NYC Press Release: Homeless Cats on Rikers Island Reduced by Half
ASPCA, Animal Welfare Groups Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary of Landmark TNR Project
NEW YORK, March 28, 2007— The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), in collaboration with other animal welfare groups, is celebrating the five-year anniversary of a landmark trap-neuter-return (TNR) project that reduced by more than half the number of stray, free-roaming feral cats on Rikers Island, the largest jail facility in the United States located just north of Queens in the Bronx.
In March 2002, in an effort to humanely manage an exploding population of stray and feral cats, animal welfare groups including the ASPCA, NYC’s Animal Care and Control, Humane Society of New York and Neighborhood Cats, Inc., joined forces with the NYC Department of Corrections and Department of Health to spay and neuter more than 300 feral cats and develop a long-term plan for their care.
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NEW YORK, March 28, 2007— The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), in collaboration with other animal welfare groups, is celebrating the five-year anniversary of a landmark trap-neuter-return (TNR) project that reduced by more than half the number of stray, free-roaming feral cats on Rikers Island, the largest jail facility in the United States located just north of Queens in the Bronx.
In March 2002, in an effort to humanely manage an exploding population of stray and feral cats, animal welfare groups including the ASPCA, NYC’s Animal Care and Control, Humane Society of New York and Neighborhood Cats, Inc., joined forces with the NYC Department of Corrections and Department of Health to spay and neuter more than 300 feral cats and develop a long-term plan for their care.
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Labels: ASPCA, Feral Cats, NYC, TNR
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4 Comments:
I’m sorry to hear that so many people have lost a pet.
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I want to be an an animal cop so bad! I think its great what you guys do!
I WISH THERE WAS MORE I CAN DO TO HELP.I LOVE ANIMALS ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL.I HAVE TWO BOYS WHO I LOVE VERY MUCH BANDIT WHO IS 8YRS.OLD AND RAMBO WHO IS 1YRS.OLD.AND THERES MAGGY SHES MY GIRL THEY ARE MY WORLD WITH OUT THEM I WOULD BE LOST.THEY GET MORE ATTENTION THEN MY HUSBAND DOES.HES NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT,BUT OH WELL.THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE WHEN I NEED THEM.THEY LOVE ME AND I LOVE THEM.
I was a "bad girl" earlier in life therefor I will NEVER be able to have a job in any type of law enforcement.
That bites because I would be the most kick ass animal cop EVER!
I already am in my city..
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