet again another healthy looking ear tipped cat.



Within a 2 block radius, we came across 4 colonies with all ear tipped cats. The cats coats are shiny and they all look soo healthy. Each colony site was immaculate in condition as I said. I am so impressed and so excited to see TNR done to purrfection in a neighborhood. We will go back and visit again in preparation for winter to make sure everyone has feral bins.

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