Sentences with phrase «feral dog population»

The missing vultures have left an ecological hole that is being filled by a burgeoning feral dog population, which have helped spread rabies.

Not exact matches

A mixed - breed dog, also called a mutt (shortened from muttonhead), crossbreed, mongrel, tyke, cur, or random - bred dog, is a dog that is a mixture of two or more breeds, or a descendant of feral or pariah dog populations.

But the surgeries, which require animals to be anesthetized, can be expensive — one reason so many dogs and cats remain unfixed and feral animal populations continue to grow.

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.

About 15 million of the national human population of 23 million people live in the intensely urbanized Taipei area, at the extreme north of the island nation, where most of the dogs and cats are pets, or are descended from lost or abandoned pets, in an environment affording some suitable habitat for feral cats, but little or none for street dogs.

They rescue and shelter cats and dogs, as well as work with feral cat populations and run a Barn Cat TNR program.

The group's goals include developing a low - cost spay / neuter program for cats and dogs, monitoring the health of the feral cat and dog population and providing care, and educating the public to the benefits of spaying and neutering.

High - risk animals include dogs and cats less than six months old, bully breeds of dogs (as these breeds account for a significant portion of the intake population at Young - Williams) and «community» or feral cats.

This study documents the positive impacts publically subsidized low - cost spay and neuter programs can have that often go unmet in communities: pet population control, leading to the prevention of the proliferation of feral dog and cat populations, slowing the flow of animals into shelters both voluntarily and through field services, and reduction in the incidence of humane destruction of animals.

The U.S. retained a large feral cat population long after street dogs disappeared, partly because cats are smaller than dogs, with smaller food requirements, and partly also because street dogs scavenge much more than hunt rodents, whereas feral cats hunt rodents much more than scavenge.

Jeff, was always a dog lover lost 3 dogs in 2o years children grew up ad moved away feral cats in my area have totally elimated rat population ps (I live in a fairly affluent community) they are not destructive and provide some degree of pleasure to us aging yuppies, as it goes live and let live!

It is not appropriate that responsible breeders pay to correct the government's inability to control the feral cat population, educate the public, provide low - cost spay / neuter programs, and prosecute animal smugglers and fighting dog breeders.

We joke here that the mosquito is really the state bird instead of the beautiful Yellowhammer and we also have populations of feral dogs and coyotes that serve as wildlife reservoirs for heartworm disease.

For those jurisdictions, an abnormally high «live release» rate may signify mainly that they still have a long way to go in preventing surplus cat and dog births, abandonments, the growth of feral cat populations, and dog attacks.

The animal population focus at our Wellness Center is shelter, owned and feral cats as well as shelter and owned dogs and shelter and owned rabbits.

Given the density of Nova Scotia's feral and community cat population, 70 percent of the 40,000 pounds of food is cat food, while the remaining 30 percent is dog food.

In 1975 the population of land iguanas of northeast Santa Cruz, as well as at Cartago Hill on Isabela, were decimated by feral dogs.

The National Animal Health Service of Costa Rica (SENASA, in Spanish) has admitted that they truly don't have enough resources to work on controlling the enormous stray population, and are aware that there's a real risk of these dogs turning feral, and possibly even violent as their generations continue.

The impact of feral cats and dogs on populations of the West Indian rock iguana, Cyclura carinata.

Feral cats, along with wild dogs and foxes, are thought to have a devastating impact on populations of small native animals in parts of the Australian bush.