Sentences with phrase «as the resident feral»

In areas where there is a natural food source (mice), this resulted in the influx of more cats as the resident feral cats were removed.

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As a result, the Oneida County Health Department is cautioning area residents to be particularly prudent when dealing with animals, both domestic and feral in order to reduce the risk of exposure to the deadly virus transmitted through the saliva and mucous membranes of an infected animal.

Feral - cat colonies in the national forest tend to be small groups, such as the dozen «wild» cats that one forest resident said were being fed by a neighbor.

Change is coming for one class of Lower East Side residents: the scores of stray and feral cats who have claimed the area's back alleyways, garden plots, and river - edge acreage as their home for decades.

When a feral cat colony is out - of - control with unaltered cats and undisciplined feeders, local residents will often feel and express hostility towards the cats and anyone seen as helping sustain their presence.

Residents are also disturbed by the number of ferals that sometimes congregate together in family or social groups known as «colonies».

SFACC's partner, the SFSPCA (External Link), offers discounts for local rescues and low - income SF residents, as well as free spay / neuter services for pit bull mix dogs and feral cats.

And our partner, the SFSPCA (External Link), offers discounts for local rescues and low - income SF residents, as well as free spay / neuter services for pit bull mix dogs and feral cats.

Alderman Michele Smith, whose 43rd Ward was overrun with rats after the demolition of Children's Memorial Hospital, said Lincoln Park residents recently reported success using ferocious feral cats as a rat control device.

As this program gains recognition, I hope other residents of Albuquerque and New Mexico will turn to this solution to any nuisance cat problems and gradually and humanely reduce feral cat populations.

[5 — 8] Fitzgerald and Turner, for example, argue that «domestic cats (both house and feral ones) are best described as generalist resident predators, exploiting a wide range of prey, and able to switch readily from one prey to another.»

Setting aside for the moment Cuomo's (apparently) poor grasp of the relevant science, one wonders: if, as he suggests, spay / neuter services aimed at low - income residents are sufficient to control «feral cat» populations, then why is this issue even a topic of conversation — much less the focus of a controversial piece of legislation?

«Next to the parks is the Ocean Reef Club, a gated community that boasts some of South Florida's wealthiest residents — as well as the state's largest feral cat population.