T-Town TNR Mission
To resolve the feline overpopulation crisis in the City of Tulsa, OK
through spay and neuter of Community Cats, utilizing humane trap-neuter-return (TNR) protocols.
through spay and neuter of Community Cats, utilizing humane trap-neuter-return (TNR) protocols.
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T-Town TNR's Elaine Spencer (R) and Melanie Gardner (L) were interviewed by Stacy LeBaron of the Community Cats Podcast and it was a lot of fun! Please check it out Tuesday 3/31/20 at CommunityCatsPodcast.com!
Community Cats Podcast provides education, information, and dialogue that creates a supportive environment, empowering people to help cats in their community. T-Town TNR invites you to follow and learn from Community Cats Podcast via iTunes and other platforms. They have a Facebook page, which you can find HERE, Twitter, which you can follow HERE, and their website CommunityCatsPodcast.com. |
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Spring Tips for Colony Caregivers
It's that time of year to start reducing the amount of food you are feeding. Cats are already eating less as the temperatures warm up. Too much food is wasteful and attracts wildlife, insects, and cats that do not belong to your colony. Consider using "food grade" diatomaceous earth at your feeding stations to deter ants. It can be found at any feed store. It can also be used to treat your yards and cat shelters to kill fleas in places where the cats hang out. It is harmless to pets and wildlife and quite inexpensive. |
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What To Do (or NOT to do) If You Find Kittens Consider using "food grade" diatomaceous earth at your feeding stations to deter ants. It can be found at any feed store. It can also be used to treat your yards and cat shelters to kill fleas in places where the cats hang out. It is harmless to pets and wildlife and quite inexpensive.
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- Do not leave food for the mother near where she has the kittens. That draws wildlife and other cats to the site which threaten the lives of the kittens. She has put them safely away from any food sources on purpose.
- If you are fairly certain that the kittens have been abandoned, put a border of flour around the kittens and leave the area (mom may be watching you watch for her) for a couple of hours and then come back and look for prints in the flour.
- Know that there are not enough resources in the City of Tulsa to bottle feed and care for all of the kittens that will be born to unowned cats. They stand a better chance with their mothers, then spayed and neutered later when they are also old enough to vaccinate.
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Saving the City of Tulsa's community cats, one colony at a time! 
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Please plan to attend the upcoming Tulsa Animal Welfare Commission meeting and support T-Town TNR and animal welfare for community cats of Tulsa. We need you and the cats need you. We are their voice and we must be heard meow! Date coming soon! City Hall 175 East 2nd Street Tulsa OK 74103 www.cityoftulsa.org - Visit/Like/Follow...  |
According to Tulsa Animal Welfare municipal shelter records, from 2016 through 2019, 14,285 felines came into the shelter. Most of these were kittens whose births could have been prevented by spay or neuter.
More than half of all cats coming into the shelter die or are euthanized to make space for more intake.
Currently, the shelter does not "pick up" or trap cats. Any cats/kittens coming into the shelter are brought in by citizens.
Most of these kittens are brought in by well-meaning people, thinking they are doing the right thing removing them from their outdoor homes to bring them to the shelter. But no shelter is big enough to house and care for this many cats, especially those needing neonatal and special care and with a never-ending intake! At one point this 2019 summer, our shelter was getting in as many as 100 kittens each week!
AGAIN, that’s 14,285 cats and kittens filling up our shelter, costing tax dollars... and most of them dying there, by natural causes or euthanasia...
Doesn’t slowing the birth rate make more sense?!? NOW is the time to commit to ending this cycle!
Happily, the more than 1,300 cats that went through our program in 2019 will not be reproducing ever again and can live without the stress and danger of reproduction and breeding behaviors. Your financial support has made this possible.
More than half of all cats coming into the shelter die or are euthanized to make space for more intake.
Currently, the shelter does not "pick up" or trap cats. Any cats/kittens coming into the shelter are brought in by citizens.
Most of these kittens are brought in by well-meaning people, thinking they are doing the right thing removing them from their outdoor homes to bring them to the shelter. But no shelter is big enough to house and care for this many cats, especially those needing neonatal and special care and with a never-ending intake! At one point this 2019 summer, our shelter was getting in as many as 100 kittens each week!
AGAIN, that’s 14,285 cats and kittens filling up our shelter, costing tax dollars... and most of them dying there, by natural causes or euthanasia...
Doesn’t slowing the birth rate make more sense?!? NOW is the time to commit to ending this cycle!
Happily, the more than 1,300 cats that went through our program in 2019 will not be reproducing ever again and can live without the stress and danger of reproduction and breeding behaviors. Your financial support has made this possible.
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Please give generously to T-Town TNR for Giving Tuesday or year end gifts.
Consider giving a recurring monthly or quarterly gift so that we can plan for funds to be available year round! We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization and every dollar goes toward making the lives of the cats and our neighborhoods healthier! WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO KEEP UP OUR MOMENTUM. T-Town TNR is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and is eligible for most corporate matching gifts. |
Watch this video to better understand how T-Town TNR impacts the community.
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T-Town TNR works year around to spay and neuter as many free-roaming or community cats as possible to avoid the kitten explosion that began this year in late February. This means trapping on cold, bitter days and nights to improve the lives and health of Tulsa's community cats. Our team is dedicated and we have colony caregivers enthusiastic about caring for their colonies.
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ALSO!, T-Town TNR, in collaboration with Tulsa SPCA will provide you with winter shelters (pictured below) for your community cats... Check it out and fill out the form to tell us what your kitties need!
The solution to cat overpopulation is so simple... Spay & Neuter... You can be a part of the change! Every time a cat is spayed or neutered and returned to its outdoor home, another litter of kittens and needless suffering is avoided. Cats live happily in colonies with other cats and do very well in the Tulsa environment. Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) effectively reduces and stabilizes feral cat populations and makes our neighborhoods and community cats healthier and safer! Some people are under the mistaken impression that there is a choice between having cats in their neighborhoods and not having them there. Catching and killing cats has failed for decades. It does not decrease feral cat populations. You can help make a difference in our community and in the quality of life for our Tulsa community cats with Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return that is proven to;
TNR CAN STOP THIS! Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the humane and effective approach for stray and feral cats. Now in practice for decades in the US after being proven in Europe, scientific studies show that Trap-Neuter-Return improves the lives of feral cats, improves their relationships with the people who live near them and decreases the size of the colony over time. |
Your donations make a difference in our community and in the quality of life
for Tulsa community cats.
for Tulsa community cats.
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T-Town TNR spay/neuter Numbers per year Thank you to our awesome community, volunteers, veterinarians, donors and clinics who make it possible for us to make this happen! The 'Spay/Neuter expense' is an estimate based on an average $63 per cat that we pay our clinics. It does not include any of the expenses incurred above and beyond that for other needs (illness, injury, etc.). |
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