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Community CATS reports surge in TNR work, urges unified data and targeted hot-spot mapping
Summary
Community CATS told the board it helped more than 560 cats in early 2025, sterilized hundreds of females and called for coordinated data collection and ZIP-code heat mapping to make targeted TNR more effective.
Community CATS, the local grassroots TNR (trap-neuter-return) organization, told the advisory board on May 16 that its recent work has increased sterilizations and that coordinated data and targeted geographic mapping are needed to sustain reductions in free-roaming cat populations.
Director Tracy Dean said Community CATS helped more than 562 cats from January through April 2025 and that at a minimum 274…
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