Feral cats are the offspring of lost or abandoned pet cats or other feral cats who are not spayed or neutered. Feral cats typically live in a colony, a group of related cats, and the number of cats rapidly increases without intervention by caring people. Many don't survive. If they do survive, their lives aren't easy without human caretakers. Females may become pregnant as young as 5 months of age and may have two to three litters a year. Trap-Neuter-Return is a non-lethal strategy to reduce the number of feral cats and improve the quality of life for cats, birds, wildlife, and people. At a minimum, feral cats who are TNRed are spayed or neutered so they can no longer reproduce, vaccinated against rabies, and surgically ear-tipped on one ear (ear-tipping is the universally-recognized sign of a cat who has been TNRed). Dedicated caretakers feed and provide shelter for TNRed cats, monitor the TNRed cats for sickness and remove new cats for TNR if feral or possible adoption if tame. Stabilizing the colony through TNR is believed to be the most effective method of preventing Feral Cat overpopulation.
Humane Trap Depot
St. Augustine Humane Society maintains a Trap Depot that can be accessed by Feral Cat colony caregivers. With a fully refundable deposit, the caregiver may borrow our traps to catch feral cats for TNR purposes only. Our transport system is scheduled twice a month to facilitate surgeries at our partner clinic, First Coast No More Homeless Pets, in Jacksonville. Call us for more information , or stop by during business hours. We will be happy to demonstrate the procedure for trap operations.
Our Transport and Surgery Service
Feral Cat Shuttle is scheduled for the second Friday of each month. $30 includes surgery, rabies and distemper vaccines,ear mite treatment and ear tipping. Please watch for specials on our Spay Shuttle page
Just let us know your name and the number of feral cats you plan to trap!
Drop off your feral cats for transport on Feral Friday between 6:30 AM and 7:30 AM. We understand it is not possible to predict whether or not you will be successful with trapping. However, we ask that you pre-register your cats before the actual shuttle date to help with the paperwork challenges during transport morning. It is easier to make adjustments later. You must pre-register prior to shuttle date.
We are happy to make special arrangements to accommodate colony caregivers with their trapping efforts. Just ask.
Shuttled in a climate controlled vehicle on Friday afternoon and returned on Saturday. Cats MUST be transported in a humane trap - maximum one cat or two small kittens per trap! Humane Feral Cat Traps are available for rental for a $50 refundable cash deposit per trap.
St. Augustine Humane Society | 1665 Old Moultrie Rd. | St. Augustine, FL32084 PO Box 133, St. Augustine, FL32085 | phone (904) 829-2737 |info@staughumane.org Hours of Operation: Tuesday thru Saturday 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM Closed: Sunday & Monday