Embraced by the shelter staff, the program quickly expanded to include
any healthy outdoor cats whose condition demonstrated they were thriving in their neighborhoods.
*** UPDATE *** June 2016... Texas Litter Control is taking
all healthy outdoor cats over 2 pounds from the Montgomery County Animal Shelter.
This program targets
healthy outdoor cats.
This approach continues to fail, and the number of outdoor cats increases despite the fact that millions of vibrant,
healthy outdoor cats are killed each year.
Not exact matches
Studies show that
outdoor cats are as
healthy as pet
cats and can have the same life span.
Feral
cats can have the same lifespan as companion
cats, living long,
healthy lives, contented in their
outdoor environment.
Taking regular
outdoor walks can keep
cats healthy and reduce boredom - related behavior problems.
Current best practices include diverting
healthy cats «found»
outdoors and brought to a shelter, to a spay / neuter / vaccination / ear - tipping process and then returning them to their original
outdoor home and colony.
The ads generally show
cats bounding around
outdoors to build up a
healthy appetite before returning home for food and a snooze — it reflects the British
cats» indoor -
outdoor lifestyle.
Whether your
cat is primarily indoors or has an occasional
outdoor adventure, establishing a
healthy baseline and a positive relationship with your veterinarian is critical in ensuring that your
cat lives a
healthy, happy life.
Indoor
cats live longer,
healthier lives than
outdoor cats.
Millions of people care for
outdoor cats, and they are just as
healthy as any other member of the public.
Feral
cats live full,
healthy lives
outdoors, but are killed in shelters.
Cats, like squirrels, chipmunks, and birds, are capable of living
healthy, fulfilling lives in the
outdoors.
Understanding
cats» natural history reveals just how recently
cats came indoors and how community
cats continue to live
healthy lives
outdoors — as all domestic
cats are biologically adapted to do.
TNVR helps
outdoor cats live
healthier lives, without the stresses of mating and pregnancy.
Community
cats, like Inky, truly can thrive and lead
healthy lives
outdoors.
The truth is that
cats can live full and
healthy lives
outdoors, just like squirrels, chipmunks, and birds.
When free - roaming
cats who are
healthy and thriving in their
outdoor home are brought to a full shelter, there is a better way for the organization to use its resources than to take them in and house them.
Public health policies all over the country reflect the scientific evidence: feral
cats live
healthy lives
outdoors and don't spread disease to people.
The data also confirms that feral
cats live
healthy lives
outdoors: less than half of a percent were euthanized due to medical issues.
Of these
cats, 157 were returned to the park to live
healthy lives
outdoors, according to NACA News.
Whenever new
cats join colonies, it's important to get them spayed or neutered and vaccinated so they can live
healthy lives in their
outdoor home.
In fact, what someone with good intentions thinks of as a «rescue» could even lead to the death of a
cat who was happy and
healthy outdoors.
Despite what many people believe, community
cats can live long,
healthy, and happy lives
outdoors, and their populations can be humanely maintained through TNR programs.
Removing at - large provisions or leash laws, or exempting community
cats from this type of provision, allows
healthy community
cats to go through a TNR program and continue to live and thrive in their
outdoor homes.
Findings: TNR allows
cats to live out happy,
healthy lives in their
outdoor home, eventually reducing colonies size.
Understanding
cats» place in history and human evolution reveals how very recently domestic
cats came indoors and how millions of this species — feral
cats — continue to live
healthy lives
outdoors today, as all domestic
cats are biologically adapted to do.
Some people believe that
cats are natural
outdoor pets and will be happier outside, but according to the Humane Society of the United States,
cats will stay
healthier as indoor pets.
As part of its campaign to save the lives of 1 million
cats over the next five years, the Million
Cat Challenge advocates an initiative known as «return to field» or RTF, which involves sterilizing
healthy cats who are thriving in their
outdoor homes, then returning them there.
There was a high mortality rate for feral kittens, but
outdoor cats who reached adulthood had an excellent chance for many years of
healthy life.
When an
outdoor cat is
healthy and well fed, as the majority of them are, the
cat is obviously getting its needs supplied in its environment.
In an RTF program,
healthy cats found
outdoors are sterilized and returned to where they were found.
He know appears to be a normal
healthy cat, but I do think he yearns for the «great
outdoors.»
Catios are a great way to allow your
cats access to the
outdoors and keep them safe and
healthy at the same time.
Cats who only live indoors lead longer, healthier and safer lives than indoor - outdoor c
Cats who only live indoors lead longer,
healthier and safer lives than indoor -
outdoor catscats.
Cats enjoy safe outdoor homes with shelter and a caregiver, and adopters enjoy having healthy, sterilized cats happily tend to their mouse, snake, or vermin troub
Cats enjoy safe
outdoor homes with shelter and a caregiver, and adopters enjoy having
healthy, sterilized
cats happily tend to their mouse, snake, or vermin troub
cats happily tend to their mouse, snake, or vermin troubles.
• Have not: o We continue working toward a world where
healthy cats are no longer «euthanized» in shelterso We work toward establishing TNR programs in all communitieso We need to increase public understanding of
outdoor cats» role in the community.
Interactive toys, food puzzles (particularly for overweight
cats), even supervised access to the
outdoors through the use of «catios» or leash walking can help keep senior
cats entertained as well as helping to burn excess calories and keep muscles and joints
healthy.
We also manage the Barn /
Outdoor Cat Program and the Community
Cat Program where otherwise unadoptable but
healthy cats are returned to where they came after being altered, vaccinated and ear - tipped - these programs saves the lives of hundreds of
cats every year.
Outdoor cats can live long,
healthy lives if someone sets up an orderly system to care for them.
These
cats are
healthy, sterilized, vaccinated, microchipped, and in need of a new rural
outdoor home, such as a barn, stable, garage, or warehouse.
Feral
cats are happy and
healthy living
outdoors with good caretakers.
I am on the whole a believer that
cats are
healthier if allowed access to The Great
Outdoors, being allowed to bask...
Pets in general have a higher body temperature than people with Dogs and
Cats at about 102 ° F. Though most
healthy dogs are very well adapted to cold temperatures — provided they're not
outdoors for too long — care must be taken with puppies, older dogs, and of course any sick or injured pets who can be vulnerable.
It appeared that these
cats were less able to adapt in ways that other
healthy,
outdoor cats could.
The solution is not to put them at risk
outdoors, but to bring indoors what our
cats need to be happy and
healthy.
Maintaining a
healthy weight is extremely important for
cats, both indoor and
outdoor, because overweight and obesity can increase the
cat's risk for serious health problems.
Multivariable analysis indicated that age, sex, health status, and
cat lifestyle and source were significantly associated with risk of seropositivity, with adults more likely to be seropositive than juveniles (adjusted odds ratios [ORs], 2.5 and 2.05 for FeLV and FIV seropositivity, respectively), sexually intact adult males more likely to be seropositive than sexually intact adult females (adjusted ORs, 2.4 and 4.66), and
outdoor cats that were sick at the time of testing more likely to be seropositive than
healthy indoor
cats (adjusted ORs, 8.89 and 11.3).
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