Animal Welfare Professionals

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Our Humane Society used to have people sign a contract but we no longer do that because too many people kept not getting it done. Now, another humane society I foster for does a foster to adopt arrangement & they go into foster to adopt once weaned. Although there have even been some people who wanted to take them as bottle babies if they are orphaned.  The vet at that humane society won't do surgery until the kittens are at least &y]_&though so this is what she came up with in order to & know to bring the kitten back for their 2nd vaccine & surgery. The appointment is made for a surgery date before the kitten leaves the shelter & the adopters function as fosters. The adoption is finalized after surgery. 

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Our Humane Society used to have people sign a contract but we no longer do that because too many people kept not getting it done. Now, another humane society I foster for does a foster to adopt arrangement & they go into foster to adopt once weaned. Although there have even been some people who wanted to take them as bottle babies if they are orphaned.  The vet at that humane society won't do surgery until the kittens are at least &y]_&though so this is what she came up with in order to & know to bring the kitten back for their 2nd vaccine & surgery. The appointment is made for a surgery date before the kitten leaves the shelter & the adopters function as fosters. The adoption is finalized after surgery. 

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi Natalie! I work at a non-profit shelter with lots and lots of cats, and I hope I'm giving you the right information.
We try to foster out the very young kittens so that they are not in the high-traffic shelter environment where they might be stressed and more prone to getting sick, as well as for socialization. They are returned to us around 8-10 weeks and are put up for adoption once they clear their intake protocol. Our spay/neuter protocol is to do surgery at 3-4 months, so a person interested in adopting a young kitten is technically "foster to adopt" until after sterilization surgery is completed. The dates for vaccines and surgery are set as soon as the kitten is returned to us, and those dates are given to the potential adopters.  They do leave us a deposit, which is refunded at the time of surgery (which seems to be a decent incentive to make sure they come back). Hope this helps!

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

This is very helpful.  Thank you for the information.  What amount of deposit do you hold if you do not mind me asking? 

Hi Natalie! I work at a non-profit shelter with lots and lots of cats, and I hope I'm giving you the right information.
We try to foster out the very young kittens so that they are not in the high-traffic shelter environment where they might be stressed and more prone to getting sick, as well as for socialization. They are returned to us around 8-10 weeks and are put up for adoption once they clear their intake protocol. Our spay/neuter protocol is to do surgery at 3-4 months, so a person interested in adopting a young kitten is technically "foster to adopt" until after sterilization surgery is completed. The dates for vaccines and surgery are set as soon as the kitten is returned to us, and those dates are given to the potential adopters.  They do leave us a deposit, which is refunded at the time of surgery (which seems to be a decent incentive to make sure they come back). Hope this helps!

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

#AdoptionsandAdoptionPrograms

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[Natalie] [Davis]
[Treasurer]
[Bannock Feral Friends]
[Pocatello] [ID]
[619-647-9264]
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Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Although we are a TNR group and don't do adoptions, we transfer our kittens to other rescues and shelters that adopt them out.  They are all altered before adoption. During Covid, I do know of a smaller progressive shelter that did adopt without being altered, but they had the staff to follow up with all adopters and had a clinic on site. Their success rate was well over 90% for getting all the cats and kittens fixed, for those who were adopted intact. Counter that with our county shelter who hands out vouchers with intact dogs and cats, and out of the most recent 224 animals adopted, 11 were altered within 6 months, with up to a year wait for those vouchers to be scheduled. 

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions

Hi All,
We are a non profit TNR (trap, neuter or spay, and release) for feral cats in our community.  We are not a rescue group or have a facility to house cats/kittens long term.  However,  many times we get calls about feral kittens in danger or just too many of them so we take them in.  With it being kitten season, we are getting so many calls every day.  We recently took in 14 kittens,  plus we have 8 from a previous call and another handful we would like to help.  Our policy is to spay or neuter before we adopt cats/kittens out.  We are however very full and want to get the kittens into homes while they are still little and cute.  Is there a way that has proven successfully to adopt them out and still ensure that new owners get the kittens fixed?  Perhaps a contract, or increased fee that is returned after proof of spay or neuter?  

Thank you for any suggestions