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Loading...Overjoyed Feral Kittens Reunite After Release from Trap (Video)
By Sherman Mohler
As part of the feral trap-neuter-release (TNR) rescue program, we trapped this black kitty and had him fixed. In this video, we are releasing him back to his siblings, who are overjoyed to see him. The kitty will live out his life in the gulch near our house (you can see the shelter we built) without having more kittens and making the problem worse. He has had one ear slightly clipped so that animal control knows a loving family is taking care of this feral animal.
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Trap-neuter-release programs make a monumental impact in the welfare of feral cats and have prevented the suffering of millions upon millions of kittens. Click here to see a delightful slideshow of the Harmony Fund’s feral cat rescue work.
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+ add your ownTNR is a good way to limit the population, but many people don't know that feral cats can actually be taken in and kept as pets. It requires a thing called "socialization" and anyone with a little patience and compassion (and a little money, not as much as you'd think) can do it.
I can take a completely feral adult cat and socialize it to the point that it will either be an indoor-only cat or at the very least, indoor-outdoor. The idea is to trap the cat, bring it inside and then force the cat to realize that being touched and interacting with humans inside is not a bad thing, in other words, de-sensitizing the cat to what it's afraid of. It works to varying degrees with different cats but is more effective than you would think. Along the way you have the cat spayed/neutered but you simply don't release it again, either keeping the cat or adopting it out.
If anyone would like to ask any questions feel free to message me on here or Facebook under my name (Colin Wright) or email me at squeezeplay69@gmail.com.
You can also google "socializing feral cats" although most sites claim the only kittens can be socialized. I'm here to tell you that's not true, and I have several former adult-feral cats in my home that can prove it.
TNR is a great program. Wish it was done everywhere there are stray and feral cats. These are cute kitties, thanks for the story and video.
Cute kitties.
Hey Sheri, that's way better than people NOT doing anything :)
My local Food Lion did pretty much the opposite. THey had a bunch of kittens on the property and instead of helping them out, they spent money for someone to cut ALL the vegetation the store so that the cats had nowhere to go and thus forcing them away the property :(
Awww...too bad they don't have a loving forever home but at least they've been spayed/neutered and they have each other...
thanks for sharing :)
I am all for trapping, neutering and releasing back to where they came from. I'm also a fan of adopting from rescues and shelters.
I am so sorry each time I see homeless animals...
If blue prints were drawn up and sold for say $1 + postage, it might be a good way to raise some money for feed or to donate. I'd like the blueprints for the house on stilts with the exit door and top that lifts up.
Chloe was not feral. She must have known humans at one time, maybe as a kitten. Certainly abandoned, maybe before she was mature, because she was found with kittens. The kittens were easily adopted, but I didn't care, I adopted an adult.
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