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I would like the cats in my community/school/subdivision TNR'd. How do I go about it?
What TNR is in a nutshell is that the strays cats in the area will be collected, spayed or neutered, and then returned to the area where they were collected from. These spayed/neutered cats will then become a maintained colony where feeding schedules will be strictly followed.
Because these cats are spayed/neutered, they will no longer reproduce and add to the unwanted animal population.
Because of the strict feeding schedule also, they will no longer be scrounging for scraps from your community's trash bins and for the most part, will retreat to their hiding places to sleep.
This project has been effectively administered in various schools, subdivisions, commercial buildings, and even in some malls. PAWS will assist in the humane trapping of the cats and will offer very low costs for their spay and neuter.
Requisites for Community TNR program with PAWS are:
The first step is really to have that TNR seminar conducted by PAWS in the community.
Key points for TNR to be successful:
Because these cats are spayed/neutered, they will no longer reproduce and add to the unwanted animal population.
Because of the strict feeding schedule also, they will no longer be scrounging for scraps from your community's trash bins and for the most part, will retreat to their hiding places to sleep.
This project has been effectively administered in various schools, subdivisions, commercial buildings, and even in some malls. PAWS will assist in the humane trapping of the cats and will offer very low costs for their spay and neuter.
Requisites for Community TNR program with PAWS are:
- Community leader or representative agrees to holding a seminar explaining what TNR is, with the key stakeholders (residents, maintenance, barangay personnel, subdivision personnel, etc.) of the community present.
This is so that everyone understands what the program entails and what everyone needs to do and observe in order for it to be effective.
Note: A letter is usually prepared by PAWS based on the information given by the person acting as coordinator/representative between PAWS and community. The coordinator delivers letters and follows up on dates of seminar, takes care of info dissemination and just gets in touch with PAWS on final date of seminar. - Memorandum of Agreement is drawn and executed by community leader and PAWS head specifying that cats neutered under the program shall be marked with an ear-notch, will be under a managed feeding program in places away from high public foot traffic and must not be collected by the City Pound or any other agency tasked to collect stray animals.
Under this project and with a signed Memorandum of Agreement, the community (whether it is the barangay/LGU, subdivision association, group of residents, or a sponsor) will have to subsidize the cost of the drugs in order to carry out the spaying/neutering of the stray cats which is roughly P300 per cat. (Just to give you a comparison, the PAWS clinic rates for spay/neuter of native cats is normally P1000 per female cat and P700 per male cat brought in to the clinic. Other clinics can charge double or triple the rate.)
The first step is really to have that TNR seminar conducted by PAWS in the community.
Key points for TNR to be successful:
- know the number of stray cats in the community for TNR and have all of them spayed/neutered within a specific time frame (usually within a month)
- strict managed feeding time away from high public foot traffic (usually, those who are tasked to feed them should feed early morning or late at night sot here is less people around)
- no taming or petting of stray cats who are TNR'd - this keeps them safe and wary of people thus avoiding any mishaps (unintentional cat biting/scratching a person, vehicular accidents, etc)