Sentences with phrase «large number of feral cats»

They had to find placements for a large number of feral cats.

These results suggest that it is feasible to safely sterilize large numbers of feral cats and that the experiences of existing programs are a consistent source of information upon which to model new TNR programs.

However, these agencies do not have the staff, time, or money to proactively trap and remove, shelter, and euthanize large numbers of feral cats.

Not exact matches

Chinatown is known to be one of the most rodent - infested areas of New York City, as well as having large numbers of unneutered feral cats roaming the area.

At first glance, one might think that trapping and euthanizing is the answer; however, it is impossible to trap all feral cats, and since their rate of reproduction is so rapid, large numbers of offspring continue to add to the population.

It is estimated that the feral cat population is as large as the current number of cats that have homes.

They are killing birds and small mammals in large numbers and the ubiquity of the toxoplasmosis parasite in the environment is tied to high populations of feral cats as well.»

The number of underfunded animal shelters, cat charity houses, and feral cat feeding stations increased dramatically - all housing large numbers of, stressed felines that were often forced to lived in crowded, unsanitary conditions.

But if you live in a typical US suburban setting, a greater threat for lepto (and other diseses 1, 2) to your pet is probably the presence of large numbers of raccoons and feral cats and our kind - hearted neighbors with an inclination to feed them - as well as those who leave food for their pets out - of - doors.

Perhaps more importantly now, feral cat advocates define «success» without including decreases in numbers, focusing instead on the health of the cats themselves... In a large area like Hillsborough County, TNR will not work, even if there were no other health concerns.

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Because of the large number of cats, expenses involved and difficulty capturing feral cats, most farm cats are rarely seen by veterinarians.

They neglect to note that a large number of these animals are either surrendered by their owners for euthanasia because they are old and sick, seriously injured, or dangerously aggressive; that many of the dogs euthanized are unidentified, unclaimed strays that are too old, sick, injured or aggressive to be placed in new homes; and many of the cats euthanized are feral animals that were never owned but were trapped and impounded because they have become nuisances.

She and her volunteers also undertook training in veterinary and trapping aspects of TNR — trap, neuter and release — to tackle the large numbers of street and feral cats in Lithuania.

(2) Due to the large number of stray and abandoned cats, euthanasia is not a cost effective, acceptable or ethical solution to the threats to public health and safety posed by large populations of stray, feral or homeless cats.

Euthanasia is selected for many reasons, including the large number of pregnant cats in the spring, the difficulties of fostering a feral mother cat while her kittens are being raised, and the poor chances of recapturing feral kittens if the pregnant mother is released.

Even in communities with much larger feral populations, the willingness of private veterinarians to handle a small number of cats on a consistent basis will allow the program to get under way while other efforts to increase spay / neuter capacity are pursued.»

«This is because the reproductive potential of female feral cats within and around the study sites is unlikely to have been large enough over a 13 - month period to produce the rapid changes in numbers that we observed.»

Therefore, we should take into account that large numbers of fancy breed and domestic cats from the Australian mainland were brought onto the island intermixing with the original feral cats.