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How and When to Care for and Socialize Feral Kittens

• How to Decide if You Should Remove the Kittens
• How to Care for Neonatal Kittens
• How to Socialize Feral Kittens

How To Conduct
Trap-Neuter-Return

• Overview
• Trap Planning and Preparation
• Trapping
• Post-Surgery
• People and Cats
• Find Local Feral Cat Help in Your Community
• En Espanol

How To Provide Care for Outdoor Cats

• Colony Care Guide
• Socialized Cat Guide
• Veterinary Care
• How to Deter Cats from Areas

Want to do something? Start a TNR program in your neighborhood. You can make a difference and save lives.

“Catch and kill” doesn’t work.

It is an endless, cruel cycle and is extremely costly to taxpayers. Cats choose to reside in locations for a reason: there is a food source (intended or not) and shelter. When cats are removed from a location, survivors breed to capacity or new cats move in. This “vacuum effect” is well documented.

Trap-Neuter-Return does work.

No more kittens. Their numbers gradually go down and their lives are improved. The behaviors and stresses associated with mating, such as yowling or fighting, stop. The cats are also vaccinated. This program creates a safety net for both the cats and the community. Learn more about conducting Trap-Neuter-Return.

Feral kittens can be adopted.

Feral kittens can often be adopted into homes, but they must be socialized at an early age. This is a critical window, and if they aren’t handled in time, they will remain feral and therefore unadoptable. Learn more about kittens and socialization.

Humans are the cause of wildlife depletion - not feral cats.

Studies show that the overwhelming cause of wildlife depletion is destruction of natural habitat due to man-made structures, chemical pollution, pesticides, and drought — not feral cats. Learn more about the human toll on birds.

Learn More

Alley Cat Allies: http://www.alleycat.org