Practicing and Promoting Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) in DuPage County, Illinois
15,000!
04/11/24 – DCAS – 17 ferals, 1 friendly, 2 ferals already spayed, 1 male already neutered, resulting in 4 males, 11 females – some small eartips at previous surgeries!
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| Poppi came in completely covered in mats. He was so happy to be shaved when he was neutered 4/11! He is now in foster! |
4/23/24 – ADOPT – 9 ferals, 1 friendly, 4 males, 6 females. ADOPT kept one female for adoption!
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| TNR room has cats that came back from 4/23 and cats that are waiting for their s/n on 4/25. |
4/25/24 – DCAS – 25 ferals, 14 males, 11 females, one male already neutered, had been relocated by another organization that unfortunately did not eartip.
#15,000 was in this trip! Revenue is an orange tabby/white and comes from a location that we tnr’d 3 cats in 2013 and just a few doors away, between 2015 and now, another 42 cats and kittens. Unless we get that last cat, so many locations can be ongoing. This one is close to parks and dense neighborhoods but we will not give up!
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| Many thanks to DCAS and Dr. Turner for helping us to achieve our 15,000 s/n surgery! | ||
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Total: 61 cats for April, 150 for 2024 and 15,030 to date!
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| These 7 week old kittens came in and ADOPT was kind enough to accept them for adoption! | ||
May Takes Off!
5/2/24 – DCAS – 24 ferals, 1 friendly, 11 female, 14 male. One of the feral males was over 9 years old and due to severe dental disease, a head tilt of unknown cause and a corneal ulcer which could have resulted eye removal, he was euthanized. The caretaker was very grateful that we were able to help him. Two of the females had pyometra – spaying saved their lives!
5/7/24 – GEAH – 1 friendly female – Patty Cake is fully recovered from her PRAA surgery – Persistent Right Aortic Arch – in which an artery that normally disappears as the kitten ages, may sometimes encircle the esophagus must be surgically removed to resolve. - as rescues are able to care for more and more kittens, this condition seems to be found more often. Patty Cake is our second kitten with PRAA.
5/7/24 – DCAS – 3 friendlies, one female, 2 males. This friendly family was found on the street – too many friendlies are showing up these days!
5/9/24 – DCAS – 7 ferals, 4 female, 3 male.
5/10/24 ADOPT – 6 ferals, 2 female, 4 male. One male was chipped but never neutered – the owners could not afford to neuter both him and his sister so they spayed the female, he got out a year ago. Another feral had a right ear tip turns out, neutered in 2013, amazingly, despite being over 11 years old, he is in remarkably good shape!
Total: 41 cats for May, 191 for 2024 and 15,071 to date.
We are doing our best to TNR as many cats as possible so that we don’t have to work so hard in the future!
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| Cat trapped 4/29/24 - Monday morning for 5/2/24 trip! The cats are moving around this Spring! |
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| At times we are just too busy in the AM to take pictures before the cats go out the door. Here they are getting fed after surgery. Crates have kittens that are awaiting their next step to Cats in Transition for more interaction and then off to foster and adoption! |
As Many as Possible As Soon As Possible