Help us prevent future generations of kittens from being born on the streets or ending up in over-crowded shelters by supporting our TNR effort today!
Animal Humane Society recently announced they are no longer funding free spay/neuter
appointments for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) cats, a program that has been in place since 2015.
This will unfortunately cause extreme hardship for small Twin Cities animal nonprofits.
Organization, along with independent trappers, are left with no alternatives for affordable
veterinary care. These folks are focused on Trap-Neuter-Return, the only humane way to
control the Twin Cities’ feral cat populations.
The overpopulation of community cats is caused by barriers to veterinary care in under-
resourced areas, the increasing costs of veterinary care, lack of appointment availability, and cat owners not keeping their unfixed pets indoors. Currently the most cost-effective place to
spay/neuter cats is in Baldwin, WI, an hour away from the Twin Cities. Funds raised here will
cover surgery costs done at Purple Cat vet. $25,000 will allow us to cover the cost for
approximately 350 community cat spay/neuters.
Currently, a small group of dedicated cat advocates assist in TNR in the Twin Cities answering
hundreds of requests each year from community members, homeowner associations, and local
government officials to help deal with cat overpopulation and kittens in harsh conditions.
Because of a combination of free & low cost spay/neuter in the past, the program was doable!
Now we are at risk of no TNR funding, meaning more cats taking over neighborhoods and
communities, and more kittens being born, struggling to survive on the streets. A momma cat can have an average of three litters a year. (An average litter is four to five babies.)
More volunteers, cat lovers, and those especially with veterinary resources, are needed across the metro area to help with this issue. Emergency funding is needed to help with kitten season,
which is in full swing. AHS stopped free TNR services July 1, which put an immediate halt to
projects across the State of Minnesota. We are now in an emergency situation!
All donations raised will be used to pay the vets we work with for TNR surgeries. Our goal is to
support independent cat trappers in Minnesota and assure they can continue their life saving
work in our community.
