National Feral Cat Day was launched in 2001 by Alley Cat Allies to raise awareness about feral cats and promote Trap / Neuter / Return (TNR) as
a humane alternative to euthanasia.
Working with property owners and families throughout Calvert County Maryland, we help curb cat overpopulation at its source by providing
a humane alternative to euthanasia.
Not exact matches
Is death by starvation or being run over by a car really a better
alternative to humane euthanasia?
«Implicit
to the no - kill philosophy is the reality of exceptional situations in which
euthanasia is the most
humane alternative available.
The Captain Care volunteers work
to offer assistance for veterinary care, pet food, supplies, spay / neuter, identification tags,
humane euthanasia (as an
alternative to sending ailing, and / or elderly pets
to an animal control agency where they are held and then put down), as well as assistance for low - income families who may need help with fines / fees for impounded pets.
In this case, we strongly believe that
euthanasia is the most
humane alternative to an existence of suffering and pain or being limited
to life in a cage.
Placing them as «barn cats» on rural property is a
humane, practical
alternative to euthanasia.
Provide a viable,
humane, and cost effective
alternative to euthanasia, through TNR and ongoing managed care of unsocialized cats, and adoption of tame cats and kittens.
The core strategy rests on five key initiatives: providing positive
alternatives to intake; managing admissions
to match organizational ability
to provide
humane care; guaranteeing the Five Freedoms for all cats; removing barriers
to adoption; and reducing
euthanasia by returning healthy, sterilized, unowned cats
to the field.
Trap / Neuter / Return programs are a
humane alternative to mass
euthanasia of the free - roaming cats living in our environment and, when well - managed, are more effective at reducing the population.
Proponents see this approach as a
humane alternative to large - scale
euthanasia, and they insist that a colony of neutered cats can't reproduce and thus will eventually disappear.
CNR is promoted by the ASPCA as a
humane and more effective
alternative to euthanasia for managing and reducing feral cat populations as per APSCA NYCFCI feral cat sterilization guidelines.
CAAWS can provide limited assistance trapping cats dependent upon volunteer availability The TNR program has been proven
to be the
humane alternative of controlling cat reproduction, and helps
to reduce the
euthanasia rates at local municipal animal shelters.
They also work
to provide
humane euthanasia services as an
alternative to electrocution, a common way of killing homeless and unwanted pets in Mexico.