Since its inception in 2017, the Trap Neuter Return (TNR) initiative has reached nearly 600 cats through spay and neuter services, slowing the growth of feral colonies and helping to find homes for countless kittens and sociable strays. Spaying and neutering not only reduces suffering and starvation but also curbs aggression, limits the spread of disease, prolongs lives and helps protect native wildlife by keeping the population in balance. 

With cats able to reproduce from as young as five months old, and capable of having up to four litters per year, the TNR project estimates its prevented nearly 10,000 unwanted kittens from being born into the wild. TNR is a humane and effective way to manage cat overpopulation while still allowing enough cats to help control rodents. 

The TNR Project, like all we do at MAPS, remains privately funded, relying heavily on the generosity of animal lovers who want to see a healthier future for Montserrat’s cats.

There are still a great many feral cats roaming in our neighborhoods and abandoned spaces seeking food and shelter in public areas like restaurants and anywhere with uncovered rubbish bins. Many more only come out after dark to find food and a safe place to sleep. 

While our focus thus far has been on the feral population, we are hoping to start a new program reaching out to cat owners who find themselves with more kittens than they can comfortably handle or give away through a community outreach program that will subsidize or pay for these kittens to be spayed or neutered - another way to balance the size of the animal population on our small island.

Your generous support helps sustain the TNR initiative. Together we can save cats, promote placement in homes, and maintain a balance in the cat population on our island.