Roy and Cher's Spay & Neuter Program
Roy and Cher’s Spay and Neuter Program promotes animal welfare and educates the community about cat and dog populations. Research shows that feral cats can minimize rodent populations in both rural and urban communities. For more information about feral cats, Alley Cat Allies is a great source.
The Animal Rescue Team traps feral and stray cats. They are then spayed and neutered and the healthy unadoptable cats are returned back where they were caught. This method is commonly known as TNR (trap-neuter-return). For feral and strays that are adoptable, we use our network of foster homes to provide these cats with a temporary home until a permanent one is found.
Meet the feral cats assisted by Roy and Cher's Spay & Neuter Program.
The Animal Rescue Team traps feral and stray cats. They are then spayed and neutered and the healthy unadoptable cats are returned back where they were caught. This method is commonly known as TNR (trap-neuter-return). For feral and strays that are adoptable, we use our network of foster homes to provide these cats with a temporary home until a permanent one is found.
Meet the feral cats assisted by Roy and Cher's Spay & Neuter Program.
What is Ear-tipping and why do I see cats with it?
This excerpt is from Alley cat Allies, for more information please visit their site www.alleycat.org/resources/feral-cat-protocol-eartipping/
"Ear-tipping is an effective and universally accepted method to identify a spayed or neutered and vaccinated community cat. Ear-tipping is the removal of the distal one-quarter of a cat’s left ear, which is approximately 3/8 inch, or 1 cm, in an adult and proportionally smaller in a kitten."
"This procedure is performed under sterile conditions while the cat is already anesthetized for spay or neuter surgery. There is little or no bleeding, it is relatively painless to the cat, and the eartip does not significantly alter the appearance or beauty of the cat."
"Ear-tipping is the preferred method to identify spayed or neutered and vaccinated community cats, because it is difficult to get close to them and therefore the identification must be visible from a distance. Community cats may interact with a variety of caregivers, veterinarians, and animal control personnel during their lives and so immediate visual identification is necessary to prevent an unnecessary second trapping and surgery. No other method of identification has proven to be as safe or as effective as ear-tipping."