When we do a Trap Neuter Release [TNR] the cat gets a rabies vaccine. If that is handled through the shelter they do not get a tag because they know that cat’s going to be re-released and no one’s ever going to need to prove it was vaccinated. If anyone has any doubts they can just see that it’s got a clipped ear and know that it’s already been done.
But if it’s done through a veterinary office, you get the tag. But the tag doesn’t follow the cat. So I have a pile of rabies tags.
Keep thinking I need to get all the rabies tags that all the other TNR people have and do some kind of art project with them. Maybe get it put up at a local watering hole with a plea for people to donate to our local SPCA to help fund this work.
Future recipients of rabies tags:
These programs are in my opinion one of the cases of least evil. It does help the population not continue to grow and stops diseases and such.
The release part has no better answer, other then (almost always) putting them down. The impact those cats have on the environment ie birds, squirrels and practically everything else that moves and is small ish is horible and I wish that an answer for that could be done. I wish we had a better way
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