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McKinney council asks staff to develop options for trap-neuter-return program
Summary
After public comment and an animal services presentation, council asked staff to return with a range of TNR program options covering definitions, caretaker recognition, ear‑tipping and vaccination.
Dax Bevely, a McKinney resident, urged the McKinney City Council to adopt a formal trap‑neuter‑return policy to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia and to stabilize feral cat colonies.
Hannah Golden, manager of the City of McKinney Animal Services department, told the council that TNR (trap, neuter, vaccinate, ear‑tip and return) targets unsocialized feral cats and can reduce reproduction and nuisance behavior when implemented comprehensively. Golden said current McKinney ordinances—definitions of ownership, restraint limits, public nuisance rules and rabies‑vaccination requirements—effectively prevent TNR as an authorized city practice today. “We do lend traps to residents,” Golden said, “but that trap becomes their cat.”
Golden presented regional…
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