Sentences with phrase «cats in the colony»

New cats are less likely to be accepted into the group, which reduces the number of cats in the colony.

They often join other feral cats in a colony since there is protection in numbers.

She's formed strong bonds with her home turf and the other cats in her colony.

For example, if a caretaker initially reports six current cats in her colony and later updates this to five cats, the original entry is not stored.

(5) Keep in contact with its sponsor to report any illness, strange behavior or missing feral cats in the colony.

But he acted feral by not getting close to people or several of the other cats in the colony.

«This bill... defines a sponsor of a cat colony as a person who actively traps cats in a colony for the purpose of sterilizing, vaccinating, and ear - tipping before returning the cat to its original location; exempts community cats from the three - day mandatory hold requirement; and allows a shelter that receives a feral cat to release it to a sponsor that operates a cat program.»

TNR stops the births of new cats in the colony and allows the colony members to live out their lives within their own group.

Any friendly cats in your colony that can be picked up may be able to be evacuated along with your pets, but for truly feral cats, their best chance of survival is using their own instincts and abilities to respond to changing circumstances.

Tara began rescuing over a year ago when every female cat in the colony around her office in Manhattan Beach became pregnant.

Fewer cats in the colony will reduce the incidence of nuisance complaints.

Some require caretakers to trap and sterilize every single cat in a colony — which is said to be quite difficult sometimes.

While we call our clinics «feral» clinics, we are keenly aware that many cats in a colony are not feral, but semi-feral or fully tame.

How Much to Feed - One cup of dry food per cat in your colony is plenty.

While AHS houses some adoptable cats in colony areas, Fresh Start cats are housed in individual cages, so their litter box habits can be monitored.

TNR effectively controls the population of cats in a colony, and over time, those colonies diminish.

Ear - tipping of the left ear (removal of a piece of ear to identify which feral cats in the colony have been spayed or neutered).

This procedure has been proven to work by stopping the birth of new cats in the colony and letting the colony members live out their lifespan, approx 3 yrs for outdoor cats, with their own group.

Feral cats form strong bonds with other cats in their colonies.

The simulation showed that to reduce the population by a quarter, 57 percent of the cats in a colony had to be removed by lethal means or captured, neutered and released.

The urgency became real after last a devastating flooding the prior month which washed away dozens of cats in the colony.

shelter and when needed, medical care for the cats in the colony.

The newly TNR'd cats remain at a site until all cats in the colony are accounted for.

When they rub against another cat in the colony, it is thought that they are replenishing the cat's «group scent» after the other cat has been away.

Create (and update) a list — complete with descriptions and photos — of all the cats in the colony you care for.

Historically [using trap and kill] some cats in a colony would be removed, but their numbers would only increase again, and meanwhile none are vaccinated.»

Trap - Neuter - Return Trap: Humanely trap all the cats in a colony.

As anyone observing the Boardwalk cats can see, their home is the outdoors and their families are the cats in their colonies.

For TNR to be effective, all the cats in a colony must be captured and sterilized, volunteers must intensively monitor the group to spot and capture any new arrivals, and feeding must be done at a consistent time and leftover food quickly removed.

You may be facing threats to the cats in your colony that requires a more aggressive response or even campaigning.

The cats in a colony share a common food source and territory and may include not only ferals, but also strays - former pet cats who were recently lost or abandoned and are still tame.

Once all the cats in your colony have been altered, then you can settle into the last step of colony management, which is «maintenance».

She's the mom of most of the cats in the colony.

Responsible colony management means that you are willing to spay and neuter the cats in your colony on a continuing basis, remove as many friendly cats as you are able, provide regular food and water to them and find other caregivers to continue to do so if you are no longer able.

If you've trapped a cat in your colony that is friendly, please leave them in the trap for our clinics.

If all the cats in a colony are not trapped, then the ones left behind will tend to have larger litters of kittens.

Using this method, all the feral cats in a colony are trapped, neutered / spayed and then returned to their territory, where they continue to thrive on their own or sometimes caretakers provide them with food and shelter.

If you are physically unable to trap the cats in your colony we might be able to help.

One Time or recurring tax - deductable cash donations go to support the cats in the colonies we manage by providing food and medical care for them.

Relocating all or most of the cats in a colony can open up a «void» called the vacuum effect.

Studies of managed colonies show frequent turn - over of cats in the colony, as injured and diseased cats hide until death.