Feral Cat Traps

Borrow Traps

Humane traps for use during Trap-Neuter-Return are available to borrow from the Worthy Pause! There is a $100 refundable deposit required for each borrowed trap.

Contact the shop for more information and to check trap availability.

What is TNR?

Trap-Neuter-Return, or "TNR," is the most humane and effective method known for managing feral and stray community cats and reducing their numbers. The cats are trapped and brought to a spay/neuter clinic. They're then spayed or neutered, vaccinated and eartipped. After they've recovered from their surgeries, the cats are returned back to their original territory where a caretaker provides regular food and shelter.

Community Cats

Community cats are unowned cats who live outdoors in virtually every landscape on every continent where people live. Like pet cats, they belong to the domestic cat species (Felis catus). Like humans, behaviors vary greatly among community cats. Some are more friendly than others. Cats who are unsocialized with humans are called feral cats. Feral cats will actively avoid humans but they are still part of our community. Community is where they live. Feral describes their behavior.

Community cats live full, healthy lives with their feline families (called colonies) in their outdoor homes. Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR for short, is the only humane, effective approach to control community cat populations.