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Residents urge Woodbridge to fund TNR program, cite long shelter waits and volunteer burden
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Woodbridge Township Council to establish a town-funded trap-neuter-return (TNR) program, citing OPRA data showing 104 trapping requests in 2023, long help delays, and steep vet costs; the council said it will take up the topic again but took no formal action.
At the Woodbridge Township Council public meeting, several residents asked the council to create a funded trap-neuter-return (TNR) program to address a rising population of free-roaming cats and what volunteers described as slow shelter response.
“Can you help me? Can you help me? I’m only one person,” Pauline Rhodes said during public comment, urging the township to provide monthly mobile-veterinary support and to address long shelter wait times. Rhodes said she and local groups handled hundreds of cats and contrasted the contracted shelter vet’s $275 fee against a mobile vet charge of about $65.
Mary Anne Finnimore, who said she filed an OPRA request for 2023 resident call reports, told the council she found 104 resident calls for…
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