Since 2004, we have TNR’d 11,165 cats and kittens in this area! The over-population problem is huge
and animals continue to die at the shelters because of it. Will you please consider helping our cause?
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Two feral cats who have not been spayed or neutered can produce
around 420,000 kittens in seven years. Unless a caring person takes care of these cats, a staggering
number of them will end up in the Knox County Animal Shelter where they will most likely be euthanized
because they are considered unsuitable for adoption. TNR prevents so many unwanted kittens from being
born.
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Only 1 in 9 cats and dogs born in the U.S. will find a home. The rest will be destroyed
because nobody wants them. Could you choose which animal will live? It’s a choice no one should have
to make. But your local animal shelter makes this decision every day. You can help stop the killing.
Spay or neuter your pet.
We want all homeless cats to be neutered so that no unwanted kittens are born. We practice
TNR because feral cats are wild and have had little or no contact with people. They prefer to
live with other feral cats in groups, or colonies, rather than with humans
TNR stands for Trap, Neuter, and Return. Feral cats must be trapped (humanely, of
course) because they do not trust humans. The cats are then taken to a veterinarian, and they are spayed
or neutered, given vaccinations, and any other critical care. They recover overnight, and then they are
released back into their colony where they are most comfortable
A feral cat is one that has had little or no contact with humans and is wild. Feral cats are usually the offspring of
unneutered cats abandoned by their owners, or they are adult cats that were abandoned so long ago that they
have reverted to a wild state. Feral cats are often found in commercial areas, subsisting on the scraps they find
in dumpsters or on the ground. They may also be near apartment complexes where previous owners abandon
them when they move.
