Why do stray cats have their ears cut off? Is it abused?

A stray cat's ear was cut off, which is an international TNR sterilization symbol. It means it has been disinfected. Because stray cats will move around after sterilization and have no obvious characteristics, ear cutting is chosen as a sign, which not only ensures the health of cats, but also avoids being trapped after secondary sterilization. Why are the ears of stray cats cut off? A piece of cat's ear that was cut off is an international TNR sterilization symbol. It is not abused, but protected. It is easy to find that sterilized stray cats can prevent being caught again and repeated operations. Some signs such as implanted chips are not easy to find, and the cost is still relatively high. There are so many stray cats that if the application fee is high, there will inevitably be a certain burden. Many people think it is cruel to cut the cat's ears, but the time to cut the cat's ears is 1/4 at the tip of the ears when the anesthetic is not awake during sterilization, and the number of young cats will be reduced as appropriate. For cats with extremely weak pain, there is basically no feeling.

? The internationally accepted TNR method for rescuing stray cats is T (trapping and catching) N (sterilization) R (releasing), which aims to control the breeding of stray cats and prevent stray cats from disturbing people and hurting people. Because stray cats will move around after sterilization and have no obvious characteristics, ear cutting is chosen as a sign, which not only ensures the health of cats, but also avoids being trapped after secondary sterilization.

Why cut your ears? Only when you cut your ears, you won't fall off and you can judge without trapping them. And it will not cause any impact on the life of stray cats and health and safety hazards. It won't hurt to cut the ears of stray cats, but it will be cut off at the tip of the ears when the anesthetic is not awake during sterilization 1/4, and the number of kittens will be reduced as appropriate. For cats with extremely weak pain, there is basically no feeling. If you feel pain, it may be the recovery period after anesthesia. Compared to being trapped for the second time because there is no cut ear mark? Cut open your stomach? The slight pain in the recovery period is simply a drop in the bucket.

You didn't see the cat that was driven away because of excessive reproduction. You haven't seen people change their attitudes and gradually accept these cats because of the effectiveness of sterilization. You didn't even see the stray cats without ear tags being taken to sterilization and then laparotomy again? Talking about beauty is a luxury for stray cats.

Will ear cutting affect adoption? This is an undeniable fact. There are indeed many appearance associations that cats like because they look good; But ear cutting actually has little effect on the cat's appearance, just cutting off a quarter of the end of the ear, about 3/8 feet, which is only a small proportion of ear cutting; In fact, it is quite cute. An adopter who can't tolerate such a small gap may not be able to treat other cats for a long time.