NYCFeralCat.org
How the New York City Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance is helping NYC’s community cats The NYCFCI’s mission is to raise awareness about the
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
How you can help Community Cats in your neighborhood
thousands of community cats living outdoors throughout NYC’s
Attend one of the TNR training/certification workshops
to call a block meeting to discuss ways
five boroughs and provide services to assist proactive New
taught twice monthly. These workshops are offered at no charge
neighbors can work together to TNR the
Yorkers to undertake a TNR project to humanely reduce the
in rotating locations in all five NYC boroughs. As a certified
cats on the block. All of the NYCFCI TNR
number of community cats and improve the plight of those
caretaker, you’ll have access to all the services offered by the
educational materials are available in
cats currently living outdoors. Where TNR has been completed,
NYCFCI, including free or low-cost spay/neuter, transport for
“printer-friendly” versions at
we offer solutions to aid caretakers in the successful, ongoing
cats to spay/neuter appointments, transport and loan of
NYCFeralCat.org/information.htm.
management of existing colonies.
equipment for a mass trapping project, and giveaways of food
In addition to the workshops and many services provided by the NYCFCI and outlined in this brochure, NYCFCI provides advice to the public and TNR caretakers by phone and email and we make available our educational information via our website, e-newsletter, blog, and printed materials.
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
®
for a TNR project in your neighborhood. A
individuals have taken these workshops. The Humane Society
garage, basement, or other similar space
of the United States (HSUS) offers an online certification course
provides the cats a place to recover from
for a $10 fee. For the workshop calendar and information, visit
their spay/neuter surgery while still in
NYCFeralCat.org/events.htm.
the traps before being returned to their familiar outdoor location.
Foster friendly cats and kittens while they await adoption
that they be used. However, hands-on participation is required to use the NYCFCI TNR program. Only in unique situations can
placement.
NYCFCI help with limited hands-on assistance with the actual
Learn how to tame feral kittens, bottle-feed orphaned kittens,
trapping and recovery care. Local volunteers must provide the
or advanced trapping techniques at one of our specialized
ongoing feeding and care for the cats after a TNR project is
training workshops.
completed. Though not a NYCFCI program, “TNR for hire” is
Advocate for community cats by becoming an outreach/
offered by some “certified” individuals when professional help
tabling volunteer for the NYCFCI.
has been desired with a feral spay/neuter project. The NYCFCI
Donate to the NYCFCI to help
can help you locate a certified individual for hire.
Visit our website at NYCFeralCat.org. Contact us by calling 212-330-0033. Or email us at info@nycferalcat.org
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative
Provide holding/recovery space
and straw bedding for winter shelters. To date, more than 4,200
NYCFCI enthusiastically offers these services and encourages
Learn more about the NYCFCI and how you can join the ranks of New Yorkers who are working to improve the lives of our city’s community cats.
NYCFeralCat.org
Start the TNR conversation in your neighborhood by requesting NYCFCI educational flyers
pay for veterinary care and other TNR expenses.
and door-hangers for your neighbors. These tools are a
Sponsor one of the registered
great way to convince both cat lovers and cat haters on the
feral cat colonies in your borough
block that TNR is the only effective solution. Also post the
with a monthly donation to
information where you see people feeding unneutered cats in
defray the cost of the daily food,
your neighborhood and encourage them to attend the next TNR
or volunteer one day a week to
training workshop with you. We offer a door-hanger invitation
feed a feral colony near you.
Working to Improve the Lives of NYC’s Feral and Stray Community Cats
NYCFeralCat.org
How the New York City Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance is helping NYC’s community cats The NYCFCI’s mission is to raise awareness about the
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
How you can help Community Cats in your neighborhood
thousands of community cats living outdoors throughout NYC’s
Attend one of the TNR training/certification workshops
to call a block meeting to discuss ways
five boroughs and provide services to assist proactive New
taught twice monthly. These workshops are offered at no charge
neighbors can work together to TNR the
Yorkers to undertake a TNR project to humanely reduce the
in rotating locations in all five NYC boroughs. As a certified
cats on the block. All of the NYCFCI TNR
number of community cats and improve the plight of those
caretaker, you’ll have access to all the services offered by the
educational materials are available in
cats currently living outdoors. Where TNR has been completed,
NYCFCI, including free or low-cost spay/neuter, transport for
“printer-friendly” versions at
we offer solutions to aid caretakers in the successful, ongoing
cats to spay/neuter appointments, transport and loan of
NYCFeralCat.org/information.htm.
management of existing colonies.
equipment for a mass trapping project, and giveaways of food
In addition to the workshops and many services provided by the NYCFCI and outlined in this brochure, NYCFCI provides advice to the public and TNR caretakers by phone and email and we make available our educational information via our website, e-newsletter, blog, and printed materials.
