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The Unintended Consequences of Pulling Friendly Community Cats Conference Session
Targeted trap-neuter-return (TNR) and return-to-field (RTF) programs are becoming the norm in communities across the country, reducing the number of cats admitted to shelters and increasing the…
Community Cat Programs Training Playbook
IntroductionAcross the nation, cats are the most at-risk population of animals in shelters. While dog intake is higher than cat intake, more than twice as many cats are dying in shelters. About 50%…
COVID-19 Resources: Community Cats & Kittens
The National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA) has recommended that the only animals coming into animal control agencies should be those that are true emergencies such as sick, injured, or…
What to do if you see cats outside on Saving America's Pets
Welcome to Saving America’s Pets with Holly Sizemore, Chief Mission Officer at Best Friends Animal Society, and her co-host BG. Today's guests, Marla Browne and Kirsti James, discuss TNR (Trap-Neuter…
Using the Current Absence of S/N
to Gain Long-Term Advantages
for Community Cats
to Gain Long-Term Advantages
for Community Cats
Across the country, spay/neuter clinics are limiting their services — or closing entirely — in response to state and local stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 crisis. This is an important…
It was quite a shock to learn that the Western Governors' Association now includes "feral (or spay-neuter-release) cats" among its "top 50 invasive species in the West." And, to our…
Want to lobby for trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) for cats — also known as trap-neuter-release (TNR)? It's important to do some research about your local community cat situation, elected…
If you see a cat outdoors, the cat could be stray, feral, or free-roaming. Those terms are often used interchangeably by the general public when referring to cats who live outdoors. At Best Friends…
Community Cat Programs: Public Policy and Legal Considerations
Despite the significant, tangible benefits of community cat programs, and the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method of managing unowned free-roaming cats, these programs are sometimes challenged by…
The Best Friends Podcast
An animal welfare professional’s typical day includes unparalleled joy and heart-wrenching despair, often in equal measure. The burnout is real but it’s the hard-won progress that sustains us.On The…