10/16/2026
A couple of announcements for our TNR program.
First, please remember that all cats coming into the clinic for the TNR program must be in humane, live-animal traps. Your typical plastic cat carriers and wire kennels are not permitted. If you bring a TNR animal in and they are not in an appropriate trap you will be required to pay the owned animal price or will be declined service and have to take the kitty home. This is for the safety of our staff and the animals we are handling.
Secondly, we have been seeing more and more cats coming in as TNRs that are owned animals. When I started this clinic, the goal was to try to help combat the growing community cat populations, but I am becoming discouraged by abuse of the program. We started with traps to rent out, but several have been rented and never returned. We are seeing friendly cats wearing collars or harnesses coming in traps. We've even had people admit that they were told to put their owned cat in a trap so they could get the discounted pricing by others.
We have some really wonderful trappers who rely on this program to help their areas, so I don't want to have to discontinue it.
