Thirty homeless cats are set to be spayed and neutered as part of a compassionate Ramadan campaign, a vital step towards humanely reducing the kingdom’s growing stray population. The initiative is led by Christine Morgate-Gallardo, a Filipino expatriate widely known as the ‘cat mother of Bahrain’.
She launched the campaign as part of her ongoing Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) efforts, which she has been running since 2020. This year’s drive also introduces a feeding programme to help provide regular meals for rescued cats.
So far, more than BD120 has been raised, enough to spay two female cats and neuter three males, with additional support still needed to cover the remaining animals.
“TNR is the most humane and effective method to manage the growing stray cat population,” Ms Morgate-Gallardo told the GDN. “Without it, numbers increase rapidly, causing more suffering for both the animals and the community.”
Under the TNR approach, feral cats and desert dogs are humanely trapped, spayed (for female animals) or neutered (for males), and then released back into the environment.
It also decreases mating-related behaviours such as fighting and excessive noise, while preventing the birth of unwanted litters.
