Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)

Trap-neuter-return (TNR) is a program in which outdoor (feral) cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and returned to the location where they were found. Colony caretakers provide food, water and shelter as necessary.​ TNR is the most humane and effective method for stabilizing and eventually reducing outdoor cat populations. Left unsterilized, the feral cats and their offspring would continue to reproduce, potentially introducing thousands of unwanted cats into the community.

If you have a cat colony in your neighborhood, please call our office at 360-275-9310 or email us at info@hsmcwa.org.  One of our volunteers will be happy to assist you with traps, and/or onsite support to humanely trap and transport the cats to area surgery centers, including Northwest Spay and Neuter in Tacoma. 

For more information on Trap-Neuter-Return, including step by step trapping guides, please visit alleycat.org

Other TNR resources in our area include (and please call them directly for information):​

• Northwest Spay and Neuter, Tacoma:  253-627-7729
• Kitsap Humane Society, Silverdale: 360-692-6977

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