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I wondered why I had never learned about feral cats in school, or anywhere along the way, for that matter.

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).

Similar uncertainties apply to guesstimates about feral cats in Europe and North America.

I first learned about feral cats in 1998 while working in Northridge for a firm doing work on the movie «Titanic.»

There has also been a lot of media recently about feral cats in Australia, including: Radio National's Background Briefing, ABC Online, the Sydney Morning Herald, Radio National's Bush Telegraph and The Australian

Learn about feral cats in your community.

Mojo's Hope began working with Marjorie Carter in March of 2014 and the community in hopes of bringing changes to our community about Feral Cats in the Anchorage, Alaska community and throughout the state of Alaska.

However, according to Seaside Animal Welfare, the city has no deals in place with any sanctuaries or rescues at this time, and if you know anything about a feral cat in a city shelter, you know they don't have a good chance of being socialized or adopted.

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Letteney is particularly concerned, though, about the feral cat found with the disease in the Baldwinsville area.

About Blog Caring Hearts Cat Rescue and Sanctuary is a joint community effort focused on stray and feral cats / kittens in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas.

It is estimated that the number of free roaming abandoned and feral cats in the United States may be as high as owned cats (about 73 million).

The American Feral Cat Coalition estimates that there are about 60 million feral and homeless cats living in the United States aFeral Cat Coalition estimates that there are about 60 million feral and homeless cats living in the United States aferal and homeless cats living in the United States alone.

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.

Dr. Beall has only recently begun her work with feral cats, shortly after finding out about a program in her Chicago area that promoted the use of feral cats as pest control.

In addition to TNR, there are many other ways people can help feral cats, such as advocating for policies that promote the practice of TNR, providing a holding space pre - and post-surgery for feral cats, fostering and socializing feral kittens, building feral cat shelters, volunteering for an organization that helps feral cats (there are lots of opportunities that don't involve hands - on work), writing articles and letters to the editors for local newspaper and magazine articles about feral cats and TNR, and donating to an organization that helps feral cats.

If you are considering doing the same for a stray cat in your neighborhood, The Humane Society helps answer detailed questions about stray cats and feral cats HERE.

This is a story about Tracy and her friend, Fernando, who rescue and feed feral cats in New Bedford.

In honor of our outdoor feline friends, we wanted to share some information about feral cats and Pawmetto Lifeline's TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) policy.

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.

Find out more about what constitutes as a «feral cat» in our FAQ Section of our website.

«With the grants from PetSmart Charities, we are able to tell people who want to bring in feral cats that they don't have to worry about money,» said Jesse.

It is estimated that there are about 800,000 feral cats in Cook County and up to 60 million feral cats nationwide.

The report was based on the fact that feral cats had been observed in the wild with no humans around (that they knew about) and the feral cats didn't meow amongst themselves.

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.

What we do not hear about is the ignoring of a greater problem caused by feral cats throughout Central Florida and far beyond — that is, the nearly total decimation in some areas of Florida native species of animals caused by feral cats as they hunt for food.

Over and over again we hear about the issue of feral cats and how to deal with the problem in the most humane way.

This is in response to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's recent decision to support the elimination of feral cats coincident with a propaganda campaign to mislead the public about the dangers of feral cats.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

National Feral Cat Day debuted in 2001, created by Alley Cat Allies «to raise awareness about feral cats, promote Trap - Neuter - Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them.&rFeral Cat Day debuted in 2001, created by Alley Cat Allies «to raise awareness about feral cats, promote Trap - Neuter - Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them.&rferal cats, promote Trap - Neuter - Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them.»

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.

While, in the past, communities were upset and concerned about feral cat populations, the trap - neuter - return return program has calmed those fears because the cat population is not growing and these cats are getting vaccinated.

About the NYC Feral Cat Initiative The NYC Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI), a program of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, supports the efforts of organizations and individuals who work to help stray and feral cats — collectively known as «community cats» — and perform Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in New York Feral Cat Initiative The NYC Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI), a program of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, supports the efforts of organizations and individuals who work to help stray and feral cats — collectively known as «community cats» — and perform Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in New York Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI), a program of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, supports the efforts of organizations and individuals who work to help stray and feral cats — collectively known as «community cats» — and perform Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in New York feral cats — collectively known as «community cats» — and perform Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) in New York City.

Feral cats are definitely a manmade ecological plague, but shooting them in the head is not the way to go about lowering numbers.

