This gorgeous Maine Coon kitten's name is Antares. I trapped him last Tuesday from a feral colony nearby to my home. We intended to TNR (trap-neuter-return) him, and he's been neutered and eartipped - we snip off the tip of their left ear to identify "fixed" feral cats - don't worry, it's done under anesthesia and is totally painless. Anyhow, he turned out to be "not really feral" - was very friendly, even though he's well past the optimal age for taming. So, we've got him in a cage, he's "taming up" nicely, and we'll put him in our rescue group's adoption program soon.

One of the 8 adoptable kittens I've trapped in the last week. Rock ON - that's a lot of future kittens prevented!

The ones who are really wild and can't be tamed and adopted, we just spay/neuter them, vaccinate them, and return them to the colony. Best way to manage feral cats!

The missing left eartip is a nationally (U.S.) recognized identifier for spayed/neutered feral cats, so if you see cats in your neighborhood with a clipped ear, you know they're vaccinated and fixed, and that someone in your area is with our cause - please help them!

Removing and killing feral cats does NOTHING to control population. All it does is free up territory for MORE cats to move in. TNR establishes stable, non-breeding colonies. They just hang around and help rid your neighborhood of rats and mice. Support TNR!