TNR outline - Burlington County Cat Initiative - Feral Cat Program Burl. Co, New Jersey


The TNR Program Outline

	Developing an Effective Strategy for the Permanent Reduction of Feral and Stray Cat Populations in Burlington County, New Jersey

"TNR offers a win-win for feral cats and for health departments charged with protecting the public health"

Burlington County Feral Cat Initiative (BCCI) is a public-private animal control program designed to protect the public health, reduce shelter euthanasia and preserve scarce shelter resources, and solve our community's severe feral and stray cat overpopulation crisis through the use of Trap-Neuter-Return, popularly known as TNR.

The proposed program includes workshops to train members of the public in how to perform TNR, support services such as trap banks and free or low cost spay/neuter, feral microchipping to allow feral census-taking and allow re-homing of picked up or lost ferals to their home colony, referrals by animal control of feral and stray cat complaints to the program, and shelter policies designed to encourage the use of TNR by the public.

To learn more about the BCCI Program, select from the links below:

    The Present Problem That We Face

    How The TNR Program Works

    The Mechanics of of the BCCI Feral Cat TNR Program

Letter from a feral caregiver

"The proactive program will promote public health and save the County and its municipalities thousands of dollars in the reduction of calls for animal control and in the number of stray cats transported to the shelter."     read more...