TNR Texas

TNR Texas Our goal is to improve the lives of community cats through the sharing of information that supports TNR (trap-neuter-return) efforts and colony care.

Please note that we do not provide direct services such as financial assistance, trapping, relocation of community cats, or trap loan. However, we do try to connect you with groups or individuals who might be able to. Please contact us if you do not find the help you are needing from our website.

Something to make you smile today!
22/06/2025

Something to make you smile today!

UPDATE:  I originally had a comment at the bottom to encourage anyone else to post their frustrations also (sometimes it...
21/06/2025

UPDATE: I originally had a comment at the bottom to encourage anyone else to post their frustrations also (sometimes it really does help)... but then thought it might scare new visitors who are wanting to learn more about caring for community cats. ๐Ÿ˜‚ But go ahead and share some of the crazy stuff you are dealing with... and then WOOSH... let it go!

This has been a rough week or so in feline rescue. A few cases of kittens being scooped up by sketchy people who appear to have inhumane intentions.... too many people picking up neonatal kittens with no one able to foster them... people expressing intense anger about people who feed community cats (as that is what is causing them to breed)... people who live in very remote areas with essentially no rescue support and the cats are thin and ill and suffering and they don't know what to do but they don't want to feed them or even try to find help with TNR.... and then the guy who tells me his neighborhood has over 20 cats and what can he do about them within the law. So I provide one long response about how TNR and providing food/water daily will usually result in a reduction of the behaviors that he does not like, and provided links to groups that might be able to help... and even provided info on deterrents to keep them out of his yard... and info on barn cat options... and more... then I get the response below. SIGH... and that is not even close to all of the frustrating situations.

I consider it a compliment to say I am just as bad as the people feeding them. Colony caretakers are truly ANGELS!

We do what we do because we care. But sometimes we need to share and then let it go like a feather in the wind.

People have good intentions when they think they are saving young kittens by removing them... not realizing that the mom...
20/06/2025

People have good intentions when they think they are saving young kittens by removing them... not realizing that the mom cat does not stay with her kittens all the time. They also don't realize the mom is going crazy looking for her babies. And staying with mom gives them their best chance of growing into healthy adult cats.

Just this morning, I have been contacted by 3 different people asking who can take these 1-3 weeks old kittens that they found. Clearly, we are not doing a good enough job educating people.

Any ideas on how to get the word out? Perhaps post images similar to this one on Nextdoor.com and on our personal pages, see if local pet stores will post a flyer, or ???

19/06/2025
Sigh...
18/06/2025

Sigh...

San Antonio folks - if you are seeking spay/neuter appointments for community cats, this is for you!
17/06/2025

San Antonio folks - if you are seeking spay/neuter appointments for community cats, this is for you!

๐Ÿพ FREE Feral Cat Sterilizations! ๐Ÿพ
Help us control the community cat population humanely with FREE spay/neuter services for cats trapped within San Antonio city limits from Animal Defense League of Texas Each surgery includes a rabies vaccine, FVRCP vaccine, and an ear notch. Humane traps are required (1 cat per trap, no pet carriers). Limit of 3 cats per trapper on a first-come, first-served basis!
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Upcoming Dates:
โ€ข Mon 06/16 (15 spots)
โ€ข Wed 06/18 (15 spots)
โ€ข Fri 06/20 (15 spots)
โ€ข Mon 06/23 (15 spots)
โ€ข Wed 06/25 (15 spots)
โ€ข Fri 06/27 (15 spots)
โ€ข Mon 06/30 (15 spots)

โฐ Drop-off: 8:00-8:30 AM
โฐ Pick-up: 3:30-4:00 PM (all cats must be picked up by 5:00 PM!)

๐Ÿ“ If you're outside the 10 COSA city districts, you're still eligible for services through the San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition (SAFCC), with a $25 trapper fee due at drop-off.
Letโ€™s make a difference for our community cats! โค๏ธ
More info can be found here: https://adltexas.org/programs-services/spay-neuter-services/feral-cat-sterilization-days/

In Texas, it is illegal to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly kill a cat, including stray and feral cats, under the...
16/06/2025

In Texas, it is illegal to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly kill a cat, including stray and feral cats, under the state's Animal Anti-Cruelty Law (Texas Penal Code 42.09 and 42.092). This law prohibits acts such as torturing, cruelly killing, or causing serious injury to any cat. If you suspect cruelty or neglect, there are several sites where this can be reported and investigated. One is https://spca.org/resources/help-animals/animal-cruelty-laws/

In Texas, it is illegal to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly kill a cat, including stray and feral cats, under the state's Animal Anti-Cruelty Law (Texas Penal Code 42.09 and 42.092). This law prohibits acts such as torturing, cruelly killing, or causing serious injury to any cat without the owner's consent.

Additionally, Texas has recently passed legislation (HB 3660) protecting trap-neuter-release (TNR) programs, which allow for the humane management of feral cat populations by capturing, sterilizing, and then releasing them back into the wild.

