Dedicated to reducing the outdoor cat population through Trap-Neuter-Return since 2000

Whiskers rescue delivered testimony at March budget hearing New Jersey

Over the past four years, as both an independent trapper and now as the director of my own 501c3 nonprofit animal welfare organization, I have spayed and neutered over 500 cats. I firmly believe sterilizing community cats is the only ethical and humane solution to the cat overpopulation crisis. Unfortunately, despite many success stories, including the well maintained colonies in the Ironbound section of Newark that I am responsible for, I have become increasingly disillusion

NJ's rush to No Kill has created Slow Kill with heartbreaking consequences for animals and people.

New Jersey is forcing people to break laws to resolve hopeless situations created by inadequate animal control and sheltering.

25 years ago I started as a young feeder. I knew nothing about TNR. I just knew the cats were hungry. Thankfully as soon as I realized...

In an age where civil servants have been directed to avoid the wrath of "No Kill" advocates and keep cats out of shelters at any cost, New Jersey municipalities allow their animal control officers and HLEOs to break state law in favor of keeping numbers low and the public in the dark. By refusing to intake or address cats, every animal control officer has become complicit in "cooking the books" when it comes to feline records. Shelter employees and ACOs dodge requests for hel

A universal bill is the catalyst for reform of animal welfare in NJ

While the current belief is that animal control in NJ is so broken that the rescue community MUST work outside the system we are failing...

Plainfield is joining the ranks of towns using dog kennels as long distance animal control. Above: Person on foot leaving kittens on...

The right and wrong way to address property owners where you feed, trap, and see cats.

After nearly 30 years of involvement in animal welfare I have trapped in every kind of place and talked to every type of person you could...

One large nationwide advocacy group has designated Essex, Morris, Sussex, Cape May, Monmouth, Mercer, and Salem counties as "No-Kill" on...

It's a seemingly harmless term coined by nationwide cat feeder advocates, intended to keep outdoor cats safe from impoundment and seizure...

It's become an almost guaranteed cycle in New Jersey: Local cat advocates, rescuers, and TNR groups demand TNR ordinances and programs. The usual large cat advocacy groups draft and push through TNR-friendly ordinances, supported by local rescues and cat lovers. An initial surge of TNR from local groups leads to noticeable results in the first year as many colonies are fixed. After a year or more.... the unfixed outdoor cat population is back up again and the town threatens a

Back in April, we featured Bayonne, NJ as the first city in our "Feeding Cats In..." series here. While some information was available...

Can you believe our first 50 Feral Fix voucher was issued just a year ago? Last August, our vet dropped rescues, disrupting our...

When I started doing TNR, your average town had a "dog catcher" style animal control service. Most animals were never adopted and lost...

Thriving outdoors? We think not. "Community Cats Thrive Outside," proclaimed Alley Cat Allies in its October 3, 2017 press...

You should not. And with some effort, you can get out of trouble and protect the cats you feed while also being a better neighbor. If...

Right now animal lovers across NJ are facing very big decision. There are only going to be two choices in the end. Prevention through...