Sentences with phrase «alley cats in»

Becky founded Alley Cat Allies in 1990 after discovering a colony of alley cats in Washington, D.C. Learning the local animal control advocated killing them, she resolved to protect alley cats right then and there.

To make things worse, his now - dead father's kingdom is in disarray with cruel usurping alley cats in charge, and Carbonel can not take his rightful throne as a human's minion.

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When the recent Southern Baptist upheaval» called simply the Controversy» began in the 1970s, many saw it as just another preachers» fight, a spectacle with all the charms of a late - night row among alley cats.

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The cast of characters in his book includes William Jackson, who first established — by analyzing alley - cat feces for traces of rat — that cats are near useless as rat controllers.

If you're the type of person who likes RPGs and tongue - in - cheek humor with references to popular gaming culture, then Cat Quest is definitely right up your alley.

To make matters worse, they have a run - in with an army of stray alley cats, then two workers from Animal Control and finally a band of wild animals calling themselves the «Flushed Pets.»

A thirteen - and - a-half minute documentary called «Jet Li is «The One»» is a fawning thing detailing how Jet is indeed the coolest cat in the alley (and probably deserving of a better vehicle), while another docu called «Multiverses Create «The One»» (also 13 + minutes) imparts some intriguing fight choreography information whilst presenting behind - the - scenes footage and an interview with fight master Corey Yuen.

After a tussle with feral cats in an alley, the two of them are picked up by animal control.

In a nearby alley, he finds five kittens, just a few hours old, and no mother cat in sighIn a nearby alley, he finds five kittens, just a few hours old, and no mother cat in sighin sight.

Sylvia Renee Lyss, founder of F.L.O.C.K., and her volunteers go out on a regular basis, usually at night, to the casino back alleys and into the less affluent neighborhoods of Las Vegas to maintain «Feeding Stations» with water and food for a multitude of stray and wild cats.The purpose is to humanely trap and give the cats immediate vet care, neutering, and vaccinations.The cats are either adopted out or taken to the F.L.O.C.K. sanctuary to live out their lives in comfort for as long as they are with us.Sylvia Renee Lyss has devoted her life to helping stray and unwanted cats and kittens.She has been actively doing this work for over the last 30 years in Las Vegas.

Lainey had been dumped in an alley among a pack of feral cats.

Most of my cats started out as stray alley cats of one sort or another, although I did once have a short - tempered purebred Siamese my aunt left me when I was in high school.

Richie was living in a dark alley in a makeshift cardboard box shelter, and Santell struggled to determine whether the cat was friendly enough to be adopted.

However, for as long as the species we call the domestic cat (Felis catus) has existed, there have been feral cats living in colonies in piazzas (town squares) in Italy, down London alleys and in fields and cities around the world.

An estimated half - million cats living in backyards, vacant lots, alleys, and numerous other outdoor locations throughout New York City.

One of the neighbors had told me there were feral cats in the alley.

By November 1997, seven years after the TNR program started, only six cats remained in the alley.

Some of these alley cats end up in animal shelters and the foster homes of cat rescues.

At least 125,000 homeless cats are living in our streets and alleys.

Krazy Kat, alley cats, & strays In the beginning of the mass media era, before George Herriman introduced the 1913 - 1944 Krazy Kat cartoon series, -LSB-...]

Their average litter size in the Netherlands is 2.7 kittens, (ref) as opposed to a healthy US alley cat's 4 - 6.

To promote increased awareness of the plight of «throwaway cats,» the homeless and abandoned cats in alleys, parks, and animal shelters and rescues all over the world.

We haven't had a kitten in our three alleys in Washington, DC in four years — since we completed TNRing all our community cats.

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

Dogs and cats are «breeding» right now in backyards, back alleys, fields, barns, basements, garages, and everyplace else in America where irresponsible owners let there unneutered / unspayed animals run loose.

It is not unusual during my early morning walks to see several cats congregated on someone's lawn or in the alley.

Animal - services director Mike Wittmer confirmed that traps are being put in alleys and other public places in Sanford's downtown, historic district and nearby neighborhoods where there has been a near epidemic of cat killings.

But, for instance, the densities of rats in Baltimore alleys prowled by feral cats is «remarkably stable,» according to research conducted in 2004 which compared rat and cat estimates from a half century earlier.

The lowly alley cat has long been considered a hissing, stinking, brawling fur ball of trouble — something to round up and send to the pound before it fights with your house cat, leaves droppings in your flowers or tears apart your trash.

Robinson, who was aware of trap - neuter - return programs in Europe, trapped the cats, got a veterinarian to sterilize them and then returned them to the alley.

Which means there is a good chance that they just paid whole lot of money to purchase a cat that is 100 % genetically identical to the black cat still looking for a home in their alley or local shelter.

Like Lynes, Mullins offers nothing in the way of a solution for what she describes as «the estimated 80 million stray and feral cats eking out an existence in our nation's alleys and barns.»

Becky Robinson discovered a colony of feral cats when she took a shortcut down an alley in Washington, D.C..

Feral cats can be found just about anywhere - including many back alleys in your city.

These cats live in groups called colonies and are found in both urban and rural areas, occupying alleys and buildings, or making their home in fields and wooded areas.

Whether you are a rookie feeding a few cats in the backyard, or whether you are a «pro» who has been feeding large colonies of cats in back alleys for years, here are eight great ways to make sure your feral feeding stations are stellar set - ups.

In this moving tale, Gamble, a 10 - year - old inner city kid, shows compassion when he takes on the care of a one - eyed, badly injured alley cat.

Last January feral cats froze by the dozens in the alley behind my building.

If a «stay - cation» is more up your cat's alley, there are three main options: boarding, in - home care, or family and friends.

In addition, they truly are an advocate and protector of the stray, feral, or alley cat.

If you're ready to have a new best friend in your home but lack the time, lifestyle or patience to deal with the growing pains of an infant animal, then adopting a senior dog or cat may be right up your alley.

Contended a Miss Miller of Chicago to various media in 1941, «The term «alley cat» is not a nice way to designate cats.»

In 1910 the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that outbreaks of rabies, diptheria, tuberculosis, and smallpox had been traced to «alley cats» consorting with free - roaming pets.

«Stray cats» turned up in 8,602 articles published between 1900 and 1991; «alley cats» appeared in 17,662 articles; «feral cats» were mentioned only nine times before 1950, and just 74 times more in the next 40 years.

Conversely, «alley» cats have often been mentioned in favorable and even admiring contexts, even when «strays» were least accepted.

An «alley cat» was believed to be much less likely to find a home — or to reman in one.

Anyone who understands my love of cats and anything weirdly eccentric will know Macho Cat sounds right down my alley, and I can't wait to harass my kitten with random objects when the game releases in December...

Towers breathe smoke into the sky, stations bustle with passengers and passing trains, the homeless burn fires in trash cans in alleys, and stray cats pause to look at you while you lie in wait for your target.