Not exact matches
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.
Two, the researchers ignore the
fact that since TNR was first established in the U.S.
about 20 years ago, its effectiveness at reducing the number of
feral -
cat colonies has been proved time and again in communities across the country.
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.
Perhaps most shocking
about the use of this paper is that Alley
Cat alleges
cats are not the source of these diseases, yet uses this paper to allege
feral cats are safe while ignoring the
fact this paper makes clear that these diseases absolutely come from
cats!!!
The
fact is that
feral and free roaming
cats are an INVASIVE SPECIES and are spreading death and disease as they move
about country.
During our discussion
about feral cats, in which the man insisted that since
feral cats were disproportionately suffering, they must all be rounded up and killed, I attempted to educate him that he had his
facts wrong.
In
fact, owned
cats and
feral cats contract FeLV and FIV at an equally low rate (
about 4 %).
«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.
Feral cats — wild
cats that live independently of humans, but are descended from domestic ones — have established invasive populations over large swaths of Australia, but there has long been debate
about just where in
fact they came from, Australia being an island and all.