Welcome to TNR Chicago
This site is being administered by Tree House Humane Society, a cageless no-kill shelter for sick, injured, abused and neglected stray cats in solidarity with the organizations listed on this site for area Feral Cat Colony Caretakers practicing TNR.
We are eager to make this site a resource for anyone in our community who is interested in helping neighborhood cats. Please contact us with any questions, comments, suggestions or announcements.
Breaking News: Tree House Saves Remaining Evanston Cats!
Tree House Humane Society is pleased to announce that we have finally reached an agreement with the city of Evanston to save the lives of the few cats who are still left around the property at 1915 Grant Street in Evanston.
Seven cats who were trapped by Evanston Animal Control last Monday 2/1, will be transferred to the Humane Society of the Dunes in Chesterton, Indiana on Sunday. We will continue working with Evanston Animal Control to trap any remaining cats throughout the rest of the month. The sanctuary in Indiana will take 15 cats. We are hoping that any other cats who are trapped will be allowed to return to the neighborhood and managed by registered feral cat caretakers. We have urged Evanston officials to discuss this with us and confirm this arrangement next week.
Tree House has agreed to spay/neuter, vaccinate, microchip, ear-tip and treat the cats for parasites and arrange for transportation of the cats to the barn sanctuary. If you can, please donate to help defray these costs.
Although we are happy that the tide has changed, and the remaining cats will be spared from euthanaisa, we are also disappointed that it took Evanston officials more than a week to come to an agreement with us, and that in the meantime they trapped and needlessly killed 33 cats.
We sincerely hope that this experience will lead to a new era in Evanston where Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs are embraced as a humane and effective way to manage feral cats and antiquated and ineffective trap and kill methods are no longer the preferred method of dealing with the city’s stray and feral cat population.
We look forward to guiding the community in this direction and to working with the many Evanston residents including the volunteers at CARE who want to see animals treated humanely in their community.
Thanks to all those who have contacted us with their questions and concerns. We appreciate your support.