Sentences with phrase «do about feral cats»

Naturally, the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) embraced the report immediately, «with one official calling it «a must read for any community or government official thinking about what to do about feral cats.

What to do about feral cats is a controversial subject.

Not exact matches

So before we start exterminating the world's feral cat population (good luck with that), perhaps we should turn some of that energy on figuring out what to do about the dogs.

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.

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.

Most people believe that something needs to be done about the large feral cat population but want to keep the cats alive.

«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.

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.

Back to my question about how do feral cats survive the winter?

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.

If you have trapped a cat and do not want to neuter and return, you can surrender the cat to your local animal control facility but first you may want to read about preventing unwanted feral behavior with our Feral Cat Deterrence Techniqucat and do not want to neuter and return, you can surrender the cat to your local animal control facility but first you may want to read about preventing unwanted feral behavior with our Feral Cat Deterrence Techniqucat to your local animal control facility but first you may want to read about preventing unwanted feral behavior with our Feral Cat Deterrence Techniferal behavior with our Feral Cat Deterrence TechniFeral Cat Deterrence TechniquCat Deterrence Techniques.

Learn more about why feral cats do not spread rabies.

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:

Do you hear people complaining about stray or «feral» cats and ask where do they come from and what can be donDo you hear people complaining about stray or «feral» cats and ask where do they come from and what can be dondo they come from and what can be done!

Educate Your Neighbors (information and resources for how to talk to your neighbors about feral cats, Trap - Neuter - Return, and what you do on behalf of cats)

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.

TNR does not mean creating a world without risk for feral cats â $ «it's about improving the situation, not about making it perfect.

Now that the cats are fixed, you won't have to worry about kittens, there will be far fewer complaints and you'll know you've done what you can to make this a better world for your feral friends.

If you haven't yet done so, be sure to read my post from 1/28 to learn about the Architects for Animals program and how works to serves the feral cats of NYC.

If you care about the cats or your community is facing its own feral cat problem, and you're looking for humane, effective ways to help — don't miss this event!

TNR does not mean creating a world without risk for feral cats - it's about improving the situation, not about making it perfect.

We've had our share of predatory visitors over the years — hawks, fox, feral cats... But those risks don't seem worth worrying about much anymore.

If you are interested in learning more about TNR and colony care (for example, if you are feeding stray and / or feral cats and are ready to do your part to TNR them), a certification workshop can be a useful step to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help the feral and stray community cats in your area.

That's quite obviously the comment of someone that doesn't have a fuzzy clue about feral cats.

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

(Think about it, feral cats will do almost anything to avoid human contact so they will not sneeze in your face or pass on germs while shaking your hand like your best friend or co-worker might.)

And it doesn't stop there... KVHS has a public spay neuter program to help reduce pet overpopulation in our community, we regularly conduct educational and outreach activities to teach citizens about our work and humane care for animals, and we have created programs to strengthen opportunities for our most vulnerable animals like feral cats and senior animals through ongoing support and fee waived or reduced adoptions.

While Littin wasn't entirely clear about this, many of us interpreted her comments to mean that the first two are afforded certain protections; cats considered truly feral, on the other hand, are considered vermin and routinely killed (via hunting, poison, etc. — though, again, Littin didn't discuss this in detail).

«Whittling down guesses or extrapolations from limited observations by a factor of 10 or even 100 does not make these estimates any more credible, and the fact that they are the best available data is not sufficient to justify their use when the consequence may be extermination for cats... What I find inconsistent in an otherwise scientific debate about biodiversity is how indictment of cats has been pursued almost in spite of the evidence, and without regard to the differential effects of cats in carefully selected, managed colonies, versus that of free - roaming pets, owned farm cats, or truly feral animals.

PAWS aspires to best practices established by well - respected organizations such as Best Friends, Alley Cat Allies, Neighborhood Cats, Feral Cat Spay / Neuter Project, and Best Friends» No More Homeless Pets movement, and understanding what the No Kill Movement is all about - and how it relates to PAWS which subscribes to the No Kill Philosophy, please visit the following - and do some research on their sites, sign up for their newsletters:

The report speaks about how they are the same species yet feral cats are treated as «one shot and done» for Rabies immunization.

They decided to establish a rummage store while at the same time wanting to do something about the overpopulation of feral cats in the area.

Our primary mission is to spay and neuter community cats — sometimes called free - roaming cats or feral cats (see article on community cats and what to do about them)-- and help low income citizens alter and care for their pet cats.

If a cat is suspect of having rabies, can they be isolated away from everyone, like in a huge cage??? I had a very feral momma kitty go to the vets to get spayed and I warned them about her but the message didn't get to the people in the back.

A citizen or group concerned about the impacts of feral cats, that could establish standing as a substantially affected party, might successfully challenge the FWCC in at least two ways: (1) seek an administrative determination of the invalidity of the FWCC's rule prohibiting the release in the state of non-native wildlife — defined as non-domestic animals, and thus not including cats — on the ground that the rule is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority because it modifies or contravenes the specific provisions of the law implemented; or (2) seek an administrative determination that FWCC's statement that the agency does not regulate cats because they are a domestic species is an agency statement defined as a rule, in violation of § 120.54 (1)(a).

We've had our share of predatory visitors over the years — hawks, fox, feral cats... But those risks don't seem worth worrying about much anymore.