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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return. Marra and Santella are very much anti-TNR, a view that is shared by others, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), not to mention Birdchick.

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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

10,000 Birds

The lawsuit alleges that the City of Albuquerque partnered with animal advocate groups to implement a Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) program in which stray or feral cats are trapped, sterilized, vaccinated, and then abandoned at the location at which they were trapped. Blair Dunn on behalf of Marcy Britton, a resident of Albuquerque.

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Fix Nation

4 The Love Of Animals

FixNation uses Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), which is a community-based program that involves trapping homeless, free-roaming cats, getting them spayed or neutered, and then returning the cats to the exact spot where they were trapped so they can live out the rest of their natural lives.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. Since TNR requires scheduled feeding to be successful, it is impossible to carry out with a feeding ban in place. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200.

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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

Animal Person

Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. What I do know is that I feel an urgency for the causes I care about that blogging, baking, giving money and doing TNR work simply doesn't satisfy. Why all the quotation marks? Then again, so do people who kill animals for a living.

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On Charles and Project Treadstone

Animal Person

Finally, I was asked to participate in a new TNR group in my town that started largely because of my oodles of questions and setting of policy for Project Treadstone! It'll be my area's first group dedicated to reducing the feral cat population!

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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

Animal Person

Project Treadstone If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county's Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the original $15), and Pahokee ($25/cat) is open as well. c1380 WYCLIF Wks. a1395 HYLTON Scala Perf. See also sense 5.