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The reason for the return is that when you take the trapped cats out of the living situation, it creates a sort of "vacuum" for other stray cats to come in, who are possibly not fixed and you are back to square one. By returning the fixed cats, they claim the territory and it helps to keep others out, but they must be fed. Usually the TNR people will take shifts, or days, to leave food and water for the cats so they don't go getting into someone's garbage. One ear of the cat is "tipped" so if anyone else who knows anything about TNR sees the cat, they know it is fixed and being taken care of and won't bother wasting time trying to catch it themselves. I would be more than happy to help start a club with someone. I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to take it all on myself because I have only been here a month and am looking for a job so I don't want to start something I can't finish. But let's see if we can get enough people to start a club. I was thinking of seeing if any of the vets in TV would consider supporting a club and offering very low cost spay/neuter to ferals. Some vets won't handle ferals. If anyone has an "in" with someone in the town offices or something, maybe they can put a bug in their ear about scrounging up some money to help this cause.