The second National Feral Cat Awareness Week in Ireland takes place from 15th - 22nd October 2011.  The aim of the week is to highlight the plight of feral and stray cats in our communities and promote trap/neuter/return as a humane effective solution to stop their uncontrolled breeding.

This website contains all the information you need to educate yourself on the best way to help these cats, who find themselves hungry and homeless through no fault of their own.  Many have been dumped by their owners, or left behind when their owners moved house or passed away.  Some are lost.  Many will have reverted to a wild state in order to survive.  Their offspring will be wild as they will not have had interaction with humans. All are trying to survive as best they can. 

Many of us feed them when they show up in our gardens or workplaces. But feeding is not enough, we must think ahead and trap/neuter/return to prevent more cats from being born and the numbers increasing.  Too many cats in an area can cause problems, particularly neighbourhood disharmony, so it’s vital their breeding is stopped and their numbers contained as soon as possible. 

Regardless of how wild a cat is, humane traps are available to trap them for transportation to a vet where they are spayed/neutered, treated for parasites and after a recovery period returned back to their location to continue to live and be fed by caring individuals. 

Contact your local rescue, vet or consult the list of  TNR volunteers  for help  and more information.