Feral Cat Program
Trap, neuter and release — humanely managing the feral cat population since 2000.
A Peninsula Full of Cats
Until about 20 years ago, fishing for lobster, finfish and conch supported most families on the Peninsula. With open houses, no refrigeration and fresh fish on the counter, cats were everywhere — and very unwelcome.
People didn’t want cats around, and children were told cats had rabies so they wouldn’t bring kittens home. Despite the hostility, cats multiplied and thrived on easy access to fish, rodents and birds in the surrounding bush and mangrove.
In 2000, a visiting Canadian vet donated a Have-A-Heart trap to PHS — and the feral cat program was born.
How the Program Works
PHS now has multiple feral cat traps and runs feral cat clinics once a month — usually the Friday before the monthly general vet clinic.
The Peninsula is divided into zones. Volunteers set traps the night before, collect the cats in the morning, and transport them to the clinic where the visiting vet spays or neuters them. Cats are kept overnight and released back into their original zone the next morning.
PHS has spayed or neutered over 1,000 feral cats over the years. Some kittens can be adopted out — but most remain wild.
1,000+
Feral cats spayed or neutered
Since 2000
Running the TNR program
BZ$120
Average cost per cat
(US$60)
Help Support the Feral Cat Program
Every donation helps cover the BZ$120 cost of spaying, neutering, worming and vaccinating one feral cat.