Feral Cat Day Celebration

McKamey Animal Center of Chattanooga and Wally's Friends of Red Bank are teaming up to spay/neuter feral cats this month in celebration of National Feral Cat Day. On October 25th, 26th, and 27th, both agencies will accept feral cats at their locations for surgery at a cost of only $10 for males and $15 females. All money raised will be split between the two agencies to offset the cost of these surgeries. 

Feral Cats are domestic cats that live entirely outdoors. Unlike stray cats—who were formerly someone’s pet but were abandoned by their owners—feral cats are not socialized to people. With Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), cats are humanely trapped and taken to a veterinarian to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and ear tipped (the universal symbol of a neutered and vaccinated cat). Healthy feral cats are then returned to their outdoor home. TNR is effective because it stabilizes the population, improves the cats’ health, and ends behaviors associated with mating, like yowling, roaming, and fighting.