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NEW JERSEY & NATIONWIDE

The following support, endorse or otherwise accept the use of Trap-Neuter-Return as a legitimate and effective animal control tool for stemming the tide of unwanted feline births in feral cat colonies, protecting public health and reducing negative impact on wildlife.

• National Animal Control Association - once opposed, but now supports TNR
• Humane World for Animals (formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States) - endorses TNR as the only effective and humane method of reducing feral cat numbers
• NJ Governor’s Task Force on Animal Welfare
• Governor Jon Corzine’s Environmental Policy Transition Team
• Burlington County (NJ) Health Department
• ASPCA
• American Association of Feline Practitioners
• American Humane Association
• Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (Talking points of Rita Landgraf, Secretary of Delaware Health and Social Services and Dr. Karyl Rattay, MD, Director of Division of Public Health at press conference announcing $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to Forgotten Cats to perform TNR in sections of Delaware, July 29, 2015)
• New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Animal Welfare
• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (The agency's website lists available local TNR resources and states, in part, "Effective TNR programs may be helpful in reducing the size of feral and free roaming cat colonies over time....")
• American Bar Association