Protecting Community Cats Stories

Best Friends' lifesaving cat program Four Directions helps feral cats in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, providing trap neuter return (TNR).

The Humane Society of Somerset County is providing trap neuter return (TNR) for local community cats (ferals and strays).

Read cat success stories from this year, including effective trap neuter return programs, adoption events, programs for FELV-positive cats and more.

Inspired by a cat she adopted from Best Friends, one Malaysian woman cares for community cats (aka stray street cats) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Senate Bill 57 would allow animal authorities to bypass a three-day holding period for animals taking part in a local community cat management initiative: trap/neuter/return.

Best Friends is chosen as one of the charities to receive funding from American Express Members Project program. Money will help feral cats.

Holly Sizemore joins Best Friends as senior manager of Community Programs and Services to work on pit bull, feral cat, puppy mill programs and more.

Read about how trap/neuter/return (TNR) is helping the cats of Mayport, Florida, a fishing village that is part of Jacksonville.

TLC Cat Refuge in Berea, Kentucky has a free-roaming cats program that provides trap-neuter-return (TNR) for strays and ferals.

The city of Baltimore, MD, legally embraces trap-neuter-return (TNR) to manage its feral cat population.

Feral Freedom, a unique trap/neuter/return (TNR) program backed by Best Friends, is getting positive reviews in Jacksonville, Florida.

Feral Freedom TNR program is backed by Best Friends, the city of Jacksonville, First Coast No More Homeless Pets and the Jacksonville Humane Society.

Iowa city officials learn about trap-neuter-return for feral cats. Randolph, Iowa, has a successful TNR program.

With guidance and direction from Best Friends, Randolph, Iowa, does away with its $5 bounty on stray cats in favor of humane trap neuter return (TNR).

Cats that acted feral when rescued from a hoarding situation in Pahrump, Nevada, become calmer as rescuers show patience and kindness towards them.