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Information on Community Cats and Trap-Neuter-Return

Cats on Campus - Alley Cat Allies' Cats on Campus Program provides caregivers with the tools they need to create a Trap-Neuter-Return program in conjunction with administration and other departments and to network with one another through Alley Cat Allies’ email listserv; it also offers information on ways to protect the cats.
Caring for Stray and Feral Cats - A Quick Guide - From Alley Cat Allies
Colony Care Guide - From Alley Cat Allies
Feral and Stray Cats - An Important Difference - Alley Cat Allies explains the difference.
Feral Cat Behavior: How To Identify And Help Feral Cats - From udemy
Focus on Felines - Best Friends Animals Society's campaign to keep cats safe and out of shelters.
Neighborhood Cats - The Feral Cat Experts
Outdoor Cats - Information page from the Humane Society of the United States
PROJECT TNR - New Jersey’s central resource for community cat and Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) information
Tough Love: Socializing Feral Kittens - Informational series of 3 videos by the Urban Cat League
Trapping Cats: How to Trap an Entire Colony - Instructional video from Alley Cat Allies
Who Is A Feral Cat? - Information from the Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL)
What is a Feral Cat? - Video from Alley Cat Allies

Animal Alliance of New Jersey - Surgery done on Sundays and Wednesdays (and by appointment on Fridays) in Lambertville
List of Veterinarians accepting Friends of Animals Spay/Neuter Certificates
Low Cost or Free Spay/Neuter Programs in New Jersey - From lovethatcat.com
McSNIP - Mercer Cats Spay/Neuter Incentive Program; phone: (609) 737-6393
People for Animals - Providing high quality and affordable Spay/Neuter services in Hillside and Robbinsville, NJ

Alley Cat Allies - Transforming and developing communities to protect and improve the lives of cats.
CAPIC (Cat Adoption & Pet Information Center) (Raritan, NJ) - a group of responsible individuals trying to help lower the cat overpopulation by trap/neuter/return in an humane manner.
Cattitude - A New Jersey non-profit cat & dog rescue & adoption corporation.
Forgotten Cats (Delaware/Pennsylvania) - Mission: to reduce the unwanted cat population without killing and to stop the suffering of the thousands of kittens born to abandoned, homeless cats.
Friends of Animals - A non-profit, international animal advocacy organization. Sells low-cost spay-neuter certificates.
Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL) - An all-volunteer, nonprofit 501c3 humane education, caregiver assistance, and animal rescue organization located in New Jersey.
Lost Paws Animal Rescue - A volunteer group that fosters homeless animals until they can be placed in loving homes.
S.A.R.A. Inc - Summit Animal Rescue Association - Animal rescue and placement organization
Scarlet Paws Animal Welfare Network - Visit our adoptable pets on Petfinder.
Second Chance For Animals - volunteer group affiliated with Franklin Township Animal Shelter
Stray Catz, Inc. - A relatively small Mercer County, NJ-based rescue group
Whiskers Rescue - Provides TNR service for community cats in Central Jersey.

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AVMA Collections: Feral cats - Collection of articles on Community Cats from the American Veterinary Medical Association
Cape May City's Trap, Neuter and Return Program Leading the Way to the Humane Treatment of Feral Cats - By Juanita "Jane" Wheatley, Animal Control Officer, City of Cape May (October 2005, New Jersey Municipalities)
For Feral Cats, a Few New Places to Call Home - At "Architects for Animals: Giving Shelter," a January 2013 event at the Steelcase showroom in Midtown Manhattan, eight New York City architects and designers proudly displayed their new low-cost houses for feral cats.
Key Scientific Studies on Trap-Neuter-Return - A list of scientific studies demonstrating that Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a humane and effective approach for managing community cats.
“Reassessment: A Closer Look at ‘Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return’” - a brief review and critique of the essay “Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return”
Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS - A woman who had deducted expenses related to saving feral cats went up against the IRS and won

A personal story illustrating the success of TNR (The Sentinel, Nov. 25, 2010)
Council should look at facts, re-evaluate TNR (The Sentinel, Nov. 4, 2010)
Donations needed to help kittens in distress (The Sentinel, Feb. 3, 2011)
Middlesex should save cat colony (The Star-Ledger, December 03, 2011)
Montclair cat activist looking for someone to take her place in trap and neuter program (NJ.com, Nov. 23, 2010)
TNR more effective than feeding bans (The Sentinel, Nov. 18, 2010)

These Stats are for the Birds - Alley Cat Allies examines the claim that community cats are responsible for killing birds
Tools: Flyers, brochures, and door hangers to help you help cats - From Alley Cat Allies

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