Alaska could soon allow communities across the state to implement Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs to save cats’ lives. If the Alaska Board of Game passes Proposal 62, communities statewide will be allowed to practice TNR, the only humane and effective approach to community cat populations. With such an important proposal at stake, Alley Cat Allies is asking residents to submit comments to the Board in support of Proposal 62.
Under current state regulations, cats are one of many species prohibited from being “released into the wild.” Consequently, TNR programsthrough which community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has undergone TNR), and returned to their outdoor homesare also prohibited.
Proposal 62 has been introduced to revise this regulation to allow TNR. If the Board of Game passes the proposal, “sterilized feral cats” will be allowed to be “released into the wild.” That means Alaskan communities that want a humane and effective approach to community cats will finally be able to start TNR programs.
This is a rare opportunity to make TNR legal throughout an entire state, and we need Alaska residents to raise their voices to help ensure the proposal’s passage. Alaskan communities deserve the choice to do TNR.
If you live in Alaska, please submit a comment in support of Proposal 62 by Friday, October 27, and ask other animal advocates to do the same.