Operation CatThrough a vast network of volunteers Operation Cat humanely reduces the growing number and needless suffering of homeless, feral and stray cats by using an effective trap/neuter/return strategy (TNR). Volunteer caretakers provide food, water and shelter for over 800 cat colonies, ranging in size from two to thirty cats. They trap the cats, bring them to the Adoption Center or a local veterinarian where they are altered and vaccinated, and then release them back to their colony. One of the cat's ears is notched to identify it as an altered cat so it is not mistakenly trapped again. Since the program's inception in 1997, over 12,000 feral cats from Westhampton Beach to Montauk have been altered.
OPERATION CAT RESOURCESOperation Cat Application for Spay/Neuter Instructions: How to Trap and Transport Feral Cats Humanely ARF is a member of the Long Island Cat Project (LICP), a network of feral cat rescuers, care givers and individual citizens dedicated to resolving the feral cat problem on Long Island humanely through TNR. ARF is an official LICP hub and serves as the feral cat resource for the East End of Long Island. ARF also works with the Humane Society of the United States on humanely reducing the feral cat population on a national level. We need volunteers!If you have any questions or would like to volunteer for Operation Cat, please contact Dan Maeder at dan@arfhamptons.org. |
