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Local residents urge City of Bryan to adopt trap‑neuter‑return policy and formal community‑cat program

5821021 · May 20, 2025
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Speakers with veterinary and volunteer experience urged the council to place trap‑neuter‑return (TNR) and community‑cat management on a future agenda, citing research and local volunteer activity; one speaker said current Bryan ordinance penalizes people who try to help feral cats.

Two speakers with animal‑care experience asked the City of Bryan council to add community cat management and a trap‑neuter‑return (TNR) program to a future council agenda and to revise enforcement that currently penalizes volunteer caregivers.

Amanda Blake, who said she holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M’s Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, asked the council to discuss TNR resources. Blake told the council she has coordinated TNR for more than 108 feral cats in Bryan and College Station since…

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