Online Caretaker Agreement

Let’s get you registered!

Looks like you are ready to get started! Please complete the form below, digitally sign and submit to become a registered caretaker with Triple R Pets. Please note that submission of the form does not guarantee approval of the agreement. A Triple R Pets volunteer will review and may reach out to you for further information.

Under the Cook County Feral Cat Ordinance, feral cat colony caretakers can register with a Sponsor Agency such as Triple R pets to be afforded the rights provided under the ordinance. All documentation is CONFIDENTIAL and no specific information regarding caretaker names and addresses is distributed outside of Triple R Pets without the caretaker’s approval. I agree to:

  1. Read and be familiar with the Cook County Feral Cat Ordinance

  2. Register the colony with Triple R Pets and provide descriptions of each cat in the colony

  3. Help to humanely trap each cat in my colony

  4. Help to transport each cat to the holding facility or clinic in an approved humane cat trap

  5. Help cover the cost of the medical services typically $50 per cat

  6. See that Triple R Pets receives a copy of the medical services your cat has received

  7. Never leave a trap out unattended or overnight

  8. Ensure the trapped cat is fully and completely covered with a towel or cover at all time

  9. Never transport the trapped cats in the back of an open-bed truck or in the closed trunk of a ca

  10. Understand that the cat’s left ear will be “ear-tipped” for future identification purposes

  11. Understand that if a cat is pregnant the procedure is to spay and abort

  12. Observe the colony cats and keep records of any illness, unusual behavior, or new cats/kittens

  13. Participate in a colony census as / when requested by Triple R Pets

  14. Provide spay / neuter surgery for any cat / kitten before placement in the adoptive home

  15. Have every cat in your colony spay / neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and micro-chipped

  16. Continue to provide food, water and, if feasible, shelter for colony cats

  17. Notify Triple R Pets if you become unable or unwilling to continue as Caretaker of the registered colony