This program gets to the source of the overpopulation problem by identifying a colony of feral cats and getting every animal in the colony altered. The animals are altered at free monthly feral cat clinics and at a once a week appointment at a local spay/neuter clinic.
Our primary veterinarian has agreed to alter feral cats as they are caught, at a reduced rate to expand our program and allow more cats to be trapped (instead of trapping only the night before the designated monthly or weekly appointments) We need donations to fund this important program for both the vetting expenses and additional traps.
Each 10 animal altered under this program prevents the birth of 150 additional animals in the first year after spaying or neutering. This is vital to solve the overcrowding in shelters and animal control facilities as most shelters report 50%+ of the cat intake is feral cats, all of whom are euthanized.
Please let us know where your cat colony is located. What part of town?
Lois Please send a request to us at info@saverescue.org and we will arrange to loan you a trap. Thanks for helping control the cat population
We have a colony of stray cats, that are multiplying as we speak, at my apt complex in alvin. So far i have counted 15 and they are spraying everywhere…we need help, but nothing is done.
We have about 5 or 6 cats that I feed (and have as of today been told by animal control I can not feed them anymore) they are feral cats, They really need to be sprayed/neutered. One has had three litters. I am in pasadena tx close to crenshaw park do they have a trap and release here or somewhere that will help me. Animal control told me i could trap them and bring them in to them but I am sure they will just put them down, but yet I am not allowed to feed them without being fined so If I can at least stop them from having anymore it would be great
Angel Carter: How did this go? My mom lives in the old side of Pasadena and is having the same issue. Animal control’s solution is to put them down. What’s the point in having them altered if they are just going to be trapped by animal control to euthanize. Did you get a trap, neuter, and release program started in Pasadena?
We do not get TRN programs set up in the cities. Since we are not taxpayers we have no standing. It is up to the residents to work with the city to get them to approve TNR. We recently met with the Animal Control from La Porte at their request and they are now allowing TNR in managed colonlies. The colony caretakers asked for our assistance once the city was contacted. We are happy to help in areas where we can be sure that there will be a community caretaker for the colonly. The need is overwhelming all over the area so we have to limit ourselves at this time to managed communities or small backyard colonies that need help. If you are intertested in approaching Pasadena we would be happy to help with education of the animal control officers about TNR cats.
I have a colony of feral cats I feed. I need help with trapping them and getting them fixed. There are several kittens so I want to help them. Can any help me. I’m in dickinson texas off of 517
Stacie: I will put you in touch with one of our feral cat specialist. She will be able to help you start trapping and getting them fixed. We have limited funds for this program so we have to get the cats done at several vets scattered around in the area. Donna is out of town this week for the holiday but I will have her contact you once she returns.
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Stacie –
I was just searching for help on this too, and see that you dont live far from me.
I have one mama cat and two kittens in my small backyard. The mother seems feral but no signs of a colony. I’m at 646 and 517 in Dickinson. I’ve been feeding our “guests” for about 2 weeks now and need to get them out so my dog and cat can use their backyard.
I’m at 517 and Owens… Maybe it’s same cats
Is she back yet…
The feral cats in my area and around my home in Sagemont (Houston, 77089) is out of control. We have new 5 wk old kittens that we found in time to start socializing and we are going to have them spay/ nuetered when we can. We have had many litters around our house but so many times they get wild before we can tame them. We had had 3 fixed and they are our pets…but we can’t afford to have them all done. we have a least 8 to ten at different times eating two times a day . Our plan is to catch and find a place to help with cost of spay/ nuetering, return to colony and feed. Any info or help would be appreciated.
We are working with some local vets to help get the feral cat population under control, but since it is such a widespread problem and resources are limited, we can only take on a couple of colonies at a time. We are currently working on one in Alvin, Clear Lake and SW Houston. We do have traps available for you to borrow to trap and people available to teach you to trap, but the funds to do this for free are very limited. Once our current colonies are under control we can start on others, but in the meantime, if you would like we can get you started on trapping and fixing a few at a time. Contact us at info@saverescue.org
Snap….they fix free
I currently have a feral colony of 30 or so cats that I’m in the process of TNR. I have the traps , but I definitely need help with the cost of spay/neutering. I would love to get more info on your TNR program and find out how I can get help from your program. The colony is in the SW Houston area. Beechnut/Beltway 8 area.
We are currently helping with Beth Hammond as our point person and 12 cats have already been TNRed. Also a few tame kittens have entered our adoption program
Does anyone know of a program that will actually come out & catch the cats?
Everyone wants to control the population but from what I can see no programs that have trained people to do this actually come out & catch the cats. I have no experience with cats & don’t want to get mauled while trying to catch them
We actually can teach you to trap the feral cats in your area. In order for us to help the colony must have someone willing to feed them regularly and look out for them to let us know if one is ill or injured. Depending on where you live we can help get the cats trapped and fixed. I would need to know what part of town you are in and whether you are able to help with trapping and transport to the vet to get them fixed. We are all volunteers and work strictly on donations so we must have cooperation in order to do this as effectively and cost effienctly as possible.
I have. Small feral colony that lives in my neighbor’s yard. For 6 years she’s said she will get everyone fixed, but I’m tired of waiting. I don’t mind the cats, but the constant kittens (which I’ve found homes for some and tried to be vigilant about socializing them) over the years are hard to deal with. If you could contact me so that we can set up something for TNR, I’d appreciate it.