Protecting Community Cats Stories

Humane Society of Moab Valley in Utah receives $5,000 grant to spay or neuter 250 community cats (aka, ferals and strays) as part of TNR program.

Best Friends provides trap neuter return (TNR) services to feral cats of the Navajo Nation. Read about the successful project.

Trap neuter return (TNR) competition between Stray Cat Alliance and Free Fix LA results in over 100 stray Los Angeles cats being fixed.

Safe House Animal Rescue League in Illinois uses grant awarded by Best Friends to save community (feral) cats through their barn cat program.

Peter J. Wolf, founder of the blog Vox Felina, cat advocate, and TNR expert, joins Best Friends Animal Society staff.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets in Florida offers low-cost spay and neuter for cats to prevent unwanted litters of kittens.

Best Friends is given a grant from PetSmart Charities to partner with the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department to implement trap/neuter/return (TNR).

Best Friends partners with San Antonio Animal Care Services (ACS) to save community cats (ferals and strays) with trap/neuter/return (TNR).

Feral Freedom in Atlanta, Georgia, a trap neuter return (TNR) program for free-roaming cats, saves the lives of many cats in and out of the shelter.

IndyFeral, part of Foundation Against Companion-Animal Euthanasia, introduced the Feral Freedom program with Indianapolis Animal Care & Control.

Story of cute kitten from feral cat colony in West Valley City. Instead of being returned after TNR, she is being socialized so she can be adopted.

Positive results and encouraging progress is shared regarding feral and stray cat trap neuter return (TNR) programs at animal conference.

Generous donors provide much-needed supplies and food for animals affected by Hurricane Sandy. Best Friends is also providing grants to rescue groups.

TNR trappers come across two stray kittens with a virus that damaged their eyes. They are receiving medical treatment and being fostered.

Story of tomcat who is part of TNR effort run by Best Friends, City of San Antonio Animal Care Services and Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department.