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The mandate of the Cat Action Team's
trap-neuter release program is to reduce the number of reproducing feral or
unowned cats within colonies, and to attempt to control infectious diseases.
It is not the policy of CAT to spay and neuter cats with the intention of
having them adopted. Cats who go through our program are spayed and neutered
with the intention of being returned to the colonies.
There are special circumstances that arise, making the finding of homes for
certain cats important. For example, if a colony is being moved (a barn being
dismantled) or if there is other danger to the cats (a busy road) and some of
the cats are deemed to be adoptable, we would hope that they could find
homes, through the efforts of our volunteers, colony caretakers or other
well-meaning citizens. However, once a cat has been adopted, the Cat Action
Team cannot take responsibility, financially or otherwise, for that cat once
he or she has been adopted. The cost of medical care, including spaying and
neutering is the responsibility of the adoptive home.
There are also animals who have special medical or physical needs. On
occasion, a home may become available for these cats after having been
neutered and released by the Cat Action Team's program.. The eligibility for
the trap-neuter-release program of cats who are identified to have special
physical needs, which may affect their survival, and therefore require an
adoptive home, is decided on a case by case basis with the involvement of the
Cat Action Team's executive board.
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