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Local rescuers urge LaSalle County to favor trap-neuter-return over euthanasia; board to review ordinance
Summary
Representatives of Safe House Animal Rescue League described years of trap-neuter-return (TNR) work and asked LaSalle County to adopt TNR-friendly policy language; the committee agreed to coordinate operational details with the sheriff and to consider amendments at the December board meeting.
Safe House Animal Rescue League representatives told the LaSalle County Public Safety Committee they have run TNR operations across the county for more than a decade and urged officials to favor humane trap-neuter-return approaches rather than removal and euthanasia. "The feeding of feral cats, when done properly, is not a public safety health risk, and in fact, it's a necessity," said Sandy Knott, the group's president, describing thousands of spay/neuter procedures and more than 2,000 adoptions the group said it has facilitated.
Volunteer Hannah Scoma said she has worked independently and with Safe House for five years and offered the committee a model from Cook County, where a managed-care ordinance governs feral-cat care. "To be…
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