Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the one-celled parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Although other animals can become infected with toxoplasmosis, the disease only reproduces in cats and is shed in their feces. However, preventing toxoplasmosis by rehoming kittens or cats or putting them outdoors is not a […]
The term “feral” should only be used to refer to a cat who is too scared of people (unsocialized) to be handled or adopted into a home.
Feral cats are typically born outdoors. They may be the offspring of feral cats; they may be the offspring of lost and abandoned pet […]
TNR had its beginnings in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 80s. Since that time, it has spread worldwide as a tool to manage feral cats.
Feral cats originate from other feral cats as well as lost or abandoned pet cats who haven’t been spayed and […]
Community cats may be feral cats living outdoors who are fearful of people or stray cats who are lost or abandoned pet cats and at one point weren’t fearful of people.
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), when done strategically and sustained over time for a colony, is an essential tool to decrease the numbers […]
