Monthly Archives April 2017

11,000 cats are counting, not multiplying

This spring marks HSHV’s 10th anniversary of doing Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR)!  Ten years ago, HSHV was at the forefront of a new movement to reduce population and end needless death of outdoor living cats: becoming the first animal shelter in Michigan to institute our own TNR program. Today, we are very proud to have sterilized over 11,000 cats through TNR. When I started here, we were euthanizing about half of our animals, many perfectly healthy animals like feral/outdoor living cats. It was tragic, needless death, and it was horrible for our staff and toxic to the organization. Euthanasia is supposed to be
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