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
®
for a TNR project in your neighborhood. A
individuals have taken these workshops. The Humane Society
garage, basement, or other similar space
of the United States (HSUS) offers an online certification course
provides the cats a place to recover from
for a $10 fee. For the workshop calendar and information, visit
their spay/neuter surgery while still in
NYCFeralCat.org/events.htm.
the traps before being returned to their familiar outdoor location.
Foster friendly cats and kittens while they await adoption
that they be used. However, hands-on participation is required to use the NYCFCI TNR program. Only in unique situations can
placement.
NYCFCI help with limited hands-on assistance with the actual
Learn how to tame feral kittens, bottle-feed orphaned kittens,
trapping and recovery care. Local volunteers must provide the
or advanced trapping techniques at one of our specialized
ongoing feeding and care for the cats after a TNR project is
training workshops.
completed. Though not a NYCFCI program, “TNR for hire” is
Advocate for community cats by becoming an outreach/
offered by some “certified” individuals when professional help
tabling volunteer for the NYCFCI.
has been desired with a feral spay/neuter project. The NYCFCI
Donate to the NYCFCI to help
can help you locate a certified individual for hire.
Visit our website at NYCFeralCat.org. Contact us by calling 212-330-0033. Or email us at info@nycferalcat.org
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative
Provide holding/recovery space
and straw bedding for winter shelters. To date, more than 4,200
NYCFCI enthusiastically offers these services and encourages
Learn more about the NYCFCI and how you can join the ranks of New Yorkers who are working to improve the lives of our city’s community cats.
NYCFeralCat.org
Start the TNR conversation in your neighborhood by requesting NYCFCI educational flyers
pay for veterinary care and other TNR expenses.
and door-hangers for your neighbors. These tools are a
Sponsor one of the registered
great way to convince both cat lovers and cat haters on the
feral cat colonies in your borough
block that TNR is the only effective solution. Also post the
with a monthly donation to
information where you see people feeding unneutered cats in
defray the cost of the daily food,
your neighborhood and encourage them to attend the next TNR
or volunteer one day a week to
training workshop with you. We offer a door-hanger invitation
feed a feral colony near you.
Working to Improve the Lives of NYC’s Feral and Stray Community Cats
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
The Solution is the same:
Trap-Neuter-Return
Maybe you love cats. Maybe you hate cats.
and, when needed, medical care. Young kittens
former “house cats” that have become
place they call home – whether it’s your backyard or an industrial park. Two unneutered stray or feral cats can quickly reproduce at an alarming rate. A large “colony” of cats can quickly grow where only the first two cats originally made their home. From as early as six months old, each new female born into the expanding colony will give birth to two or more litters of kittens each year. Spaying just one female community cat can prevent the births of more than 57 kittens over the next two years.
to humans, but there are humane ways to discourage cats from entering a particular yard or area. That information can be found on our website – NYCFeralCat.org – with tips to manage a feral colony.
performed consistently in a neighborhood has the
majority of the free-roaming cats in NYC
and have learned to survive in whatever
The presence of community cats is not inherently of any health risk
and friendly cats may be taken in for adoption. TNR
lost or were abandoned. But the vast
contact, they are very wary of people
doing their part in their communities.
