When goals align: targeted trap-neuter-(vaccinate)-return project helps students, shelters, cats, and communities

Key Points

• The research aims to assess the effectiveness of a collaborative TNR model in managing free-roaming cat populations while enhancing surgical training.
• Implemented a community-engaged trap-neuter-return model
• Provided surgical training to students
• Engaged local shelters in the initiative
• Focus on resource-limited communities
• Increased surgical capacity for neutering cats
• Stabilized free-roaming cat populations
• Enhanced training opportunities for students and local shelters