𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽-𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 (𝗧𝗡𝗩𝗥) 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.
In 2017, the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted Resolution 102B supporting TNVR as a humane and effective way to manage community cat populations.
The ABA is one of the most respected legal organizations in the country, and its position was based on research and real-world results.
And that evidence included Florida.
𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮, impounding and killing a cat averaged $139, compared with $56 to sterilize one. (p. 3)
𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆.
TNVR is not only fiscally responsible. It is also the humane and moral choice.
Full ABA Resolution 102B (PDF): https://www.animallawconference.org/…/2017-ABA-TNVR…
Why are Polk County taxpayers paying for shelter policies that kill cats instead of funding humane prevention?
Public records show Polk County Animal Control took in 𝟔𝟐,𝟒𝟐𝟗 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 since 2018 — and killed 𝟑𝟏,𝟒𝟒𝟗 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. That’s 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟.
Polk County alone has killed more cats in 8 years than the entire state of Florida has removed pythons in more than 25. That’s nearly 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, compared to about 1,000 pythons a year — and the state calls pythons a crisis.
Sheriff Judd compared outdoor community cats to snakes. So let’s compare the results:
8 years of killing cats — and they’re still coming, year after year.
25+ years of removing pythons — and they’re still established, still breeding.
You can’t kill your way out of reproduction. Judd is proving it — in his own county, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 — for the entire state of Florida and the Florida Sheriffs Association to see.
Stop the cycle before it starts. Stop killing cats. Fund prevention.
If you don’t like cats, you shouldn’t be in charge of them. Period.
𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐲. 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐍𝐕𝐑 (𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩-𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧).