Webster County TNR Program

11/29/2023

𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫?

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐨" 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐄. 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲:

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐇𝐘𝐆𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐄
- 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
- 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.
- 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐒
- 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.
- 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧.
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
- 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲.
- 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭.
- 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞; 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟖 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧; 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬)
- 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝.

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
https://www.weekand.com/home-garden/article/rid-roundworms-yard-18021881.php

https://www.weekand.com/home-garden/article/cat-feces-dangerous-vegetable-garden-18055498.php

11/28/2023

Hey all! We are hoping to start doing more fundraising beginning next year so we have ample funds to do TNR consecutively throughout the warm months.

We have amazing people on our team and we have come up with some ideas but we would love to hear what the public has for fundraising ideas!

Team work makes the dream work and we can't do this without the help from the community. So feel free to comment any ideas you have!

10/30/2023

Feral cat house folks!

This week is quieter now that Angelo’s doing well with recovery and we want to start organizing who is willing to do what with the feral cat housing. Please comment below and tell me how many you’re willing to make and I’ll start setting materials at the acreage for pick up!
So far we have coolers from JRG Livestock & Pet Supply and some straw that has been donated!
Supplies still needed:
Totes
More straw

Please remember you can provide these if you’re willing to make some houses!

Also, this is something extra we’re helping to organize and is NOT a responsibility of WCAP. We want to help the kitties stay warm this winter and set ourselves up for success with TnR next year for Webster County TNR .

♥️ 🐾

10/20/2023

Hey cat lovers! Anyone willing to help construct some feral cat housing if I can gather all the pieces? Styrofoam, totes, etc?

My thought is this - if we can get a good resource spots available for the winter for these kitties, it’ll help us to find TnR them next spring.

PM me if you’d be willing to volunteer your time for kitties!

10/08/2023

Grab your limited edition Feral Cat Vibes merchandise before the campaign closes. Featuring Dark Heather Grey Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

10/08/2023

https://www.bonfire.com/store/stay-wild-tnr/

New shirts for spooky szn!

10/04/2023

Friendly reminder on Running at Large.

09/22/2023

Had to repost this because it was shared from a private group so no one could see it unless you were apart of said group....

"HAY is for HORSES, STRAW is for STRAYS!" 😻

On your next trip to the garden center or farm store, pick up a bale of straw! It's inexpensive, will last you a long time and the perfect bedding for your cat shelters so the kitties stay warm and cozy overnight. Always use STRAW -- and here's why:

✅STRAW is tough, thick, dry leftover stalks from crops. It's lightweight and golden in color. Straw has a hollow center which makes for great insulation. Straw will reflect body heat back to a cat as well as repel moisture.

❎Hay is green and heavy. Hay is typically used to feed animals, like horses. It absorbs moisture, making it damp, cold and uncomfortable for cats and has the potential to get moldy. Do NOT use hay (or blankets) for bedding in outdoor cat shelters.

👉For an easy way to remember which to use…
"Hay is for Horses, Straw is for Strays."

You can easily find and buy bales of STRAW inexpensively at your local co-op, farm/ag supply store, local garden center/nursery, Home Depot, Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Ace Hardware or local landscape supply. Farmers who sell pumpkins often sell bales of straw, too.

Thanks for keeping those outdoor kitties warm and comfortable!

09/22/2023

08/04/2023

KITTEN SEASON PSA: We're in the midst of kitten season, which means you may be hearing the tiny mews of kittens outside or finding litters in bushes and other protected places. You may have the urge to scoop them up and bring them to the shelter, but in most cases, this is not what’s best for the kittens. Don’t kit-nap! It’s important to remember that not every outdoor kitten needs saving.

Staying with mom is a kitten’s very best chance of survival. Unless they are in a dangerous spot or clearly sick/injured, human intervention is often unnecessary. So what should you do when you find a litter of tiny kittens? Check out this chart for an easy guide or visit our website at https://ow.ly/9OSo50PpxFj!

07/31/2023

We decided to make a page specificly dedicated to animal controls TNR program! Feel free to share this page and we look forward to helping the community with the feral cat issue.
With it being VERY hot outside, we thought it would be best to wait to do another trap weekend until it starts to cool down so the cats don't overheat in the traps.
For now we will be focusing more on fundraising and we hope to get back into trapping in September!