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 ASPCA's Imagine Humane
Innovation Bank
www.aspca.org
Read all about Neighborhood Cats and our approach to implementing TNR
by trapping and neutering entire feral cat colonies at once. "Mass
trapping" is described in detail both in terms of how to practice the
method and its advantages. Look for future portraits of other unique
feral cat programs in the Imagine Humane Innovation Bank.
 Best
Friends Animal Society
www.bestfriends.org
Best Friends is the force behind the "No More Homeless Pets"
campaign, which seeks to eliminate the euthanasia of cats and dogs. While much of their effort is directed towards finding homes
for adoptables, Best Friends also strongly supports TNR as a part of the
overall solution. They have fostered a number of groups, including
Neighborhood Cats, and assisted them in becoming effective partners in
their campaign.
 Cat Welfare
Society of Israel
www.cats.org.il
A visit to the site of this amazing organization will leave you
marveling at how much committed, caring people can accomplish. The Cat
Welfare Society of Israel advocates on behalf of all the stray and feral
cats in the country, has begun construction on a state-of-the-art facility
complete with veterinary hospital, boarding, adoption space and more,
operates an ambulance service and even has made preparations for feeding
feral colonies in the event of warfare. Also check out their interesting
collection of articles and letters, which report on feral cat situations
around the world.
Drop Trap Design Bank
http://www.droptrapdesign.blogspot.com/
Learn how to build and use a "drop trap" - an invaluable tool for
the serious feral cat caretaker. It can be used to catch any and all
feral cats, or to focus on tough cases like the cat who won't enter a
regular box trap, a mom and her kittens, or that one cat you still need
to get fixed.
Feral Cat
Caretakers Coalition
www.feralcatcaretakers.org
The website of this Los Angeles-based group contains a nice
collection of practical tips and information on colony care and practicing
TNR (click on "Feral Cat Caretaking"). If you live in the L.A. area, check
out the Events page for the schedule of FCCC's comprehensive, six-week
training workshop.
Feral
Cat Coalition (San Diego)
www.feralcat.com
A leader in the organizing of mass spay/neutering clinics (where often
over 100 cats are treated one day each month), the Feral Cat Coalition
achieved a 50 percent reduction in the euthanasia of all cats over a five
year period in San Diego County. Their site contains a long list of
articles on various feral cat issues, including one on how to set up a
Feral Cat Coalition-type of mass spay/neuter clinic.
Feral Cats in the News - the Feral Cat Blog!
www.catsinthenews.blogspot.com/
An excellent source for daily updates on articles on feral cats in media
around the world. Articles archived since July 1, 2003.
 Feral
Cat Spay/Neuter Project
www.feralcatproject.org
Based in Seattle, Washington, the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter
Project has ten years of experience running high volume, low cost
spay/neuter clinics for feral cats and has been named as a Mentoring
Organization by PetSmart Charities. Click on "Clinic Model" on the home
page menu for detailed instructions on how to set up and run this kind
of clinic.
Petfinder.com
www.petfinder.com
The nation's largest Internet adoption site, Petfinder is an invaluable
resource for placing and finding adoptable animals. Interested in checking
out the beautiful felines available from Neighborhood Cats? Go to:
www.neighborhoodcats.petfinder.org
PETsMART Charities
Webinars
petsmartcharities.webex.com
Free online animal welfare seminars are offered live by PETsMART
Charities on topics ranging from fundraising, feral cats and TNR,
spay/neuter, effective management skills, humane education and much more.
Recorded sessions are also available for viewing (click on "Attend a
Session" then on "Recorded Sessions" for an alphabetical list.) Recorded
events include "Persuading Municipal Officials to Go with TNR" and
"Trap-Neuter-Return: Community and Colony Solutions for Feral Cats," both
presented by Bryan Kortis of Neighborhood Cats.
 San
Francisco SPCA
www.sfspca.org
This organization has led the way in making San Francisco a model for
how a city can humanely and effectively utilize TNR to control its feral
cat population. After six years of implementing TNR citywide, the SFSPCA
was able to demonstrate an over 70 percent reduction in the euthanasia
rate for all cats in San Francisco - feral and domestic. Their network is
so strong, they are able to return to their colonies over 90 percent of
the eartipped cats turned into the city shelter. They offer materials on
their programs, as well as a nine-part video series on feral
cat management.
Stray Pet Advocacy
http://www.straypetadvocacy.org
A comprehensive clearinghouse of research, data and articles on the most
pressing issues facing feral cat activists. "It is the goal of this web
site to consolidate sources of information that pertain to issues
affecting homeless, stray and feral companion animals and to provide the
research and advocacy materials you need to achieve the necessary
changes."
 The
Humane Society
of The United States
www.humanesociety.org/feralcats
HSUS has come out strongly in favor of TNR and has created an excellent
online resource center for people working with feral cats. For example,
check out the list of articles and studies, and the HSUS Position
Statement (and copy it out and hand it to your city councilmen!)
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