It's important that your legislators, animal control officers, and animal shelter staff know that many people in their community want
humane policies for cats.
Make sure the cats in your community are protected by advocating for
humane policies on their behalf.
The responsibility of our generation, we believe, is to pursue this new knowledge, confront the ethical issues as they arise, and seek their resolution by
negotiating humane policy.
Media coverage is one of the best ways to draw attention and support to your efforts to
secure humane policies for cats in your community.
The following resources will help your animal control agency and shelter
adopt humane policies, protect community cats, and save more lives.
Sign our petition to help ensure that
humane policies for cats are a major take - home message for local policymakers across the country.
Alley Cat Allies can help you stay educated and up - to - date
about humane policies for cats, and provide sample ordinance language to get you started.
With
humane policies in place, there will be more positive outcomes for cats and kittens who enter Lake County's shelter.
Joining Kanawha / Charleston Humane Association in the Future Five: Shelter Partners to Save Cats» Lives program are the following shelters whose strong leaders recognize they have a responsibility to serve their community
with humane policies for cats:
We have been educating Montgomery County shelter staff and helping introduce
humane policies like Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).
We work with animal shelters, lawmakers, and community members to protect and save cats» lives, change attitudes about cats, advocate for cats, and to
create humane policies for all cats.
American Kennel Club investigator Keith Russell drew applause at a Clermont County Kennel Club, (Ohio) meeting recently when he explained the
new humane policy drafted by AKC and told the audience that the registry would suspend privileges of any breeder who donated a dog or puppy to a raffle or auction.
You can also influence your shelter to
initiate humane policies that protect cats, support Trap - Neuter - Return, and encourage its participation in TNR.
Katie Lisnik is the Director of Companion Animal Public Policy at The Humane Society of the United States, focusing on
increasing humane policy for dogs, cats and other companion animals, as well as keeping more pets in their homes and preserving a strong human - animal bond.
The Oklahoma State House of Representatives recently passed bill HB 2250 with the specific intent of preventing national animal welfare organizations from
advancing humane policies and practices within the state.
Signatures will be presented «at the upcoming meetings for the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the United States Conference of Mayors to let them know that Americans
want humane policies for cats in their communities.»
This year's theme is «All Cats All Communities,» and supporters are hoping to educate communities about feral cats and
humane policies like TNR (Trap / Neuter / Return), which when properly administered will reduce the feral cat population over time while providing for the community cats in a humane manner.
2017 brought US immigration law back to the centre of debate on a number of topics but the way the debate is framed has become a false dichotomy: an imagined conflict between the rule of law and
creating humane policies to keep families together, but there is room for both.
We will present the petition signatures at the upcoming meetings for the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the United States Conference of Mayors to let them know that Americans want
humane policies for cats in their communities.
You must learn your area's specific laws to successfully interact with the public, deal with threats to cats, and push for
humane policies and programs.
The knowledge that shelter data must be recorded and reported to the public is also a strong incentive for shelters to implement more effective,
humane policies that protect the cats in their care.
America is a nation of cat lovers who want
humane policies that improve cats» lives in their communities.
It's easy to share via Facebook and Twitter, and there's even a petition you can sign «to help ensure that
humane policies for cats are a major take - home message for local policymakers across the country.»
In the state of Virginia, Alley Cat Allies is raising awareness and educating the community about outdoor cats, community cat colony care, Trap - Neuter - Return, and advocating for
humane policies for all cats.
The purpose of Global Cat Day is to strengthen support for
humane policies that protect cats.
Supporters from around the world are advocating for the lives of cats and educating their communities about
humane policies, like Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR), that help save cats» lives and protect all cats in all communities.
It is also
a humane policy, whereby no healthy animal is euthanized for living in the wrong location, or for simply living.
Let Monessen's mayor and city officials know that you want
humane policies for cats.