Sentences with phrase «managed outdoor colony»
This program places community cats (or outdoor cats) in a managed outdoor colony where they have a caretaker who provides the cats with shelter, food, and veterinary care.
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Instead, they are spayed or neutered, rabies vaccinated, and left eartipped by trained caretakers before being returned to their managed outdoor colonies.
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The cat is then released back to its original outdoor location and managed by a caregiver who will manage the colony and maintain a clean environment through controlled feeding.
Managed cat colonies are becoming common in most major U.S. cities and are usually operated by volunteers who like to feed cats, rely on a scheme called Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR), whereby cats are trapped, neutered, and then returned to the outdoors.
No matter what type of feeding station you choose, it can be an extremely valuable tool in managing a colony of outdoor cats.
It refers to the practice of trapping stray and outdoor cats, including feral cats, so they can be spayed / neutered, given vaccinations (rabies and distemper, usually), and returning them either to where they were trapped or to a colony where they can be managed and monitored.
Although our outdoor cat shelters have been sold for years, as people recognize the need for cats to have good shelter in cold weather, the issue of managing food and water in cat colonies is often overlooked.
The New York City Feral Cat Initiative is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters whose joint mission is «to raise awareness about the thousands of... community cats living outdoors throughout NYC's five boroughs, to offer solutions to prevent the number of homeless cats from increasing, and to successfully manage existing colonies.»
It refers to the practice of trapping stray and outdoor cats, including feral cats, for the purpose of spaying or neutering them, giving them vaccinations (rabies and distemper, usually), and returning them either to where they were trapped, or to a colony where they can be managed and monitored.