After our 20 years of raising awareness about feral cats and Trap - Neuter - Return in America, it's rare in this day and age that we come across a publication that is as backwards and poorly researched as «Feral Cats and Their Management,» a recent report from The University of Nebrferal cats and Trap - Neuter - Return in America, it's rare in this day and age that we come across a publication that is as backwards and poorly researched as «Feral Cats and Their Management,» a recent report from The University of Nebracats and Trap - Neuter - Return in America, it's rare in this day and age that we come across a publication that is as backwards and poorly researched as «Feral Cats and Their Management,» a recent report from The University of NebrFeral Cats and Their Management,» a recent report from The University of NebraCats and Their Management,» a recent report from The University of Nebraska.

For instance, when feral cats are trapped, they often thrash about in the cage trying to escape, causing superficial wounds on the face or paws — minor injuries that sometimes classify as «wounds of unknown origin» and cause otherwise healthy cats to end up in quarantine.

Every time an article appears in the paper about feral cats, or even cats in general, you have an opportunity to have a letter to the editor printed.

We educate people about issues surrounding feral and free - roaming cats in their environments, tell people where to take cats to be spayed or neutered, how to take care of the cats during post-surgery recovery, and how to take care of the cats long - term after they've been spayed / neutered.

By omitting this important issue from the feral cat / TNR discussion, researchers portray a situation both simpler and harsher (in terms of what it implies about the impact of free - roaming cats) than reality suggests.

And swallowed in one gulp the ridiculous claim by ABC's Steve Holmer that «there are about... 160 million feral cats [nationwide].»

Dauphine doesn't go into detail about the amount of funding, and it's not clear what, if any, role it played in the decision by NJAS (which took in $ 6.8 million in 2008) to participate in the New Jersey Feral Cat - Wildlife Coalition — the kind of collaborative effort that should be encouraged, not derided:

To hear The Wildlife Society's staunch opponents of TNR tell it, the media's just not interested in stories about «the impacts of free - ranging and feral cats on wildlife.»

In 2005, NJAS, American Bird Conservancy, Neighborhood Cats and Burlington Feral Cat Initiative began exploratory dialogue about implementing standards to protect rare wildlife vulnerable to cat predation in towns which have already adopted TNR programs.&raquIn 2005, NJAS, American Bird Conservancy, Neighborhood Cats and Burlington Feral Cat Initiative began exploratory dialogue about implementing standards to protect rare wildlife vulnerable to cat predation in towns which have already adopted TNR programs.&raqCat Initiative began exploratory dialogue about implementing standards to protect rare wildlife vulnerable to cat predation in towns which have already adopted TNR programs.&raqcat predation in towns which have already adopted TNR programs.&raquin towns which have already adopted TNR programs.»

In honor of National Feral Cat Day on October 16, Alliance spokesperson, Stephanie Mattera, attended the NYC Re-tails & Sales Expo at the historic Hotel Pennsylvania, where she talked to NBC reporter, author, and animal advocate, Jill Rappaport, about... Continue reading →

3) The costly hysteria about community cat caregivers - In two separate incidents in the Kansas City area, one community cat caregiver was sentenced and fined for feeding outdoor cats and another had surveillance cameras set up (illegally) to catch him feeding cats — how'd we get to this hysteria about feral catIn two separate incidents in the Kansas City area, one community cat caregiver was sentenced and fined for feeding outdoor cats and another had surveillance cameras set up (illegally) to catch him feeding cats — how'd we get to this hysteria about feral catin the Kansas City area, one community cat caregiver was sentenced and fined for feeding outdoor cats and another had surveillance cameras set up (illegally) to catch him feeding cats — how'd we get to this hysteria about feral cats?

This year's theme is «All Cats All Communities,» and supporters are hoping to educate communities about feral cats and humane policies like TNR (Trap / Neuter / Return), which when properly administered will reduce the feral cat population over time while providing for the community cats in a humane manCats All Communities,» and supporters are hoping to educate communities about feral cats and humane policies like TNR (Trap / Neuter / Return), which when properly administered will reduce the feral cat population over time while providing for the community cats in a humane mancats and humane policies like TNR (Trap / Neuter / Return), which when properly administered will reduce the feral cat population over time while providing for the community cats in a humane mancats in a humane manner.

At a workshop Tuesday night, commissioners and a dozen concerned residents heard the department's progress report about the decrease in the number of feral cats.

During this in - depth workshop you will learn about feral cats and their behavior, learn how to humanely trap cats, provide post-surgical care and safely return the cat to its community.

Talk to Certified TNR Caretakers from the NYC Feral Cat Initiative about Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) and how you can help feral and stray community cats in your neighborFeral Cat Initiative about Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) and how you can help feral and stray community cats in your neighborferal and stray community cats in your neighborhood.

Together, we can educate people about feral cats and the fact that they don't belong in shelters and do not necessarily have to be euthanized.

As detailed below, the city of Berkeley and San Diego County have reduced the euthanasia rates for all cats brought to their shelters by about 50 % since free spay / neuter clinics for ferals have started in those areas.