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TNR is a young and growing
movement in New York City. The new groups who are forming, and the older
groups who are entering the field, are vital to our future success in
bringing the feral cat overpopulation crisis to an end. Neighborhood Cats
encourages you to contact the local groups listed below and support them
in any way you can, whether financially, by volunteering your time or by
adopting friendly cats and kittens rescued by them.
(
For a complete listing of all TNR services and programs now available in
NYC, go to www.nycferalcat.org ).
Kitty
Caretakers of Queens, Ltd.
(Queens: Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, Astoria)
Contact: Patty Kline (718) 779-8402
Linda Bryant (718) 205-1792
www.kittycaretakers.com
Kitty Caretakers is a TNR
(Trap, Neuter & Return) group located in Woodside, Queens. They are
ASPCA Partners In Caring, as well as a member of Petfinder.com. Their
organization covers Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, Astoria and
other surrounding areas. They are dedicated to improving the quality of
life of strays and ferals with TNR, organized colonies, caretakers and
shelters. Volunteers and donations most welcome.
CSM
Stray Foundation (USA) Inc.
(Kew Gardens, Queens)
Contact: Carole S. Milker, President
P.O. Box 150128
Kew Gardens, New York 11415-0128
csmstray@aol.com
CSM Stray Foundation is a
nonprofit feral cat protection group and is known for promoting, aiding,
assisting, fostering and providing for the care of stray, abandoned
and/or feral cats. They engage in the following activities: trapping and
capturing stray cats, providing or arranging for the provision of
temporary shelter and food, and arranging for the provision of veterinary
medical services such as spaying, neutering, vaccinating, and other
medical treatments by licensed third parties to stray cats, and
attempting to find permanent homes for stray cats.
They work in the Kew Gardens
area of Queens. In addition, they train members of the community to use
traps and to spay and neuter. Send all donations to the above address.
Your support is needed so they can continue, each morning, to take care
of their many colonies.
Le
Cats on the Water
(Whitestone, Queens)
Contact: Gloria Green (718-746-3146; alglo2@aol.com)
Michele De Maio (718-767-8769; MACcuccia@prodigy.net)
Carol McLoughlin (718-357-8155)
This group, trained in the
techniques of TNR, are caretakers of a charming feral "giggle of
cats" in their community. While they do not foster cats outside of
their colony, they will assist in helping find homes for other felines.
City
Critters, Inc.
(downtown and midtown Manhattan)
PO Box 1345, Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013
(212) 252-3183 (voicemail)
www.citycritters.org
City Critters does not
specialize in TNR, but many of their volunteers have participated in TNR
projects and work with local caretakers and rescuers to help resolve
problems involving cat colonies in downtown and midtown Manhattan. Many
of the cats they have for adoption are friendly adults or kittens who
have been socialized in connection with TNR projects.
Slope Street Cats
(Brooklyn: Park Slope)
contact:
slopestreetcats@yahoo.com
(917)207-5282
www.slopestreetcats.com
Slope Street Cats is a non-profit organization networking people who do
TNR and/or manage feral cat colonies in the Brooklyn area to share
resources and schedule TNR days. Hands-on assistance and trap loans are
available to anyone who has taken the Neighborhood Cats workshop. SSC
does limited fundraising for veterinary bills and occasionally
distributes donated food to feral cat colony caretakers. A secondary
purpose of SSC is to do neighborhood outreach regarding spay/neuter of
pets and education about TNR.
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