TNR Advocates’ Underhanded Tactics to get Free Roaming Cats Gonadectomized and Their Results
Trap Neuter Return (TNR) may be an improvement compared to killing free roaming cats, but that doesn’t mean TNR advocates are completely incorruptible.
Tactics Used
1) Cats are starved so as to lure them into baited traps
2) Incisions from the spay and castration surgeries can break, bleed, or become infected
3) Not all gonadectomized cat colonies are cared for properly
4) The ear tips are lopped off to tag them as gonadectomized
5) Some cats die from over-anesthetizations or the anesthesia for the gonadectomies alone
6) Some cats die from vaccine associated sarcomas (VAS), cancers caused by the mandatory vaccines the gonadectomized cats get
7) The gonadectomized cats get little or no post-operative care before being returned
8) The newly gonadectomized cats make easy prey for other animals (like coyotes) and can get hit by cars easily
Tactics Used
1) Cats are starved so as to lure them into baited traps
2) Incisions from the spay and castration surgeries can break, bleed, or become infected
3) Not all gonadectomized cat colonies are cared for properly
4) The ear tips are lopped off to tag them as gonadectomized
5) Some cats die from over-anesthetizations or the anesthesia for the gonadectomies alone
6) Some cats die from vaccine associated sarcomas (VAS), cancers caused by the mandatory vaccines the gonadectomized cats get
7) The gonadectomized cats get little or no post-operative care before being returned
8) The newly gonadectomized cats make easy prey for other animals (like coyotes) and can get hit by cars easily