The relationship between community cat colony caretakers and commercial residential complexes (in particular, apartments, condos and trailer parks) can be difficult if not managed properly. The managers of community residences are in a tough situation – they get heat from people who don’t like having cats around, but they also know that upsetting colony caretakers can create angry residents and bad press for themselves. One of the most important things to keep in mind is ...

As more and more people are finding, new and increasingly inexpensive technologies like Wi-Fi doorbells and digital trail cameras can be very useful tools trapping cats and managing colonies ...

In 2020 HSHV conducted a phone survey of past clients that were involved with our TNR program. This was done to give a sense of how well HSHV’s TNR program is doing, as well as to help benchmark the effectiveness of TNR overall.   TNR Survey HSHV conducted a phone survey to help determine the effectiveness of our TNR program for clients who leveraged our program between 2014 and 2017. Questions were designed to help us ...

This month we want to highlight this year's Compassionate Feast’s guest speaker, TrapKing Sterling Davis! Sterling Davis embodies the new momentum and energy within the TNR community. Located in Atlanta, Davis founded TrapKing Humane in 2015 as a mobile unit to help community cats. In addition to creating multiple connections within the community to come together to help community cats, he has also brought awareness about TNR to many people through his outspokenness and his ...

It's kitten season! From spring to fall, cats are much more likely to give birth, so you may see kittens outside. Ask yourself: How old are the kittens (see the graphic here for help guessing their age!) Are they in a sheltered area? Do they look healthy?  Is the mom around? If the kittens are less than 5 weeks old, it's usually in their best interest to leave them with mom! The survival rate is ...