Animal Welfare Professionals

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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Tnr can be a difficult sell to cities that are not governed by well-educated animal advocates.  You will get obstruction from those that don't believe it is effective, do not have compassion for cats, do not have the patience to wait for results and just want to euthanize, are bird advocates, etc.  Make sure you have done the research and have data readily available, research an accurate budget, and have proposals as to how to fund the program.  The program also then needs to be well-managed by someone that believes in the mission, and it is very helpful to have a city council member spearhead the initiative for/with you to the council. Good luck!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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I need to follow this thread! Our town's previous mayor wouldn't recognize that we have community cats. Now we have a new mayor and need help figuring out where to start with city council to address the issue. The previous mayor had the rule to call ac to catch and euthanize.

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Wendy Hickey
Henderson lead
Street Dogz
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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I would love to get the local government onboard with TNR, but for now, we circumnavigate them completely. We only work with the caretakers and property owners that have outdoor cat populations. They sign a form agreeing to "ownership" of the cats and giving us permission to TNR. Legally, we are simply helping pet owners with their pet cats and there's no illegal 'releasing/abandoning' of feral cats. It's a legally legitimate RETURN to their home. But in most cases, it's the "R" in "TNR" that is illegal, and this helps us go around that. 

It limits us in that we can't help at businesses or public spaces, but we've found that we are still VERY busy (with a waiting list) with TNR even with those limitations.

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Erin Dams
Roanoke Valley SPCA
Roanoke VA
5403396550
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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@Casey AllisonFlowers I run a HQHVSN clinic and we do TNR for 3 cities in our county,  2 are ran by volunteers and one is ran by ACO.   Occasionally an already sterilized  cat will come through.  We scan EVERY patient for a microchip.  If the cat is microchipped we reach out to the microchip company and try to find the owner.  I hate to say it but about 70% of the time either people don't' want the cat back or we get no response. I should actually start keeping better data on that (note to self :) )  We update vaccines and the cat always goes back with the finder/trapper as we do not have the space to hold anyone.  In our county  I believe there is a 30 day stray hold period and then the cat could go up for adoption if friendly.  I'd be happy to give you the contact information for the officer in charge of the TNR program if you'd like.  Just let me know!​

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Dara Edmonds
Executive Director
Central Florida Community Pet Clinic
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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Hi. Do you mind sharing who your grant is with? Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 11:39 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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I looked into it and it it is a $200,000 per year grant from Petsmart Charities to support their countdown to zero initiative



Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats

Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League		remove preview
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats West Palm Beach, FL- (February XX, 2018)) Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is excited to announce that they have recently received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to support its Countdown 2 Zero initiative. View this on Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League >

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 04:02 PM
From: Geri Wheelis
Subject: TNR Program

Hi. Do you mind sharing who your grant is with? Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 11:39 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-31-2023 04:50 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

I looked into it and it it is a $200,000 per year grant from Petsmart Charities to support their countdown to zero initiative



Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats

Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League		remove preview
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats West Palm Beach, FL- (February XX, 2018)) Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is excited to announce that they have recently received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to support its Countdown 2 Zero initiative. View this on Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League >

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 04:02 PM
From: Geri Wheelis
Subject: TNR Program

Hi. Do you mind sharing who your grant is with? Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 11:39 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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Hi!

I have looked at the PetSmart website and can't find any grants listed for TNR. (They used to have them when I worked at a shelter in Montana - TRACS) I run a TNR group, we don't technically do rescue, but if we find friendly cats that have made it to colonies we will trap them and get them into a re-socialization program with a reputable rescue. But if there is that type of funding available, I would love to have a link to the page where it is listed. I am working with city governments and a grant like that would cover cover at least 4000  cats, maybe 4500. It would mean a lot.

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Diane Suprock
President
Sassy Cats TNR
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-31-2023 04:50 AM
From: Amanda Gray (she/her)
Subject: TNR Program

I looked into it and it it is a $200,000 per year grant from Petsmart Charities to support their countdown to zero initiative



Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats

Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League		remove preview
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Receives $200,000 Grant from PetSmart Charities™ to Spay or Neuter More Than 4,000 Cats West Palm Beach, FL- (February XX, 2018)) Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is excited to announce that they have recently received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to support its Countdown 2 Zero initiative. View this on Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League >

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 04:02 PM
From: Geri Wheelis
Subject: TNR Program

Hi. Do you mind sharing who your grant is with? Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 11:39 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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I would also like to learn more about tnvr grants that might be available for grassroots volunteers. I am especially interested in helping some small groups of rescuers abroad who use their own funds for care and tnr of community cats.

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Sharon Methvin
Fundraiser
NJTNR Fur Free Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 04:02 PM
From: Geri Wheelis
Subject: TNR Program

Hi. Do you mind sharing who your grant is with? Thank you!

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Geri Wheelis
Co-Founder
Animal Advocates For Change

Original Message:
Sent: 01-30-2023 11:39 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: TNR Program

My county Palm Beach county FL is lucky to have a large grant that allows our Animal Care and Control and several animal shelters to offer FREE TNVR for community cats, by appointment. I wish all counties had this because we are able to TNVR thousands of cats every year through this program and it is relatively easy to do, so members of the community, as well as volunteer trappers pitch in and trap

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 12:36 PM
From: Casey AllisonFlowers
Subject: TNR Program

I recently had a conversation with a woman wanting to assist in starting a tnr program in our city. She has assisted surrounding cities with their tnr programs. She was not aware our city had animal control.  Because of this lack of knowledge, she tried to speak to the city council about doing this act of volunteer service for the city and they refused to hear her concerns or offer as she does not reside within city limits.  What are some things you wish you had known when starting your tnr program? How often do you catch pets and how do you handle this issue?  How do I tell the city this is a program we need and if done right it will be cost-effective for the city?  Thank you for your advice and support.
#CommunityCatManagement

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Casey AllisonFlowers
Animal Welfare Officer
City of Lexington
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