Local advocates in Bedford, Texas are scheduled to present a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) proposal at Bedford’s City Council meeting tomorrow, January 28. The program is designed to significantly decrease the number of cats killed at the Bedford Animal Shelter by endorsing and encouraging TNR for stray and feral catscommonly referred to as community cats.
After obtaining shelter records, Alley Cat Allies discovered that cats identified as “feral” or “temperamental” constitute the majority of cats being killed at the Bedford Animal Shelter.
“Our goal is for Bedford to join the growing number of cities in the DFW metroplex, state of Texas and our country that have adopted TNR as the effective and humane way to care for feral cats,” says Connie Ziegler Stout, a Bedford resident who will present to the City Council. “I and others in the Bedford community want humane programs and to stop the waste of tax dollars spent needlessly killing healthy cats. We want non-lethal solutions.”