At each clinic, large numbers of community cats are humanely trapped, sterilized, vaccinated for rabies and returned to their colonies where they can no longer reproduce. (ocgainesville.org)
The following table of a single year's U.S. projected kitten crop from the estimated number of owned pet cats compared to the estimated number of community cats that are fed by residents illustrates how community cats are the main source of new cats, even when the most conservative survival rates are used. (ocgainesville.org)
In 2010, Alley Cat received a two - year, $ 75,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to target a single high - intake ZIP code that included the shelter, had a lot of transient, low - income residents and was home to a large number of community cats. (animalsheltering.org)