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Contact Jane Dollar at Pet Partners 760-247-5312 for more information regarding 
trap-neuter-release (TNR)  for feral cats in the Victor Valley for San Diego visit www.feralcat.com. You can borrow a trap from Pet Partners with a $10 deposit. You will receive instructions on how to humanely trap the cat(s) and where to take them for neuter or spay. Pet Partners will cover the expense only for FERAL (not tame) cats taken to a participating vet in a "Pet Partners" trap. You may also inquire about help and information on feeding feral cat colonies. If you call animal control - the cats will be trapped and euthanized at the local impound shelter. Traps are safe and humane. If you would like to volunteer to TNR cats in the Victor Valley or sponsor a Spay or Neuter e mail localrescue@aol.com

Visit the Bargain Boutique in Apple Valley to Support the Pet Partners Feral Cat Program and Spay/Neuter Subsidies.

You may purchase your own trap at ACES and Tomahawk Live Trap  In the Victor Valley call one of these vets (Click Here) in advance to make sure they will alter a feral cat for you. If it is not in a Pet Partners Trap you will need to cover the cost yourself or seek assistance via another animal welfare group. please visit feralcat.com for full details on how TNR works in favor of people and cats.

The following is from feralcat.com (San Diego area Feral Cat Management Program)

 Feral cats are the 'wild' offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners' abandonment or failure to spay and neuter their animals, allowing them to breed uncontrolled. Feral cat 'colonies' can be found behind shopping areas or businesses, in alleys, parks, abandoned buildings, and rural areas. They are elusive and do not trust humans.

Many people assume their animals will survive when they move away and leave them behind. Contrary to popular belief, domestic animals do not automatically return to their "natural" instincts and cannot fend for themselves! Already, U.S. animal shelters are forced to kill an estimated 15 million homeless cats and dogs annually. The alternative to humane euthanasia for almost every stray is a violent end or slow, painful death. Many "throwaways" die mercilessly outdoors from starvation, disease, abuse --- or as food to a predator.

A pair of breeding cats, which can have two or more litters per year, can exponentially produce 420,000 offspring over a seven-year period, And the overpopulation problem carries a hefty price tag. Statewide, more than $50 million (largely from taxes) is spent by animal control agencies and shelters for cat-related expenses
 

Studies have proven that trap-neuter-release is the single most successful method of stabilizing and maintaining healthy feral cat colonies with the least possible cost to local governments and residents, while providing the best life for the animals themselves. Spaying/neutering homeless cats:

Stabilizes the population at manageable levels

Eliminates annoying behaviors associated with mating

Is humane to the animals and fosters compassion in the neighborhoods

 Is more effective and less costly than repeated attempts at extermination --- costs for repeatedly trapping and killing feral colonies are far higher than promoting stable, non-breeding colonies in the same location. Vacated areas are soon filled by other cats who start the breeding process over again

Read More at feralcat.com

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