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.
