A trap set and waiting for a feral cat. Photo: Sonia Zjawinski
So how are we not all overrun by cats? Through a program called Trap-Neuter-Return, in which volunteers (like you) trap a feral cat, get them spayed or neutered at a vet that participates in the program, and release them back to their original location.
Why release back?
You may think that taking the cat to a shelter is your best option, but it's not. All feral cats brought to city shelters are euthanized because they are unsocial and fearful of people and thus unadoptable (this is what separates them from strays, which have lived with humans before and could live with them again). So if you trap the cats, get them spayed or neutered, and then return them to their original location.
The Human Society of the United States (HSUS) made a great video that shows first-hand why their organization, along with the ASPCA, agrees that TNR is the best, and most humane, option for dealing with feral cats.
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