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Trap-Neuter-Return:
Saturday, September 6 To register: send your name and phone number to headcat@neighborhoodcats.org or call 212-662-5761. There is no fee for the Sept. 6 class.
Saturday, September
27, noon to 3 pm (hosted by PLUTO Rescue)
Saturday, October 4, 1 to 4
pm (instructed by SaveKitty Foundation) Directions: N or W train to last stop, Ditmars Blvd. Walk in direction away from elevated subway. Walk 1/2 block past the first intersection (31st Street and Ditmars Blvd.) Library is on the right. Metered parking available.
Sat, November 1, 1 to 4 pm
Come learn how to care for
the feral and stray cats in your community and make use of the many
resources now available to assist you. All steps in setting up a managed
colony will be covered, including establishing good community relations,
feeding, building and placing shelters, arranging vet care, finding
recovery space, safely handling feral cats, and trapping (with an
emphasis on conducting a mass trapping of an entire feral colony at
once). To register for one of
the ASPCA workshops:
Registration can take place by mail or online. By mail, please send the above information and your course fee (with check or money order payable to "Neighborhood Cats") to:
Online, please email your information to: headcat@neighborhoodcats.org and make a $15 donation per attendee on the Donate page of this website. Online Course - Caretaker Training
Online Course for Feral Cat
Caretakers Authored by Bryan Kortis, Neighborhood Cats' Executive Director, this eight lesson, 12 to 16 hour course covers all aspects of feral cat colony management in detail. Learn how to win your community over to TNR, provide good nutrition and adequate winter shelter, trap entire colonies at once, get those "hard-to-catch" cats, safely care for ferals confined in traps, prepare for spay/neuter surgery, and much more, including why TNR works where other methods fail. By course's end, you'll be fully prepared to fix and care for your neighborhood cats! Course fee: $50.
Communities and
Colonies: Implementing a Trap-Neuter-Return program for feral cats in
your community
Neighborhood Cats executive director Bryan
Kortis will be presenting on different aspects of setting up and running
a community-wide TNR program, including an examination of policy issues
surrounding TNR, strategies for persuading municipal officials to offer
their support, organizing a grassroots TNR movement, and administering a
large scale TNR program.
Effective Community Feral Cat Programs
Bryan Kortis of Neighborhood Cats will present
a half-day workshop on many of the larger issues facing large-scale
Trap-Neuter-Return programs, including basic strategies for spay/neuter
allocation, trapping, collaboration and more, understanding the law and
how it impacts a TNR program, and working with wildlife advocates and
organizations to achieve the mutual goal of reducing the number of feral
cats in the environment. For the first time at a national public health conference, the issue of feral cats and Trap-Neuter-Return will be presented in detail. The panel will include, among others, Bryan Kortis of Neighborhood Cats, Dr. Gordon Stull, DVM, of Neighborhood Cats and the Burlington County Feral Cat Initiative, Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, University of Florida, and Eric Stiles, Vice President of Conservation, New Jersey Audubon Society.
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