10/18/2024
Our week of TNVR (trap-neuter/spay-vaccinate-return) is a wrap! We are excited to announce that 74 kitties came through our doors 🐱 🐱 🐱
We annually celebrate Feral Cat Day (Oct 16) with a week of clinics as a final push in sterilizing as many as possible before we pause for the cold/winter months, allowing the cats to focus on staying warm vs recovering from major surgery.
Caretakers trapped and brought cats to us from all over western NY, then picked them up the same day to return them to their niche. When these cats are vetted, colonies are healthier and their population is able to naturally decline over time. Assuming this may be the only time they see a vet, we do as much as we can: spay/neuter, rabies & distemper vaccines, flea/tick prevention, deworming, earmite treatment, fluids, pain medication, and they receive an identifying ear tip and tattoo.
Our final tally was 37 females and 37 males 🩷💙🩷💙 (fun fact…because they're feral and have to be trapped, we aren’t able to purposely schedule 50/50 but our numbers often end that way!)
Thank you so much to the caretakers of these forgotten felines, along with our veterinary staff and volunteers 💫
Pictured is a very unique tortoiseshell we saw…she was nearly all black except for a few small areas of gold 😻
