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| How You Can Help |
| Home About Us How to Help Adopt a Cat Feral Cats |
| Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR) |
| We identify feral cat colonies and have
volunteers trap these cats. Then we have them spayed or neutered.
If the cat is purely feral (wild, not domesticated), we return
the cat to the colony and provide daily food and shelter. For
abandoned cats, we place them into loving homes. Studies show that
TNR is the most inexpensive and effective way to reduce feral cat
populations. Contrary to what some may think, it's even cheaper and more effective long-term solution than euthanization of colonies. One of our goals is to gain increasing support from local officials and to reverse such policies which we believe to be inhumane, more expensive, and less effective. |
| Fostering |
| Several of our volunteers regularly take in
strays and newborn kittens found outside, and care for them until
suitable owners are found. If feral, they are trapped, and kept in
a foster home until they can be fixed, at which time they are
released to live out the course of their lives, unable to
reproduce and propagate the problem, of course. |
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| Foster Parents Needed! |
| Many of the feral cats we trap have or give
birth to kittens. Many of these kitten, if separated from mom at
the right age, grow up tame. But to do this, we need Foster Homes
- Please call and let us know if you are interested in helping. We
need loving homes that can care for these cats temporarily until
we have an adoptive home. Can you help? Call (508) 460-2022 and leave a message; someone will return your call. |
| Resources and Links |
| Petfinder A national site where you can find the pet
of your dreams. This links to our Petfinder home page and lists
our cats available for adoption. You can also search nationally
for your pet. |
| Second Chance Fund for Animal Welfare, Inc.
Graciously offers their vast experience, and provides us with
much needed direction, focus, and encouragement. |
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Metrowest Animal Awareness Society Metrowest Animal Awareness Society is a Massachusetts 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Organization |