Before undertaking TNR, please check the laws of your municipality and consult with your local shelter
Trap Neuter Return or Relocate and Outdoor Cats and Kittens
- Comprehensive trapping guide on this site.
- Trapping guide from Alley Cat Allies
- Comprehensive TNR guide from Neighborhood Cats and TNR handbook and other resources
- Alley Cat Allies - the premier organization for community cats with tons of resources
- Community Cat Guide from Best Friends
- Found kittens outside. Here are some resources on what to do. Kitten Guide from Alley Cat Allies and Found Kitten Guide from Safehouse Pets
- Caring for orphan kittens, from Maddie's Fund, a set of videos and guides of how to care for the tiniest lives
- And a guide to kitten care and comprehensive info for all aspects of kittten care from the Kitten Lady
- Trapping kittens with a carrier and string: Tie a long string to the door of the carrier and thread thru the inside of the carrier. Bait the carrier with canned food and put a heavy brick or block on top so that the carrier does not move. Sit as far away as possible holding the string. When the kittens go in the carrier, pull on string very quickly to close the carrier door!
- A comprehensive guide to taming feral cats and kittens
- Another guide to taming feral cats and kittens
- Taming and Socializing feral kittens guides - Alley Cat Alleys and Feral Cat Coalition
- Socializing feral cats guides - Stray pet advocacy and Cat Network
- Care and Feeding of Barn cats
- Feral cat relocation guidelines - acclimating a feral cat to its new environment. This is important. If you do not follow these instructions, the cat may simply take off on the day you bring it to its new outdoor home
- Build your own feral cat shelter (PDF) plastic box shelter
- Comprehensive instructions and photos for a styrofoam cat shelter (PDF)
- And even more feral cat shelter ideas from Neighborhood Cats, Alley Cat Allies shelters, and Alley Cat Advocates feral cat shelter
- Cats belong indoors for their safety and to protect our native songbirds, but there are some kitties who have been outdoor before they were rescued and they just cannot get that outdoor bug out. Here is cat proof backyard fence that is easy and inexpensive to add to your existing fence. And here is a do it yourself cat enclosure that the cat can use through a cat door into the house.
- Some good information from Best Friends Animal Society on cats and birds that you can use as talking points to bird advocates. Cat and bird people agree that the cat numbers have to be reduced. We want to do it humanely vs. hysteria and hyperbole on both sides.
