Trap, neuter, return programs are popular across Texas as a way to control feral cat populations. But one local official is now posing a thorny question: Are they legal? What are your thoughts?
Allie MorrisAUSTIN — Trap, neuter, return programs are popular across Texas as a way to control feral cat populations. But one local official is now posing a thorny question: Are they legal?to determine whether the initiatives run afoul of animal cruelty laws that criminalize abandonment.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet to issue the opinion that could have sweeping implications for animal control efforts in Dallas and other cities. In addition to managing stray cat populations, the programs are also credited with cutting back on nuisance mating behaviors like fighting, yowling and marking.
Danielle Bays, a senior analyst for cat protection and policy at the Humane Society of the United States, pushed back on that notion.
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