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Trap Neuter and Return Class

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For $24.95 learn Trap, Neuter and Return from Bryan Kortis at Suite University. What is Trap, Neuter and Return? It is a humane program that controls the feral cat population. What are feral cats?

Feral cats are domesticated cats that are forced to turn to their wild state because their owners have abandoned them or they have been lost. This type of cat is put in a position to take care of themselves. Feral cats form tight knit social groups or colonies in area with some human interaction. You can see feral cats running at shopping centers, such as Walmart, abandoned buildings, vacant lots and remote parts of parks. They attain their food from someone how takes pity on them by scrounging in dumpters. Problems of feral cats include noise from mating cats, odors, traffic accidents, by wandering in high traffic areas, and the reduction of wildlife population.

Bryan Kortis, the course author, serves as an executive director of the association called Neighborhood cats a New York City based non-profit organization. The work of Neighborhood Cats has been featured in local and national media. Because of the outstanding work that this organization has done, Neighborhood Cats was named the Feral Cat Organization of 2002. They also hold workshops on feral cat care and help others on feral cat issues. Bryan and Co-director Ruth Sharp, in 1999, learned the fundamentals of TNR in the fall of 1999 by working with a colony of 13 cats. Their work influenced how feral cat colonies were handled in New York.

This course will supply you with all the knowledge that you will need to implement a successful TNR large or small. Trapping the feral cat is an important part of the lessons supplied to a student of this class. You will learn how to trap one cat at as time as well as twenty or thirty at a time. Bryan discusses care of cats, spaying, neutering, whether they should be tested for Feline Leukemia and what you should do if it tests positive. Also the issue of which type of feral cat is adoptable will be discussed as well as socializing techniques for them. This couse also teaches how to relocate feral cats or find a good home for the tamed feral cats. The final goal is zero growth in the colony as the size of the colony maintains a acceptable level when new litters are reduced or elinminated.