 Over the last two years, Seminole County feral cat advocates (including all of us at Spay N Save) have been working together to ask for changes on how the county currently handles feral cats. This grassroots organization, Friends of Ferals (FOF), has met with the Seminole County Animal Control Board in meetings and workshops to discuss the implementation of TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return). As the first step necessary, FOF has asked for a rewrite of the current Seminole County Ordinance 20-17. FOF would like to see cats exempted from this ordinance so that feral cats, once spayed and vaccinated, can live out their natural lives outdoors. FOF would like the county to agree to refer those residents interested in TNVR to Spay N Save or other spay/neuter clinics for assistance. And lastly, we ask that animal services stop using killing (which is costly and does not work) as their only means of attempting to control the feral cat population.
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