AGENCY TESTIMONY
Community cats and Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programs
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Alexandra Silver addresses the issue of community cats in New York City and discusses efforts to manage their population through Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programs.
- Community cats are present in NYCHA developments across the five boroughs
- NYCHA awarded a contract to a cat rescue organization to provide TNR services
- Emphasis on the need for a multifaceted approach to address street cat overpopulation
- Importance of spaying/neutering owned cats and keeping them indoors
- Recognition of limited affordable spay/neuter resources and efforts to improve accessibility
Alexandra Silver
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Efforts to keep pets and people together can also help address New York City's overpopulation of outdoor cats without owners.
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That is as it is likely that some of those community cats would have remained inside if families had had access to resources to care for them.
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Among the places community cats call home, our New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA, developments across the 5 boroughs.
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At the end of last year, NYCHA awarded a contract to a leading New York City cat rescue organization to provide trap new to release, also known as trap new to return or TNR, services to help manage this population.
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This is an important step.
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As noted in our 2023 annual report, addressing street cat overpopulation requires a multifaceted approach, and it is essential that New Yorkers who have cats get them spayder neutered and not let them roam outside.
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We recognize that affordable spay neater resources in New York City for both owned and community cats are limited, and we continue to explore ways to improve accessibility.
