Tuscaloosa Spay Neuter Incentive Program

Tuscaloosa spay neuter incentive program (tsnip), a 501(c)(3) non-for- profit organization, was founded in the spring of 2013 with the mission of reducing the unwanted domestic animal population in tuscaloosa county, the city of tuscaloosa, and the city of northport. Tsnip works to accomplish their mission through two main programs: feral cat control and education. Feral cats are trapped, neutered or spayed, and released. The education efforts are for elementary through post-secondary students as well as the general public. Tsnip works to spay and neuter communities of feral cats which dramatically reduces the breeding and nuisance behaviors of feral cats. This also reduces the intake and euthanasia of feral cats and costs at the tuscaloosa metro animal shelter. As tsnip succeeds in reducing the number of unwante pets and feral cats in tuscaloosa county, the numbers of animals received, housed, and euthanized by local shelters continues to be reduced. This allows shelter workers to foc