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Feral cat populations can do masses of damage to the local wildlife.

Upon determination that the cat is healthy and capable of living independently or in a managed colony, the cat shall be returned and released to the original point of pick-up unless the original point of pick-up is deemed unsafe, then the cat will be released to a safe and suitable nearby location.Encouraging stray cats like this is not a good thing. The Return-to-Field program, healthy, unowned cats that are brought into our shelter are sterilized, ear-tipped, vaccinated, and put back where they were found. Healthy, adult feral cats are returned to their territory. Kittens and socialized cats are placed into adoption programs. Cats are humanely trapped and taken to a veterinarian, where they are spayed or neutered (sterilized), vaccinated and ear notched. ​Trap-Neuter-Return is an effective and humane way to stabilize community cat populations. Each litter can have as many as 3 to 5 kittens, so the number of cats can quickly add up! From as early as six months old, each new female born into the expanding colony can give birth to two or more litters of kittens each year. Two unneutered/unsterilized stray or feral cats can reproduce at an alarming rate. The kittens of feral cats may be able to be handled and socialized if efforts begin when they are less than eight weeks of age.įree-roaming cat populations, sometimes referred to as “ community cats,” generally consist of a mixture of truly feral cats, semi-socialized cats and lost and abandoned pets.Ĭommunity/feral cats multiply rapidly. Adult feral cats typically cannot be handled and are not suitable for adoption into homes.

What is a Feral Cat or Community Cat! Feral cats are members of the domestic cat species just like pet cats however, they were never socialized by humans or they have lived outdoors for so long that they have reverted to a wild state.

The informatio​n below explains these programs as well as easy solutions to common cat problems.​ Such programs include Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR), as well as Return to Field (RTF)-both nationally recognized cat management programs. Broward County Animal Care is committed to the establishment of responsible cat management programs in Broward County that will effectively reduce the cat population throughout our community.