TNR & Finding Kittens Outside
TNR
TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) is a process where outdoor cats are trapped, spayed and neutered and returned to their outdoor colony. There are over 60 million feral cats in America today, and if we don’t spay and neuter them, they’ll keep having more babies and there will be even more. A cat can have up to 180 kittens in a lifetime. Imagine that! If 60 million cats each had 180 babies, there would be a huge problem. Luckily, people have started doing TNR, which is preventing so many kittens being born, which results in less kittens being killed in shelters.
Finding Kittens Outside
“If I find a kitten outside, what should I do?”
If you find a kitten outside without a mom nearby, no need to worry. Leave the kitten where it is, but keep an eye out. Chances are, her mom is just around the corner hunting for food. If the mom comes back, contact a local rescue and trap the babies and mom. Don’t forget the mom! If you leave the mom alone without her kittens, she will be confused and looking for her babies. You’re also contributing to the problem if you don’t fix the mom. She will keep having babies if you don’t fix her too. If mom doesn’t come back, then you can take action. What you don’t want to do, though, is take the babies to a shelter, because they don’t have the supplies to care for them and the babies will be put to sleep. It may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. Contact a vet or local rescue to see if they can help out. Even if you bring a kitten who isn’t 2 pounds, they will be euthanized. Kittens can’t be up for adoption unless they are spayed or neutered, and shelters don’t have the space for even more kittens.
If you find a kitten outside without a mom nearby, no need to worry. Leave the kitten where it is, but keep an eye out. Chances are, her mom is just around the corner hunting for food. If the mom comes back, contact a local rescue and trap the babies and mom. Don’t forget the mom! If you leave the mom alone without her kittens, she will be confused and looking for her babies. You’re also contributing to the problem if you don’t fix the mom. She will keep having babies if you don’t fix her too. If mom doesn’t come back, then you can take action. What you don’t want to do, though, is take the babies to a shelter, because they don’t have the supplies to care for them and the babies will be put to sleep. It may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. Contact a vet or local rescue to see if they can help out. Even if you bring a kitten who isn’t 2 pounds, they will be euthanized. Kittens can’t be up for adoption unless they are spayed or neutered, and shelters don’t have the space for even more kittens.