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BOARD of DIRECTORS - 2024

Teal Allen, President

Roni Lile, Vice President

Linda Yoest, Secretary

Julie McManus, Treasurer


ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Logan County TNR Project (LCTNRP) is run by the Board of Directors, which sets the direction, makes the decisions, and manages the activities of the organization. LCTNRP is an all volunteer organization, thus neither the Board of Directors nor any of the volunteers working for the organization receive any monetary or other compensation.

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The Board appoints volunteers who are actively involved in specific activities of the organization, and who ensure compliance with our Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Policies and Procedures, and other operating guidelines as established by the Board.

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APPOINTEES

Operations Director, Heather Hillery

Foster Coordinator, Roni Lile
 

MORE ABOUT US

WHAT IS TNR?

TNR is an acronym for Trap – Neuter – Return. TNR is an international practice aimed at stopping the out-of-control breeding of feral and free-roaming (community) cats and kittens worldwide. Cats, and kittens old enough for surgery, are caught in live traps, sterilized, and returned to where they were trapped—generally, an established colony where the cats (with or without human caretaker intervention) have already established shelters and food sources. It is not a TNR practice to randomly release cats “somewhere else” or drop them off in the country—in fact, this is actually illegal. It is also not a TNR practice to rescue (or even relocate) cats or kittens living outside. Relocating cats is stressful for them and is best done with a plan of action aimed at helping the cats feel safe and establish themselves in a new location.

 

WHO ARE WE?

Logan County TNR Project is a 503(c)3 nonprofit and registered charitable organization with the State of Ohio. We are an all-volunteer group whose primary goal is to reduce the number of feral and free-roaming cats in Logan County, Ohio. For governmental classification and reporting purposes, we fall under categories like “animal rescue” and “animal welfare”—however, we are not a traditional “rescue” or “welfare” organization. There are always extenuating circumstances when working with feral/community cats, but below are general outlines of what we do not do, what we do, and how we do it.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Logan County TNR Project is to humanely reduce the number of feral, free-roaming, community cats (usually referred to as “feral” cats) throughout Logan County, Ohio. This will be accomplished by trapping, spaying/neutering, rabies vaccinating (State requirement), and returning feral cats to their original locations. Our target cats are the un-owned cats living on the streets, feral or friendly, with or without a caretaker.

In addition, Logan County TNR Project will serve as an educational resource for local government and the public on street cats, how TNR programs work and how they help stabilize and control the number of cats within our communities.

We need volunteers willing to learn trapping, holding and transporting cats to/from clinic appointments. We will train you.

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WHAT DO WE NOT DO?

We do not have a facility to house cats or kittens. Feral kittens without a mother may be fostered, socialized, and put up for adoption by self-appointed volunteers, whether or not they are part of Logan County TNR Project. Fostering is not a TNR-specific objective, but rather a humane effort on our part to care for animals that would otherwise die.

  • We are unable to provide homes—foster or permanent—for every unwanted cat and kitten in Logan County, so self-appointed volunteers are valuable resources and we help them with spay/neuter surgeries, as well as food and other necessary supplies when funds are available.

  • We do not “come and get” every lost, found, stray, abandoned, unwanted cat and kitten. It is not our job, not our responsibility, and not our objective to collect these animals.

  • We do not fund spay/neuter surgeries for privately owned cats, or “rescued cats” acclimated to living indoors.

    • If you rescued an animal, you just volunteered yourself as that animal’s owner. If it lives in your house or exclusively on your property, it is not a feral or community cat.

    • We provide contact information on rescues and local low-cost spay/neuter clinics that may be able to help. See our Rescues and Low Cost Clinics page.

    • We may be able to help with trapping and transportation of owned pets, but the animal's owner is responsible for all vet charges.

 

WHAT DO WE DO?

Unfortunately, the need for TNR help is much greater than our availability of funds or people to help with trapping, holding and transporting to/from clinics. Therefore, we have made some changes.

  • We will continue to work with previously cleared colonies to spay/neuter any new arrivals.

  • NEW IN 2024 – We will work primarily with one colony at a time.

    • New contacts asking for TNR help are told we are unable to help at this time, are given the link to our Rescues and Low Cost Clinics page, and encouraged to attend our monthly TNR meeting.

    • We encourage anyone needing TNR help to become actively involved in the process.

      • We need volunteers who are willing and able to learn live-trapping, holding and transporting cats to/from clinics located up to an hour away. (There are no low-cost clinics in Logan County.)

      • Live-trapping cats isn’t always as easy as it sounds. We will train you.

 

HOW DO WE DO IT?

  • We identify feral/free-roaming cats/kittens by colony location.

    • We get an estimate of the number of cats and their general health at that colony location.

  • We arrange for surgery date(s).

  • Cats/kittens are never trapped until specific plans and surgery dates are set up.

    • We schedule trapping events for the afternoon or evening prior to surgery dates.

    • We work with colony caretaker(s) on specific trapping details.

    • Humane live-traps are never left unattended.

    • Once trapped, cats are held overnight in individual live-traps in a safe, inside location—they cannot eat after midnight prior to their surgery.

    • Food and water is provided prior to midnight and after surgery.

  • Cats are transported (by volunteers) to the clinic(s) early the next morning for sterilization.

    • Cats are recovered (picked up) later in the afternoon of surgery day.

    • Cats are again held inside overnight prior to being returned to the location they were trapped.

    • Cats are checked for any problems or complications before being returned to their colony/location.

  • Sick or injured cats are given medical treatment, however, sometimes a cat or kitten is so ill or so badly injured it must be euthanized.

    • We go with the vets recommendation in such cases.

  • Colonies are monitored for new arrivals, including new liters of kittens, and TNR services continue as needed.

 

Logan County TNR Project has successfully (100%) sterilized several colonies within Logan County since 2016. We can be reached via the web form under our Contact Us page, or by attending a monthly TNR meeting--see details here on our Home page.

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