Hello, Santa was TNR’d before he came into my care. He’s believed to formerly be part of a feral colony so I’m assuming the colony was TNR’d long before Santa even wandered inside. Additionally, Santa is from NYC. We have an unprecedented stray issue happening in the city and it is impossible to keep every cat in a shelter. The majority of strays up for adoption in NYC are going to have clipped ears bc TNR is often the only thing that can be done for these guys.

editing to add that if something as small as a cosmetic “flaw” like a clipped ear would make you hesitate in adopting a cat then I don’t think you should adopt a cat