11/09/2025
Kitten did not approve of our surveillance 😆
There is an unknown burden of a TNR group to hold onto medical community cats that need further care. These two 3 and 4 month old kittens were set to be released back to their colonies. They were too sick to let that happen. We have a camera on them to see if they are eating yet.
With every set of spay and neuter appointments, we could go from holding zero cats to holding 10 or 20. Many of the cats are not able to be handled. While holding is tempory, some need extended care, surgeries, medical placement (that doesn't exist). This increases our workload: our time spent giving daily cat care, transporting and coordinating vet care and placement, and endless cleaning. It is costly as we then require more space, cages, litter, food, veterinary care, medication, our time that then takes away from earning a wage in paid employment. None of this additional care is required to be provided, but we hardly ever turn a cat away if we have the means to care for them. I am positive that this is the same thing that every trappers and TNR group deals with. TNR is so much more involved than spay and neuter.