San Jose Feral Freedom       Welcome to the San Jose Feral Freedom (FF) Resource Page.                                      Registered Volunteers log in HERE     We welcome your comments and suggestions!

We have started a program that has proven effective in other cities, known as ‘‘TNR’’ (Trap, Neuter, and Return).

Cats are:

1) Trapped and brought to the SJACS shelter.

2) They are sterilized, vaccinated, treated for parasites, ID microchipped and ‘‘ear tipped’’ (the ear is surgically re-shaped). Ear tipped cats should never be re-trapped.

3) After recovery, we return the cats to their neighborhoods.

Removing cats from their established territory only means that other cats will come in from outside the area to fill the void. It is why you have feral cats in your neighborhood even after years and years of removal efforts.

• It costs less tax dollars to sterilize than to kill feral cats.
• Population lowers automatically with no new kittens, and because feral cats live fewer years than inside cats..
• Vaccination of the TNR cats prevents disease.
• Annoying behaviors like howling, fighting and marking territory will stop or decrease dramatically.
• TNR is humane.

We hope that you will support this effort, and allow your neighborhood TNR cats to keep the issue under control.

Would you like to participate in this program?   Complete the registration form and return to one of the contacts below.    Volunteer Registration Form 

Contact: Scott@hpssims.com   elisa@hpssims.com  408 533 2354

March 9 was our kick-off meeting starting with a presentation from Denise U.  March 9 Presentation