their caretakers provide them with food, shelter
York City. Some of the cats are strays –
and having lived with little or no human
crisis. During a TNR project, cats are trapped, spayed (females)
identification, and returned to their territory where
lots, and other outdoor spaces of New
lost or abandoned pet cats. Born outdoors
community is natural rodent control. These working cats are
and painlessly ear-tipped on the left ear for
live in the backyards, alleyways, vacant
humans. Feral cats are the offspring of
male cats) are dramatically reduced. An added benefit to the
and eventually reduce the stray and feral cat overpopulation or neutered (males), vaccinated against rabies, surgically
Tens of thousands of free-roaming cats
are wild, or “feral” – not socialized to
TNR is the only humane and proven-effective method to control
potential to reduce intake at the city’s shelters and, consequently, While the tame and friendly strays can often be successfully
to reduce euthanasia rates. TNR is effective and humane, unlike
adopted back into a home, for the thousands of their feral
traditional trap-and-kill or trap-and-remove. Both trap-and-kill
offspring, adoption, rescue, or relocation is well beyond any
and trap-and-remove result in the “vacuum effect”– when new,
realistic expectation. Even young feral kittens need to be carefully
unaltered and unvaccinated cats move into the emptied area and
tamed with much time and patience before they can be safely
breed with no caretaker to monitor the cats over the long term.
handled by a prospective adopter.
A TNR’d colony defends its food source, keeping unneutered and
Fortunately, there is a humane and effective solution to stem the population explosion of community cats: Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR).
unvaccinated cats out of its territory and preventing any new
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance
births in that “managed” colony.
(NYCFCI) is not a rescue group or shelter, and will not satisfy
A TNR “mass trapping” potentially involves neutering all of the cats during one trapping project. Mass trapping immediately stabilizes the colony and reduces tensions in the community because no new kittens are being born and the nuisance behaviors often associated with the mating of unneutered cats (fighting, yowling, and the smell from spraying of intact
requests to remove or relocate feral cats. Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) does not pick up healthy stray or feral cats. Taxpayers pay the price when large numbers of community cats and kittens are euthanized in city shelters; and the cats pay the price with their lives. TNR makes sense, saves tax dollars, is humane, and it works!
Feral Cats + Stray Cats
= Our Community Cats
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
The Solution is the same:
Trap-Neuter-Return
Maybe you love cats. Maybe you hate cats.
and, when needed, medical care. Young kittens
former “house cats” that have become
place they call home – whether it’s your backyard or an industrial park. Two unneutered stray or feral cats can quickly reproduce at an alarming rate. A large “colony” of cats can quickly grow where only the first two cats originally made their home. From as early as six months old, each new female born into the expanding colony will give birth to two or more litters of kittens each year. Spaying just one female community cat can prevent the births of more than 57 kittens over the next two years.
to humans, but there are humane ways to discourage cats from entering a particular yard or area. That information can be found on our website – NYCFeralCat.org – with tips to manage a feral colony.
performed consistently in a neighborhood has the
majority of the free-roaming cats in NYC
and have learned to survive in whatever
The presence of community cats is not inherently of any health risk
and friendly cats may be taken in for adoption. TNR
lost or were abandoned. But the vast
contact, they are very wary of people
doing their part in their communities.
their caretakers provide them with food, shelter
York City. Some of the cats are strays –
and having lived with little or no human
crisis. During a TNR project, cats are trapped, spayed (females)
identification, and returned to their territory where
lots, and other outdoor spaces of New
lost or abandoned pet cats. Born outdoors
community is natural rodent control. These working cats are
and painlessly ear-tipped on the left ear for
live in the backyards, alleyways, vacant
humans. Feral cats are the offspring of
male cats) are dramatically reduced. An added benefit to the
and eventually reduce the stray and feral cat overpopulation or neutered (males), vaccinated against rabies, surgically
Tens of thousands of free-roaming cats
are wild, or “feral” – not socialized to
TNR is the only humane and proven-effective method to control
potential to reduce intake at the city’s shelters and, consequently, While the tame and friendly strays can often be successfully
to reduce euthanasia rates. TNR is effective and humane, unlike
adopted back into a home, for the thousands of their feral
traditional trap-and-kill or trap-and-remove. Both trap-and-kill
offspring, adoption, rescue, or relocation is well beyond any
and trap-and-remove result in the “vacuum effect”– when new,
realistic expectation. Even young feral kittens need to be carefully
unaltered and unvaccinated cats move into the emptied area and
tamed with much time and patience before they can be safely
breed with no caretaker to monitor the cats over the long term.
handled by a prospective adopter.
A TNR’d colony defends its food source, keeping unneutered and
Fortunately, there is a humane and effective solution to stem the population explosion of community cats: Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR).
unvaccinated cats out of its territory and preventing any new
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance
births in that “managed” colony.
