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Programs for Caregivers

Solving the overpopulation of feral and free-roaming cats and improving their lives depends upon the dedication and commitment of educated caregivers to provide compassionate care while implementing humane population control. Caring for a feral cat colony has tremendous benefits to caregivers, neighbors, and the cats. If a caregiver follows proper colony management procedures, what emerges, is a responsible, well-maintained colony, and cats that are “good neighbors”.

A feral cat caregiver provides food and shelter, monitors for newcomers to the colony, monitors the health of the cats or other problems, etc. The caregiver humanely traps the cats in a feral cat colony and gets them spay or neutered, vaccinated for rabies and distemper and ear tipped for identification. They then return the cats to their territory. The caregivers’ success requires support, services, training, networking and supplemental resources to provide quality long-term care.

Feral Cat FOCUS supports feral cat caregivers throughout Western New York. These are some of the ways that we help:

  • Project a strong unifying voice for feral cat caregivers and their colonies
  • Education and training on TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return)
  • Education and training on proper colony management
  • Humane trap loan program for TNVR
  • Cage loan program for sick feral cats that need further care or to hold feral cats for a couple extra days during winter months for recovery following spay/neuter surgery
  • Access to low-cost spay/neuter surgery in a safe and humane environment
  • Subsidized spay/neuter programs (when money is available)
  • Resources – food and supplies (when available)
  • Volunteers to handle special needs
  • Intervention on behalf of caregivers
  • Communication network and support resources for caregivers

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  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Our Partnerships
    • Programs for Caregivers
    • Programs for Municipalities
  • What is TNVR?
  • Volunteer
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Community Cat FAQ’s
  • Feral or Stray?
  • Spay/Neuter Program
    • General Information
    • Pre-Surgery Care
    • Post-Surgery Care
  • Colony Management
    • Caregiver Package
    • Caring for Your Colony
    • Winter Tips
    • Summer Tips
    • Shelters
    • Colony Registration Form
    • Monitoring Your Colony
    • FIV-FeLV
    • Socializing Feral Kittens
    • Feral Cat Set-Up: Long-Term Fosters
    • Feral Friendly Vets
    • Relocation
  • Humane Trapping
    • Before You Trap
    • Humane Trap Loan Program
    • Trapping Basics
    • Kittens & Moms
    • Tips for Hard to Catch Cats
    • Trappings Do’s and Don’ts
    • Winter Trapping Policy
  • Community Relations
    • Educate Your Neighbors
    • Preventative Measures
  • Adopt A Blue Collar Working Cat
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