Sentences with phrase «about feral cat colonies»

Visit their Web site to learn more about feral cat colonies and how to deal with them.

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# 9 — Community awareness Active TNR groups help educate their communities about feral cats, the benefits of TNR, and how community members can help care for their stray and feral colonies while working to prevent future generations.

A recent North Carolina study found that the feral cat populations where the program was in place saw a consistent reduction of feral cat colonies by 36 % in a two year span and about one third of all the colonies in the area became extinct in that same timeframe.

Two, the researchers ignore the fact that since TNR was first established in the U.S. about 20 years ago, its effectiveness at reducing the number of feral - cat colonies has been proved time and again in communities across the country.

If you are having difficulties with a feral cat colony, please contact 517-676-8370 to inquire about TNR arrangements.

The felines were found about two weeks ago outside the home of Toni Lewis, who manages a feral - cat colony on her 1 - acre property in Canaveral Groves, a rural community north of Cocoa.

Learn more about Trap - Neuter - Return, a humane solution for feral cat colonies that prevents overpopulation and is free.

The headline was an attention - getter, no doubt about it: «Report: Kill feral cats to control their colonies.»

Please call For Pets» Sake at 565 - PETS (7387) or Marian Rohman at 565-9327 for additional information about this program, to report feral cat colonies — especially if you can be their caretaker!

When you think about declawing, the cats in a feral colony are not the first animals to come to mind.

Feral cat colonies can be found behind shopping areas or businesses, in alleys, parks, abandoned buildings, rural areas... just about anywhere.

To read more about winterizing your colonies and creative ideas on how to make your own winter shelters, visit our Feral Cat Colony Care page.

If ABC is truly concerned about the public health threat posed by «feral cat colonies,» why withhold such critical information?

Let's set aside for the moment Longcore's assertion about colonies attracting cats, feral or dumped (I'll get to that in another post).

In about 2006, the City began training staff on feral cat issues, including the concept of trapping, neutering and releasing them to «colonies» of such cats.

Jetty Cats (32:00) Sheila O'Rourke's sweeping overview of cats throughout human history, looks at a long - surviving feral cat colony on a seaside jetty in Southern California and explores the debate about Trap - Neuter - Return as the best management for community cCats (32:00) Sheila O'Rourke's sweeping overview of cats throughout human history, looks at a long - surviving feral cat colony on a seaside jetty in Southern California and explores the debate about Trap - Neuter - Return as the best management for community ccats throughout human history, looks at a long - surviving feral cat colony on a seaside jetty in Southern California and explores the debate about Trap - Neuter - Return as the best management for community catscats.

Learn all about caring for feral cats including identification, trapping, releasing, and managing a colony.

If you are interested in learning more about TNR and colony care (for example, if you are feeding stray and / or feral cats and are ready to do your part to TNR them), a certification workshop can be a useful step to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help the feral and stray community cats in your area.

Feral cats form close - knit colonies as most of them were born and grew up at the above noted location and have made decisions about their territory.

The New York City Feral Cat Initiative is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters whose joint mission is «to raise awareness about the thousands of... community cats living outdoors throughout NYC's five boroughs, to offer solutions to prevent the number of homeless cats from increasing, and to successfully manage existing colonies.»

Since 1990 with the care of our first feral cat colony, Alley Cat Allies has fueled a small but powerful revolution in how people think about cacat colony, Alley Cat Allies has fueled a small but powerful revolution in how people think about caCat Allies has fueled a small but powerful revolution in how people think about cats.

I wish it wasn't so, but they are that arrogant and that ignorant about what they are up against when it comes to colonies of feral cats.

In contrast, feral cat colony kitten mortality is about 75 %.

Other concerned citizens learn about TNR and are willing to take on the expenses of surgery, vaccinations, food, and supplies and ongoing management of the feral cat colony.

For general information about feral cats, how to conduct TNR, and how to care for feral cat colonies, visit:

If you are interested in learning more about TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) and colony care, a certification workshop is the first step you should take to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help the feral and stray community cats in your area.

Finally, if you are interested in altering a large colony of stray / feral cats, please contact our shelter to inquire about financial assistance.

She learned about trap - neuter - return (TNR) from volunteers with the D.C. - based nonprofit Metro Ferals, and through trial - and - error and advice from other cat lovers, she learned tips for smart caretaking that would increase the health and safety of her cat colonies.

«Whittling down guesses or extrapolations from limited observations by a factor of 10 or even 100 does not make these estimates any more credible, and the fact that they are the best available data is not sufficient to justify their use when the consequence may be extermination for cats... What I find inconsistent in an otherwise scientific debate about biodiversity is how indictment of cats has been pursued almost in spite of the evidence, and without regard to the differential effects of cats in carefully selected, managed colonies, versus that of free - roaming pets, owned farm cats, or truly feral animals.

Visit the NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals to learn about free workshops on TNR and Colony Care.

Over 500 members network for help with TNR projects and managing colonies, share information about local services and discuss feral cat care.

Workshop participants from throughout New York City and neighboring Long Island and New Jersey learned how to approach others about feral cats in their communities, how to speak to people who approach feral cat colony caretakers, and what resources are available to help educate your community about how to help feral cats through Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).

For more information about shelters and winter colony management, visit our Feral Cat Colony Care webcolony management, visit our Feral Cat Colony Care webColony Care web page.

If you know about or are currently caring for a feral cat colony in your area and are worried about them this coming winter, you can help their chances of faring well by taking a few extra measures to ensure their safety and well - being.

Its mission is to address the problem of homeless cats in Toronto by spaying / neutering, bringing adoptable cats into our foster / adoption program, managing colonies of feral cats (those that are not adoptable), and educating the public about responsible pet ownership and living with community cats.

Despite widespread concern about the welfare of free - roaming cats, the lifespans of neutered feral cats in managed colonies compare favorably with those of pet cats.

Its mission is to address the problem of homeless cats in Toronto by spaying / neutering, bringing adoptable cats into our foster / adoption program, managing colonies of feral cats (those that are not adoptable), and educating the public about responsible pet ownership and living with community cats.

Its mission is to address the problem of homeless cats in Toronto by spaying / neutering, bringing adoptable cats into our foster / adoption program, managing colonies of feral cats (those that are not adoptable), and educating the public about responsible pet ownership and living with community cats.