Community Cat (feral) TNVR program
TNVR is considered the most humane and effective method known for managing community cats (feral) and stray cats and reducing their numbers. Thanks to several veterinarian(s), ARF is able to provide TNVR (trap/spay/neuter/vaccinate and return) services to property owners and renters who have community cats (feral and stray) on their property. Spaying/neutering and vaccinating unowned free roaming cats keeps the population of both the community/feral cat colonies and domesticated cats (pets) healthier. Free roaming unvaccinated cats often transmit diseases to pet cats with whom they come in contact.
The veterinarians willing to provide their services to ARF for TNVR clinics do so at reduced cost to ARF. ARF provides vaccines and volunteers to help with the TNVR clinic.
TNVR clinics are only available when a veterinarian is available to do surgeries. At most, TNVR clinics occur twice per month. Once per year a large TNVR clinic occurs at Tolo Veterinary Clinic. Arrangements must be made with ARF to schedule a cat or several cats for a TNVR clinic. Cats should never be trapped without a date scheduled for a spay/neuter surgery. Cats who have been previously trapped and released are often uncatchable at a later date. Free roaming cats who have been altered often have a tipped ear to indicate that they are not reproducing.
When a clinic is scheduled, ARF will provide live traps to the property owners or people willing to trap the cats and bring them to a TNVR clinic. Instructions on how to feed the cats to enable them to be trapped the day before the scheduled surgeries are provided. On the day of the surgery, cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, provided flea/tick and ear mite treatment if needed and their ears are tipped. Ear tipping is a common sign that the community cat has been neutered/spayed and vaccinated. When the cats have recovered from surgery, the cats are returned to the community members who trapped them to be returned to their original territory. In some cases, altered cats can be placed at barns or on property where the owner wants rodent control. ARF will only alter a cat at a TNVR if after surgery there is a caretaker willing to provide regular food, water and shelter on the property where the cat resides. ARF ear tips all cats who are altered through a TNVR clinic.
Questions about the TNVR clinics or to schedule cats to receive surgery at a TNVR clinic should be submitted through the contact form in this website or by emailing arf.grangeville@gmail.com
Community members who want to volunteer their time to assist in TNVR clinics are needed. If you want to help, please fill out the volunteer application and submit the application to ARF.
Donations are welcome and needed to keep this vital program available. Donations can be made through this website or by sending a check to PO Box 72 Grangeville ID 83530.
Property owners who want barn cats should contact ARF by email at arf.grangeville@gmail.com