How does Operation Catnip address the problem of overpopulation?
Because feral cats are wild and unadoptable, they are usually ignored by pet rescue groups or euthanized at animal control facilities. Even friendly strays are often euthanized because the number of homeless cats far exceeds the number of available homes. Over the past few years, though, an alternative approach to the control of feral cats called trap-neuter-return (TNR) has proven both effective and humane. In these TNR programs, large numbers of cats are caught, sterilized and returned to their colonies. Through this method, the number of cats living in the wild is reduced without taking their lives.