Source: Conversation with Copilot, 9/19/2024
(1) Is it illegal to kill a feral cat in Texas? โ€“ Michael Broad - PoC. https://pictures-of-cats.org/is-it-illegal-to-kill-a-feral-cat-in-texas.html.
(2) Is It Illegal to Trap and Kill Cats in Texas? - 101.9 The Bull. https://thebullamarillo.com/trapping-and-killing-cats-texas/.
(3) Texas Penal Code 42.092 - Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals - Trey Porter Law. https://www.dwilawyerstexas.com/tx-penal-code-42-092-cruelty-to-nonlivestock-animals/.
(4) Trap-neuter-release programs for cats are now legally protected in Texas. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/trap-neuter-release-law-tnr-cats-texas/.
(5) Texas legalizes statewide trap-neuter-return programs for cats. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-legalizes-statewide-trap-neuter-return-programs-for-cats/.

Did you know?
14/06/2025

Did you know?

Feline Fact Friday ...

Did you know ... A litter of kittens can have multiple fathers โ‰๏ธ

This time of year is usually spent gathering kittens and securing the mama cat because it's more obvious to everyone that she and her kittens need help. ๐ŸšฉBut let's not forget those male cats.

*Female cats release several eggs per ovulation, and these eggs are released after she mates. All of the female catโ€™s eggs are released at the same time and survive for 24 hours. Therefore, if she mates with several males, each egg has the potential to be fertilized by any of their s***m (superfecundation).*

๐Ÿ’” These tomcats are simply doing what comes naturally - But the life of an unneutered tom is HARSH. While following their instincts to breed, their life is riddled with fights, disease, injuries, and danger.

Be kind to your male feline and have him fixed for a safer life!

Thank you .

UPDATE: A rescue group arranged to pick up the kittens but fairly late last last night they were taken and the informati...
14/06/2025

UPDATE: A rescue group arranged to pick up the kittens but fairly late last last night they were taken and the information we have leads us to believe that it was for inhumane purposes. If you see or hear anything that sounds like it might be this litter, please send us an email at tnrtexasnetwork.com or a direct message. Thank you.

TEMPLE kittens update. Here are photos of the kittens in Temple that were dumped in a box at an apt complex. Two are white, one is ginger/orange, and one is light grey. No idea on the s*x of them yet. I am posting these in case a rescue or foster or adopter is interested. Fosters or adopters will need to be checked and references are needed. Sadly, we know that many who want to take in kittens have inhumane intentions. We are working on (hopefully) getting them spayed/neutered and appreciate any assistance with that.

13/06/2025

TEMPLE area folks, I need your help again. ASAP!!!
UPDATE: Good News! I heard from the finder and now know A LOT more. "The kittens are about 5-6 weeks old and have been orphaned near a dumpster in my apartment complex. They are eating wet food and seem active and alert. Iโ€™ve been feeding them wet food, and I believe a few other residents are feeding them too." From what I initially knew, I assumed they were days old and still in a box and not receiving food. I have a location and phone # now. The location is near the Aritzia Scott Apartment in Temple, TX 76504. So it now sounds like trapping is what is needed. And possibly just a large carrier with yummy stinky food as she mentioned that the kittens are friendly and can be picked up. Do any of you know if and Friendlies is able to take in the kittens?

I received an email from someone who saw someone abandon 4 kittens in a box next to a dumpster 3 days ago. She states that the kittens are still in the box next to the dumpster. 76504 area. If anyone is able to go and pick them up, please message me with your phone number and I will try to connect you to her. Surprisingly, it sounds like they are still alive.

Your reaction is probably the same as mine, but let's hold back any negative comments for now.

๐Ÿ›‘ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐Ÿ›‘
12/06/2025

๐Ÿ›‘ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐Ÿ›‘

๐Ÿ›‘ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐Ÿ›‘

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ โ€” ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™„๐™Ž๐™‰โ€™๐™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จโ€ผ๏ธ

It shouldnโ€™t be normal to drive into a mobile home park or apartment complex and see cats scatter like roaches โ€” sick, starving, scared โ€”
while the people who live there just go about their day like nothingโ€™s wrong.

It shouldnโ€™t be normal to sit in your home while dozens of cats live under it โ€” breeding litter after litter, growing sicker and more feral with every generation.

๐Ÿ›‘๐…๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

๐Ÿ›‘๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐Ÿ›‘๐ˆ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.

This is not okay. This is not normal. And we need to stop pretending it is.

๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.
It is the ๐Ž๐๐‹๐˜ solution to stop the breeding and the suffering.

Yes, I know โ€” when you call animal control or the humane society,
you often hear, โ€œSorry, we canโ€™t help.โ€
But that doesnโ€™t mean help doesnโ€™t exist.
It just means you might have to do some work to find it.

๐ŸšฉWhat isnโ€™t ok is believing that you โ€œcareโ€ for the strays in your neighborhood but allow them to look like this.

๐ŸšฉWhat isnโ€™t okay is letting strangers sit in front of your house until 1 a.m. trapping cats โ€” the same cats you have been watching breed for years โ€” because you didnโ€™t want to be inconvenienced.

We have to stop normalizing suffering. We have to start caring enough to act.

โœจ Want to be part of the solution?
Learn how you can help โ€” whether itโ€™s trapping, fostering, or donating โ€”
Visit www.feralatheart.org

Weโ€™ve got TNR resources, support, and real ways to make a difference.

๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ญ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ.

12/06/2025

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