Sentences with phrase «abandoned cat population»

We help keep the feral / stray / abandoned cat population in check through the Trap - Neuter / Spay - Vaccinate - Return program.

Long - term confinement is not a humane option for the control of feral and stray or abandoned cat populations, according to new guidelines issued by the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) in its Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

Not exact matches

About 15 million of the national human population of 23 million people live in the intensely urbanized Taipei area, at the extreme north of the island nation, where most of the dogs and cats are pets, or are descended from lost or abandoned pets, in an environment affording some suitable habitat for feral cats, but little or none for street dogs.

is a 501 C 3 nonprofit organization committed to the well being of Hawaii's abandoned and homeless cat population.

The study claims cats kill birds and mammals with abandon, and that trap - neuter - return — the nationally popular and humane program to stabilize and reduce the population of unsocialized (unadoptable) feral cats — isn't working.

Reducing Brevard County's abandoned / community cat population takes efforts from many organizations, including other grassroots animal welfare organizations, county animal services and law enforcement, local businesses, and citizens like yourself!

The Cat Network, Inc. (CN) is a 501 (c) 3, Florida not - for - profit corporation dedicated to humanely reducing cat overpopulation by educating the public about the need to sterilize their pets and strays; providing access to low - cost spay / neuter services for stray, homeless and abandoned cats; helping members in their efforts to place adoptable cats in loving homes; and advocating non-lethal population control and humane public poliCat Network, Inc. (CN) is a 501 (c) 3, Florida not - for - profit corporation dedicated to humanely reducing cat overpopulation by educating the public about the need to sterilize their pets and strays; providing access to low - cost spay / neuter services for stray, homeless and abandoned cats; helping members in their efforts to place adoptable cats in loving homes; and advocating non-lethal population control and humane public policat overpopulation by educating the public about the need to sterilize their pets and strays; providing access to low - cost spay / neuter services for stray, homeless and abandoned cats; helping members in their efforts to place adoptable cats in loving homes; and advocating non-lethal population control and humane public policy.

Scientific data does indicate that cats that have destructive clawing behavior are more likely to be euthanized, released, or abandoned, thereby contributing to the homeless cat population.

As well, irresponsible owners may abandon cats in areas where outdoor populations already exist.

Cats, Pit Bulls, and Chihuahuas make up the greatest population of homeless and abandoned animals in Sonoma County.

When they are allowed to roam or are abandoned, they begin breeding, adding to the feral cat population.

As part of this project, CFHS conducted a general population survey of Canadians, as well as a multi-stakeholder survey of animal care organizations, receiving data from municipalities, veterinarians, humane societies and SPCAs, rescue organizations, trap - neuter - return groups, spay / neuter groups and other organizations across Canada that help to house or care for unwanted, abandoned, stray and feral cats in Canada.

It will help us find loving homes for abandoned pets and address the population crisis which sees millions of healthy cats and dogs killed every year.

Help us lower the population of homeless and abandoned cats in the Pittsburgh area and have a great meal in

While we need more research, it is prudent at this point to consider the population of stray dogs and cats in your facility — if many of those may in fact not be lost, but potentially abandoned, or a community dog or cat who was supported to some extent within a neighborhood.

One might easily get the impression that ABC has a plan to reduce the population of stray, abandoned, and feral cats — a feasible alternative to TNR.

But what if there's a better option, a non-lethal method for managing the population of stray, abandoned, and feral cats that reduces their numbers more quickly?

Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats (Felis catus) on birds in the United States: A review of recent research with conservation and management recommendations (2009) HAHF cites the 2009 paper co-authored by former Smithsonian researcher Nico Dauphiné (who resigned after being found guilty of attempted animal cruelty last year, after rat poison was found in cat food outside her apartment building) as evidence of «the incredible impact of free ranging cats on the bird populations of the U.S.» Among the many flaws in «Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats» was the authors» estimate of «117 to 157 million exotic predators,» which was based on David Jessup's inflated (and, not surprisingly, unattributed) «estimate» of «60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats.&raCats (Felis catus) on birds in the United States: A review of recent research with conservation and management recommendations (2009) HAHF cites the 2009 paper co-authored by former Smithsonian researcher Nico Dauphiné (who resigned after being found guilty of attempted animal cruelty last year, after rat poison was found in cat food outside her apartment building) as evidence of «the incredible impact of free ranging cats on the bird populations of the U.S.» Among the many flaws in «Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats» was the authors» estimate of «117 to 157 million exotic predators,» which was based on David Jessup's inflated (and, not surprisingly, unattributed) «estimate» of «60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats.&racats on the bird populations of the U.S.» Among the many flaws in «Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats» was the authors» estimate of «117 to 157 million exotic predators,» which was based on David Jessup's inflated (and, not surprisingly, unattributed) «estimate» of «60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats.&raCats» was the authors» estimate of «117 to 157 million exotic predators,» which was based on David Jessup's inflated (and, not surprisingly, unattributed) «estimate» of «60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats.&racats.»

This, combined with those who abandon or neglect their pets ads to the rise of the feral cat population.

This population is made up of of strays, who are lost or abandoned tame pet cats (some of whom have regressed to a not - so - tame state), and ferals, the essentially wild (that is, not socialized to humans) offspring and descendants of non-neutered strays and pets who were allowed to roam.

Conservationists say that, far from diminishing the population of unowned cats, trap and release programs may be making it worse, by encouraging people to abandon their pets to outdoor colonies that volunteers often keep lovingly fed.

«People, not infrequently, abandon cats much more than dogs,» said Peter J. Wolf, founder of Vox Felina, a blog on science and policy issues related to cat - population management.

Setting that aside for the moment, though, the question remains: If TNR isn't the answer, then how are we to reduce the population of stray, abandoned, and feral cats?

None of which seems to reduce the overall population of stray, abandoned, and feral cats.

And if it's done anything to reduce the population of the city's stray, abandoned, and feral cats, nobody's documented it.

(2) Due to the large number of stray and abandoned cats, euthanasia is not a cost effective, acceptable or ethical solution to the threats to public health and safety posed by large populations of stray, feral or homeless cats.

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Levy, Gale, and Gale reported a 66 percent decline in the population of managed colonies on the University of Central Florida campus between 1991 and 2002, despite the arrival of stray or abandoned cats.

We can not afford yet another solution that grows the population of abandoned cats.

Golder said the mentality that cats are «disposable» pets (unwanted kittens are often abandoned or dumped at shelters) is to blame for the huge feline populations in urban centres.

Community cat populations generally consist of a mixture of feral cats [2], semi-socialized cats and lost and abandoned pets.

Dr. Paul Maza, faculty member and consultant for the Cornell Feline Health Center, is also the director of a small group called FARVets (Feral, Abandoned, and Rescued animals) that assists animal welfare organizations abroad, in their missions to treat feline diseases and tackle overpopulation issues that may lead to abandonment of cats, inability to care for cats as pets, and feral cat populations.

In an effort to curb the population of abandoned and wild cats, the Humane Society of Tampa Bay partnered with the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, to trap, neuter, vaccinate, clip the left ear, then release feral cats back to their caregivers or the neighborhoods where they were trapped.