When we do a Trap Neuter Release [TNR] the cat gets a rabies vaccine. If that is handled through the shelter they do not get a tag because they know that cat's going to be re-released and no one's ever going to need to prove it was vaccinated. If anyone has any doubts they can just see that it's got a clipped ear and know that it's already been done.
But if it's done through a veterinary office, you get the tag. But the tag doesn't follow the cat. So I have a pile of rabies tags.
Keep thinking I need to get all the rabies tags that all the other TNR people have and do some kind of art project with them. Maybe get it put up at a local watering hole with a plea for people to donate to our local SPCA to help fund this work.
Future recipients of rabies tags:
The alternative is euthanasia or leaving them to populate out of control.
This is a spectrum where one end means most harm and the other least harm. The TNR sits closer to most harm than least harm all things considered.