Sentences with phrase «cat care givers»

Bill's licensing program for cats is even more of an issue since community cat advocates fear that any cat licensing requirement could threaten to penalize community cat care givers who look after dozens or even hundreds of cats.

[FN133] The ordinance further provides that if a feral cat care giver fails to comply with the requirements of the ordinance, the county animal control agency will attempt to resolve the situation prior to removal of the animals.

Not exact matches

As cat owners and care givers, many of us view ourselves as our pet's parent, and in many ways, we are.

Colony care givers discovered this cat's appetite decreased quickly.

Resources include: • Spay and Neuter options • Adoption opportunities for social cats and kittens • Open forums with topics specific to colony care givers • Education and training classes on trapping and colony care • Loan of humane traps — seven days a week

Classes include emergency rescue training, how to safely trap a cat, how to become a colony care giver, foster parent skills, bottle feeding, adoption assistants, ambassadors in our welcome center, socialization 200, clicker training, and positive behavior modification.

TNR involves the humane trapping of feral and free - roaming cats, sterilization, and vaccination, followed by release back to a committed care - giver who provides food, shelter, and necessary medical care.

The cats have a left signature clipped ear to let Animal Control and other care - givers know they're spayed or neutered and vaccinated.

This allows animal control officers and colony care givers keep track of what cats have been vetted.

As the recipient is ultimately going to be the responsible care - giver for this cat for several years, it is important that s / he is a part of the original decision process.

• You (the care - giver) will be required to complete a profile application for each cat.

You, as the primary care giver have to be alert to any sign of illness in your cat, and act accordingly.

[FN132] Colony care givers must make arrangements for the colony to be fed regularly, for sterilizing all cats that can be captured, vaccinating all cats that can be captured, and must make every attempt to sterilize kittens over eight weeks of age, remove kittens from the colony for adoption, remove sick or injured cats for veterinary care, and maintain records.

But not all feral cat colonies are organized and maintained by volunteer associations of care givers.

Additionally, because they are subsidized by human care givers, cats occur at higher densities and compete with native predators for food, thus making it more difficult for native predators to feed themselves and their young.

Furthermore, the ordinance does not require that all cats be sterilized, vaccinated, or removed if they are sick, it just requires that care givers «make every attempt» to do this, or that they do this for all the cats that «can be captured.»

Even cats living in established colonies which are cared for regularly by care givers do not receive the level of care considered humane for domestic animals.