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Petition to Oppose the Killing of Feral Cats

Petition to Oppose the Killing of Feral Cats

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Petition by Shadow Cats Rescue and Street Cat Rescue of Round Rock, Texas


A feral cat is an un-socialized cat.  Without intervention, breeding and overpopulation can quickly become out of control.  Through Trap, Neuter and Return, cats are sterilized and vaccinated, halting the endless cycle of breeding and keeping them healthier, especially when caretakers are allowed to feed them daily. Feral cats are then allowed to live their lives in the only home most of them have ever known- outdoors.


More feral cats in the US are intentionally killed than die of any other cause. But this does not have to be the case. Virtually every feral cat that enters a shelter or animal control facility is killed. The very system that is supposed to care about the welfare of animals is, in fact, subjecting them to a policy of extermination.



Funded by taxpayer dollars for generations, these inhumane programs have proven themselves ineffective in controlling the over-population of cats. 
Cities that have implemented the Trap/Neuter/Return program have seen significant decreases in animal intake at their shelters.  It also costs taxpayers less money to neuter and vaccinate a cat, than it does to euthanize it and dispose of their body. 

TNR is the ONLY humane solution that works! 

Help us Change the Current Round Rock, Texas City Ordinance to allow Trap/Neuter/Return and not hold citizens liable, just because they feed feral cats.

Petition by Shadow Cats Rescue and Street Cat Rescue of Round Rock, Texas


A feral cat is an un-socialized cat.  Without intervention, breeding and overpopulation can quickly become out of control.  Through Trap, Neuter and Return, cats are sterilized and vaccinated, halting the endless cycle of breeding and keeping them healthier, especially when caretakers are allowed to feed them daily. Feral cats are then allowed to live their lives in the only home most of them have ever known- outdoors.


More feral cats in the US are intentionally killed than die of any other cause. But this does not have to be the case. Virtually every feral cat that enters a shelter or animal control facility is killed. The very system that is supposed to care about the welfare of animals is, in fact, subjecting them to a policy of extermination.



Funded by taxpayer dollars for generations, these inhumane programs have proven themselves ineffective in controlling the over-population of cats. 
Cities that have implemented the Trap/Neuter/Return program have seen significant decreases in animal intake at their shelters.  It also costs taxpayers less money to neuter and vaccinate a cat, than it does to euthanize it and dispose of their body. 

TNR is the ONLY humane solution that works! 

Help us Change the Current Round Rock, Texas City Ordinance to allow Trap/Neuter/Return and not hold citizens liable, just because they feed feral cats.

Support Trap, Neuter and Return In Round Rock, Texas



Cats are intelligent living creatures that, like all creatures, deserve to be healthy and happy. I support the humane treatment of all cats, including those that are unsocialized.

I want the killing of feral cats to stop! And I pledge to do one or more of the following:

- Call my Mayor and urge her or him to support
TNR for feral cats in my town.
- Learn more about humane management of feral cat colonies by receiving information from Alley Cat Allies or Shadow Cats Rescue.
- Share what I have learned with my family and friends, so that they can also help protect feral cats.
- Become a feral cat caregiver and learn the humane Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR
) technique.
- Talk to my veterinarian about providing low cost spay/neuter services for feral cats.
- Write a letter to the editor of my local newspaper.


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12:45 pm PDT, Mar 15, Daniela Lavanza, France
Killing theses cats is nonsense. More will come, this cannot solve the problem. And what about morality? When were we ever given the right to live creatue just because they "disturb" us? Well, if we can only speak about a nuisance: men destroy and cause much more harm to our world than those poor creatures merely living their life. Yet, no one ever spoke about killing men for that...
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Save these cats. they do have the right to live, as any living creature.
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please do not murder these beautiful animals trap neuter release it is not their fault irresponsible people have allowed this situation to happen remember always spay and neuter do not buy while homeless pets die
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