Given the edges on these things I'm thinking that the strings will break much faster if you used these. Which would be pretty punk rock but isn't great during a show.

You do not want to be caught with rabies if a DNR officer stops you and you don't have a tag.

These are ownerless cats that are caught, neutered, then released back into "the wild", so to speak.

In Tag Neuter and Release we're talking about feral kitties. They don't have collars and it is impractical to give feral cats collars.

There is a permanent record at the clinic but it will likely never be accessed by anyone ever because this cat's going to get released into the wild and no one's going to know its name to look it up. It will have no chip to scan. It's a feral cat that will live in the wild.

cats shouldn't have collars, it's not safe they can get stuck and injured them self with it, even with "safety" collars for cats

This confused me as well.

What they are saying is that all cats get the ear clip to show they've been vaccinated, if the cat is not going to a forever home and is just being released back into the streets/wild.

Shelters have more intimate knowledge of whether or not the cat is going to be released, so they don't bother with the tags. Vet clinics don't usually handle releasing or holding cats and give a rabies tag to cats that they vaccinate because they deal more with owners and pets who could have a reason to put such a tag on a collar.

These are like small aluminum discs so it would be like clanging to dimes together as far as resonance goes.

Because they came from the wild. It's the space they know. They know where the food, water and shelter are. These aren't cute cuddly kittens. These are adult feral cats that will rip your face off. They can't be adopted. The alternative is euthanasia. So we put them back where we find them.

Unless we notice something weird. We caught one that wasn't coming out of sedation correctly. Very cold and twitching. We cuddled them up and kept them warm. We knew we weren't in danger because they were really not able to manage themself much less attack us.

They recovered and we kept them for observation for a few days. Dude was chill. We found that he had some kind of neurological issues. His back legs never worked correctly. We adopted him because there was no chance of him surviving in the wild. He was with us for just a couple of years before his kidneys failed.

But most cats, 99%, aren't chill. They will ram themselves against the trap. They will claw and bite you. Cats aren't domesticated. They are feral animals that with proper upbringing we trap in a kitten mentality. If they grow up without humans they will be the apex predators that will do everything possible to show you that they would rather die than give you control.

So yes. The wild. Because it's the best place for them.

How do we prevent this? Fix yo damn pets. Until everyone does that there is an army of volunteers putting them back where they found them but incapable of creating more cats and spreading rabies.

Catch and release is pretty common in communities that are overrun with stray cats like mine. More sterilized cats on the streets means fewer cats reproducing in the same area.