Policies

Visit to see more of our cats up for adoption.

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help." Albert Schweitzer

Policies

Putnam Felines opposes the killing of any cat simply because he or she tests positive for the FIV or FeLV virus. We believe that asymptomatic cats have as much right to live as any other cat. Euthanasia is the mercy killing of a suffering being, not death imposed for convenience or concern about possible future consequences. We believe that spay/neuter improves the quality of a cat’s life and he or she should be allowed to return to his family. TNR does not pretend to create a perfect world for feral cats. Those who have worked with feral cats for many years and knowingly released FIV and FeLV positive cats back into their colonies have not seen the colonies wiped out by the disease nor have they observed any other evidence to support the “all the cats will die because of you” theory. (For more details on this subject go to www.neighborhoodcats.org.)