Facts about Trap-Neuter and Return Programs

• TNR is a humane and effective method for reducing stray cat populations in urban and suburban areas.
  

• Males that are neutered do not fight other animals or spray to mark territory.

• TNR services include a rabies vaccine and other treatments that prevent diseases in animals and humans.

• Removing a cat colony entirely creates a "vacuum effect" which encourages new, untreated cats to move in and take their place. TNR and maintaining a current cat colony prevents this from occurring.

• Cat colonies provide effective and free pest control to neighborhoods.

Our next meeting date - June 30 at 7pm!

C.A.T.S. will be meeting at the Forest Park Library

June 30, 2010

7:00pm

Lower Level meeting Room

Please join us to learn more about C.A.T.S. and how you can support our efforts!

The three amigos!

This is Annie (top left) an eight month old female, Feisty (above) an eight month old male and Whiskers (bottom), a year old female who had just had kittens eight weeks ago. We captured these cats on 5/26/10 and took them to PetVets in Oak Park Illinois for TNR. They were treated and released!

Our first cat!

This is Uno! Uno is a female who was the first cat trapped, spayed and released through the C.A.T.S. Program on 5/25/10. She was treated at the Animal Care League.

Three more cats spayed/neutered and released!

TEAM WHISKERS has captured three cats - two females and one male. The male was neutered and the females spayed at PetVets Animal Hospital in Oak Park, a local veterinary practice that supports caring for stray animals. (We love Pet Vets!) These cats were treated and released back to the WHISKERS colony in Forest Park. (Team Captain Terri paid for these services from her own funds, with a discount from Pet Vets.)

Congratulations TEAM WHISKERS!

Can you help?

Now that we're up and running, we're looking for Pet Taxis, towels, food containers and cat food. If you can help, let us know! Thanks for thinking of us!

We've started to care for cats!

TEAM WHISKERS has begun caring for a colony in Forest Park and has brought 2 cats to the Animal Care League for evaluation and care. One cat was spayed, tested for viruses (found negative) and received rabies and FVRCP vaccines. All services were paid for from funds raised by C.A.T.S. and this cat was re-released.

The second cat was found to have an advanced cancer (extremely large cancer protruding from the eye and into the brain) and lymph nodes were involved. Neighbors reported that this cat had been living with this condition for more than a year. This cat was put to sleep at the recommendation of the veterinarian. It is heartbreaking to find cats with such terrible medical conditions which require euthanasia and we hope this doesn't happen too often. However, in a few such cases, it may be a merciful option for the cat involved. Medical care was paid for by C.A.T.S.

The goal of C.A.T.S. is to provide trap-neuter-release services to cats in Forest Park, a humane response to stray cat colonies. Our aim is to maintain the health and well being of cats, while reducing the populations of cats in Forest Park through a spay and neuter program.