(NYCFCI) is not a rescue group or shelter, and will not satisfy
A TNR “mass trapping” potentially involves neutering all of the cats during one trapping project. Mass trapping immediately stabilizes the colony and reduces tensions in the community because no new kittens are being born and the nuisance behaviors often associated with the mating of unneutered cats (fighting, yowling, and the smell from spraying of intact
requests to remove or relocate feral cats. Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) does not pick up healthy stray or feral cats. Taxpayers pay the price when large numbers of community cats and kittens are euthanized in city shelters; and the cats pay the price with their lives. TNR makes sense, saves tax dollars, is humane, and it works!
Feral Cats + Stray Cats
= Our Community Cats
NYCFeralCat.org
How the New York City Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance is helping NYC’s community cats The NYCFCI’s mission is to raise awareness about the
NYCFeralCat.org
NYCFeralCat.org
How you can help Community Cats in your neighborhood
thousands of community cats living outdoors throughout NYC’s
Attend one of the TNR training/certification workshops
to call a block meeting to discuss ways
five boroughs and provide services to assist proactive New
taught twice monthly. These workshops are offered at no charge
neighbors can work together to TNR the
Yorkers to undertake a TNR project to humanely reduce the
in rotating locations in all five NYC boroughs. As a certified
cats on the block. All of the NYCFCI TNR
number of community cats and improve the plight of those
caretaker, you’ll have access to all the services offered by the
educational materials are available in
cats currently living outdoors. Where TNR has been completed,
NYCFCI, including free or low-cost spay/neuter, transport for
“printer-friendly” versions at
we offer solutions to aid caretakers in the successful, ongoing
cats to spay/neuter appointments, transport and loan of
NYCFeralCat.org/information.htm.
management of existing colonies.
equipment for a mass trapping project, and giveaways of food
In addition to the workshops and many services provided by the NYCFCI and outlined in this brochure, NYCFCI provides advice to the public and TNR caretakers by phone and email and we make available our educational information via our website, e-newsletter, blog, and printed materials.
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
®
for a TNR project in your neighborhood. A
individuals have taken these workshops. The Humane Society
garage, basement, or other similar space
of the United States (HSUS) offers an online certification course
provides the cats a place to recover from
for a $10 fee. For the workshop calendar and information, visit
their spay/neuter surgery while still in
NYCFeralCat.org/events.htm.
the traps before being returned to their familiar outdoor location.
Foster friendly cats and kittens while they await adoption
that they be used. However, hands-on participation is required to use the NYCFCI TNR program. Only in unique situations can
placement.
NYCFCI help with limited hands-on assistance with the actual
Learn how to tame feral kittens, bottle-feed orphaned kittens,
trapping and recovery care. Local volunteers must provide the
or advanced trapping techniques at one of our specialized
ongoing feeding and care for the cats after a TNR project is
training workshops.
completed. Though not a NYCFCI program, “TNR for hire” is
Advocate for community cats by becoming an outreach/
offered by some “certified” individuals when professional help
tabling volunteer for the NYCFCI.
has been desired with a feral spay/neuter project. The NYCFCI
Donate to the NYCFCI to help
can help you locate a certified individual for hire.
Visit our website at NYCFeralCat.org. Contact us by calling 212-330-0033. Or email us at info@nycferalcat.org
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative
Provide holding/recovery space
and straw bedding for winter shelters. To date, more than 4,200
NYCFCI enthusiastically offers these services and encourages
Learn more about the NYCFCI and how you can join the ranks of New Yorkers who are working to improve the lives of our city’s community cats.
NYCFeralCat.org
Start the TNR conversation in your neighborhood by requesting NYCFCI educational flyers
pay for veterinary care and other TNR expenses.
and door-hangers for your neighbors. These tools are a
Sponsor one of the registered
great way to convince both cat lovers and cat haters on the
feral cat colonies in your borough
block that TNR is the only effective solution. Also post the
with a monthly donation to
information where you see people feeding unneutered cats in
defray the cost of the daily food,
your neighborhood and encourage them to attend the next TNR
or volunteer one day a week to
training workshop with you. We offer a door-hanger invitation
feed a feral colony near you.
Working to Improve the Lives of NYC’s Feral and Stray Community Cats