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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for those who live in areas where the publicly-funded shelter doesn’t take in strays.  Who is spaying and neutering these animals?  [/quote]The county. It’s called TNR (trap, neuter, return).

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/animalshelter/tnr [/quote]

Your link says they don’t.  It’s supposedly volunteers. NOT the county.  They don’t bring them to the shelter, they need to find a vet that will do the surgery.  That’s just crazy that the county doesn’t do their part. [/quote]

You didn't read it correctly.  FCAS doesn't take in healthy community cats to adopt out.  It absolutely provides TNR services on a regular (weekly) basis.  The cats are brought to the shelter, spayed/neutered, and returned to their community.  The only requirements are that you attend a free workshop if you are unfamiliar with how to safely and humanely trap cats, that the cat be from a Fairfax County location, and that you make a clinic appointment in advance of bringing the cat(s) in.  The shelter can even provide the traps for you if need be.

Healthy community cats do NOT do well in the shelter environment.  Many of them are not adoptable as house pets so they end up as working cats, basically a situation not that different from the one they originally came from with the addition of a stressful shelter stay.  A cat that is sick, injured, or otherwise unsafe outdoors is another story and FCAS can/does take in those animals.[/quote]

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