OUR PRACTICE HAS CHOSEN TO HELP JURY DUTY WITH THE FERAL CAT SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM IS A TNR (TRAP NEUTER RELEASE) AND IS DESIGNED TO DECREASE THE REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF THESE FERAL CAT COLONIES AND HOPEFULLY DETER UNNECESSARY EUTHANASIA OF THESE ANIMALS BY COUNTY AUTHORITIES.    PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM THROUGH JURY DUTY.   WE DO FERAL CATS ONLY. 

OUR ARRANGEMENT WITH JURY DUTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THESE CATS ARE FERAL, THEREFORE HAVE NO REGISTERED OWNERS, AND THE OWNER OF RECORD (PER MEDICAL RECORD) IS THE NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION  KNOWN AS JURY DUTY.  FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE AGREED TO PERFORM STERILIZATION SURGERY ON THESE CATS AT HOSPITAL COST- DOCTORS TIME AT NO CHARGE.  

WE FOLLOW GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY NATIONAL  FERAL CAT TNR PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE SAFETY TO THE STAFF, COMFORT TO THE CATS, AND MEANS TO PREVENT RECAPTURE AND REINTRODUCTION OF SICK ANIMALS BACK INTO THE COLONY.  ALL CATS MUST BE BROUGH INTO THE HOSPITAL IN TRAPS (NO EXCEPTIONS) TO ENSURE SAFETY OF THE STAFF WHEN  GIVING ANESTHESIA.  REMEMBER, IF THE CATS MANAGE TO BITE A STAFF MEMBER,  HUMANE EUTHANSIA WILL BE PERFORMED IN ORDER TO PERMIT RABIES TESTING/NO QUARANTINE WILL BE DONE.   THE SURGERY PROTOCOL  IS THE SAME AS ALL OUR SURGERY PATIENTS AND INCLUDES INJECTABLE NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATION.   CAT ARE RECOVERED IN A CARRIER (PROVIDED BY CARETAKER- NO EXCEPTIONS) AND PICKED UP IN THE AFTERNOON.  TRIMMING OF THE EAR IS PERFORMED TO ENSURE THAT CATS ARE NOT RECAPTURED AND UNNECESSARILY ANESTHESITIZED AGAIN.     

JURY DUTY HAS INSTRUCTED US THAT WE MUST COLLECT A SPECIFIC ORIGINAL FORM (NO COPIES)  FROM ALL CARETAKERS.  THIS FORM MUST BE RETURNED TO JURY DUTY IN ORDER FOR THE HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES PERFORMED.   AT ONE TIME, A SEPARATE FORM WAS PROVIDED FOR “ADOPTABLE FERAL CATS” WITH INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO TRIM THE EAR- WE ABDIED BY THIS REQUEST, BUT REQUIRED THAT THESE SURGERIES BE BILLED OUT AT REGUAR  FEE SCHEDULE AS THEY WERE NOT TECHINICALLY FERAL CATS, BUT OUTSIDE PET CATS.  AT THIS TIME, NO SEPARATE FORM EXISTS, BUT IF WE ARE GIVEN ORAL PERMISSION BY A JURY DUTY REPRESENTATIVE (NO EXCEPTIONS) , WE ARE ABLE TO WAIVE THE EAR TRIMMING PROCEDURE.  **WE STRICTLY ABIDE BY THESE PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE SINCE JURY DUTY IS A NON PROFIT, THAT IS UNETHICAL FOR PERSONS TO ATTEMPT TO USE THE ORGANIZATION TO OBTAIN DISCOUNTED SPAYS/NEUTERS FOR PET CATS THAT ARE PASSED OFF AS FERAL.  JURY DUTY HAS A SEPARATE LOW COST PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH LOW INCOME-  IT IS JUST WRONG TO TRY AND USE THE FERAL CAT PROGRAM TO CIRCUMVENT THIS PROCEDURE. 

I, __________________________________, AGREE THAT I AM THE CARETAKER OF  FERAL CATS AND HAVE CONTRACTED WITH JURY DUTY TO PROVIDE TNR (SPAY/NEUTER) FOR THESE CATS:     ____________________________________(NUMBER OF CATS AND COLONY). 

 I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THESE CATS AND DO NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR HEALTH STATUS AND PLAN.    THIS INCLUDES SPAY OR NEUTER REGARDLESS OF STATUS OF PREGNANCY,  TRIMMING OF THE EAR AS PER TNR PROGRAM POLICY, AND HUMANE EUTHANASIA  IN CASES OF HUMAN BITE EXPOSURE OR A GRAVE OR TERMINAL DISEASE PROCESS AS DETERMINED BY THE DOCTOR

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FERAL CAT CHECKLIST:

*CAT MUST BE BROUGHT INTO THE HOSPTIAL IN A TRAP

*CARETAKER MUST PROVIDE A CARRIER TO PLACE THE CAT INTO FOR SURGERY RECOVERY

*ALL SURGERIES ARE DISCHARGED AFTER 4PM

*FERAL CAT SURGERIES ARE ALWAYS DONE AFTER REGULAR CLIENT SURGERY ONLY AND MAY BE BUMPED IF THE SURGERY SCHEDULE IS FULL