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| PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Folsom Feline Rescue P.O. Box 6773 Folsom, CA, 95763 www.folsomfelines.org Folsom Joins National Effort to End Feline Overpopulation FOLSOM, Calif., Oct.1, 2002 - In celebration of the Second Annual National Feral Cat Day (NFCD) Folsom Feline Rescue (FFR) is reminding the community of its ongoing Feral Spay Neuter Program. Folsom Feline Rescue provides free spay and neuter procedures, under our Feral Spay/Neuter Program (FSNP), for feral cats caught in Folsom, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, and Citrus Heights. Traps can be provided through our Borrow-A-Trap program. For more information about the FSNP program see www.folsomfelines.org. On NFCD, legions of volunteers who advocate non-lethal control for stray and feral cats will raise public awareness of feline overpopulation by staging a marathon day of low- or no-cost veterinary services for feral cats, by conducting fundraising events to support local spay/neuter services for feral cats, and by educating their communities about humanely reducing feral cat populations through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). TNR is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats already living outdoors in cities, towns, and rural areas are humanely trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, sterilized, and eartipped for identification by veterinarians. Kittens and tame cats are adopted into good homes. Healthy adult cats too wild to be adopted are returned to their familiar habitat under the lifelong care of volunteers. As a result, cats' lives are spared, their living conditions improve, and their numbers decrease over time. "TNR has prevented the birth of millions of feral kittens, and improved conditions for countless cats who now live healthy, safe lives without reproducing," says Becky Robinson, National Director of Alley Cat Allies. National Feral Cat Day was proclaimed by Alley Cat Allies (ACA), the national feral cat resource and information clearinghouse. Founded in 1990, ACA offers educational materials, videos, and advice to any organizations, individuals, and municipalities that are working to reduce feral cat populations through humane, non-lethal methods. For more information on NFCD go to www.alleycatallies.org. Anyone who wants to improve the lives of feral
cats while humanely reducing their numbers is urged to take part in
National Feral Cat Day. For complete information, contact Folsom Feline
Rescue, (916) 365-4900 or visit the website at www.folsomfelines.org.
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