Community Cats: from surviving to thriving

When Maureen noticed cats outside her classroom window, she new she had to help. But what happened next surprised everyone.

What is a community cat program (CCP)? These shelter-based programs, based on the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method of population management, are effective at reducing the numbers of these cats, reducing shelter admissions and shelter deaths, saving taxpayers money and providing a public health benefit to the community. In such programs, unowned, free-roaming cats deemed healthy enough to qualify for the program are sterilized, vaccinated and returned to their original location.

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