No Kill Equation X
The treatment of feral cats (homeless) will only change when their status in society is elevated. These cats, many abandoned through no...
Shelter Reform (part 1) X
You see a stray cat and it looks hungry and alone. You want to help it but how? You figure your local animal shelter would be the one to...
Shelter Reform (part 2) X
For the past 100 years, shelters have generally adopted out a few animals and killed the rest because it was widely believed that there...
Non-Native Species X
Nativism is the idea that native species (birds, wildlife) have more value than non-native ones (cats). This means that one animal...
Do Feral Cats Decimate Songbirds and Wildlife? X
Community Cats and Birds Bird lovers have claimed for years that cats, specifically feral or community cats, are to blame for killing too...
Community Cats Provide Natural Rodent Control X
When a community cat is found to be feral or semi-feral because they have had little or no contact with humans, they have, most often...
TNVR Answers Public Welfare Obligations X
Many animals, both wild and domesticated, can pass diseases to people. These are zoonotic diseases. Although we should be concerned about...
The Vacuum Effect X
The vacuum effect occurs when community cats are trapped and taken out of the territory they reside in and protect, leaving a void. This...
How Does Attrition Work? X
Attrition is the reduction, over time, in the number of community cats that have been TNVR'd (trap-neuter-vaccinate-return) and living in...
HOW TO BUILD A COALITION X
In the community cat movement, we all have one goal in common: To reduce the number of abandoned pet and feral cats over time. Together...
