Tina Traster, Catnip Nation

Award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker Tina Traster, previously featured on CCP Episode 186, joins Stacy again to update us on her documentary, Catnip Nation. The film advocates for TNR through the stories of four Good Samaritans caring for community cats around the country. Since being on CCP a couple of years ago, Tina has taken Catnip Nation on the film festival circuit, where it won several awards and has successfully landed a distributor. The documentary is available on DVD, and Tina is in the process of getting distribution on streaming services. Tina and Stacy discuss the need for TNR to become a more widely recognized issue that is taken up by local officials, and how TNR advocates can best work with municipalities. "What we need in this country," Tina says, "is a grassroots movement where it becomes imperative for politicians to recognize the role of a municipality in supporting TNR." To learn more about Catnip Nation or to order a DVD of the film, visit the Catnip Nation website.