Saturday, July 30, 2005

[Many thanks to Linda for sharing this article.]
Feral Friends protect county's roaming cats
Gazette.net, Maryland
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Saffell is the president of the Prince George's Feral Friends, which educates residents on how to trap the cat with a humane trap, neuter the animal and return it back to the location where the cat was picked up. It is called the TNR solution or Trap-Neuter-Return.
[Excerpt]
The organization began six years ago and provides a solution counter to the county's policy to kill feral cats or wild cats that have not been socialized. This solution is also counter to what a Virginia woman recently did, who was found with more than 100 cats in her house.

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