Sentences with phrase «numbers of community cats»

Opponents of TNR and RTF advocate catching and killing community cats, a practice that for decades has been failing in its goal to reduce the numbers of community cats.

At each clinic, large numbers of community cats are humanely trapped, sterilized, vaccinated for rabies and returned to their colonies where they can no longer reproduce.

The number of community cats who live in a specific area, for example, raiding a dumpster behind a restaurant, will depend on how much food is available.

Support TNR and help reduce the number of community cats, and ultimately the number of cats being killed in America's shelters.

As a result of our humane TNR clinics, local shelter admissions have decreased, reducing the number of community cats euthanized, and the financial burden on county taxpayers.

By attending the Internet Cat Video Festival, you are supporting Operation Catnip and their goal ofreducing the number of community cats killed unnecessarily.

«There's a direct connection between the number of community cats we help and the intake of cats into the shelter,» says Farrell.

The number of community cats in the U.S. may approach that of pet cats (89 million), and with only an estimated 2 % of community cats sterilized compared to over 80 % of pet cats (Chu 2007, Wallace 2006, Levy 2004), the impact of this population on shelters likely far exceeds the impact of lost or unwanted pet cats.

The following table of a single year's U.S. projected kitten crop from the estimated number of owned pet cats compared to the estimated number of community cats that are fed by residents illustrates how community cats are the main source of new cats, even when the most conservative survival rates are used.

Such programs allow owned cats to make their way back home, and has been demonstrated to reduce3, 4 the number of community cats overall.

TNR programs, which involve spaying or neutering and returning community cats to their colonies, have proven to be an effective and humane method of reducing the number of community cats over time by stopping them from breeding.

However, because the number of community cats entering most shelters is significantly greater than the number adopted, even friendly community cats are sometimes euthanized.

As mentioned, these colonies keep the number of community cats down instead of allowing them to continue reproducing out of control.

And despite the fact that TNR is widely accepted all across the U.S., it feels like we are in a never - ending war of words over the right way to reduce the number of community cats.

Trap - Neuter - Return reduces the number of community cats living outdoors by placing socialized cats into adoption programs, and by stopping the breeding cycle of cats who live outside through spaying and neutering.

Visit the NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals website to read about how Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) humanely reduces the number of community cats living outdoors, and how you can help by attending one of our free TNR certification workshops.

Perhaps the most telling marker is the fact that the number of kittens eight weeks of age or younger entering the city's shelter system has dropped by nearly a third — an obvious indication that the number of community cats overall is declining.

As a result of our humane Trap - Neuter - Return efforts, shelter admissions have decreased, reducing the number of community cats killed unnecessarily and the financial burden on county taxpayers.

However, we know that catching and removing the cats from their habitat does NOT control the populations long - term, but sterilizing the cats WILL, ultimately, reduce the number of community cats in Santa Fe.

It is our belief, and the purpose of this program, that the number of community cats must be controlled.

And where these programs result in a lower intake of young kittens, there's good reason to think they're reducing the overall number of community cats.

TNR has proven to be the most effective method of reducing the number of community cats in a specific area over the long - term.

The number of community cats brought to animal control from those areas already has been reduced by 30 - 40 %.

«The Friends of BCAS are targeting the spay / neuter of community cats to reduce the number of community cats that are brought to our county shelter,» said Theresa Kopasz, Friends of BCAS president.

They do this with only 5 staff members and hundreds of volunteers who are committed to reducing the number of community cats and protecting all animals in Arizona.

Not exact matches

I mean, I work with a community of pretty hip and healthy cats, and almost daily I'm approached by someone who has some sort of issue with infertility, cysts, and any number of reproductive and hormonal complaints.

Although annual intake numbers persist in the 4400 - 5000 range and will continue to do so until every citizen spays or neuters their pets, FOTAS has paid for the spay / neuter of more animals than any other organization in the County: 476 pets and community cats through October of this year, for a total of 1411 since 2013.

Ultimately, the goal is to reduce the number of animals entering a given system through economically targeted free and low - cost spay / neuter services, shelter surrender intervention programs, adoption follow - up programs, and progressive community cat programs.

-- Community Cats TNR, Mason County, is s a group of volunteers, caregivers, and veterinarians working in the City of Ludington and Mason County, MI to reduce and stabilize the number of free - roaming, abandoned, homeless, feral cCats TNR, Mason County, is s a group of volunteers, caregivers, and veterinarians working in the City of Ludington and Mason County, MI to reduce and stabilize the number of free - roaming, abandoned, homeless, feral catscats.

TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return), SNR (Shelter, Neuter, Return) and RTF (Return to Field) are similar programs that communities can use to to reduce the number of free - roaming cats and allow shelters to focus resources on dogs and cats that can be rehomed, thus reducing death rates.

Trap - Neuter - Return, also known as TNR is the nonlethal sterilization method to reduce the number of free - roaming, community cats.

There are large numbers of undesexed dogs and cats in rural and remote communities where there is a lack of services.

Two, the researchers ignore the fact that since TNR was first established in the U.S. about 20 years ago, its effectiveness at reducing the number of feral - cat colonies has been proved time and again in communities across the country.

The current population of community cats shows that this old method is not effective and is not reducing the numbers.

Just a few years ago (and sadly still true in far too many communities), shelters were deluged with cats and kittens, and the number of cats and kittens killed was depressingly high — but today, thanks to commonsense programs, and the support of organizations like the Million Cat Challenge, we're seeing headlines like this one out of Michigan, «CATastrophe: Where have all the West Michigan kittens gone?»

Together we will ultimately help to improve the health and wellness of local companion animals and reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats born in our community.

Limit laws become problematic for community cat caregivers when the number of cats they care for exceeds the number of animals that a person may «own.»

These numbers continue to rise as more communities realize the outdated approach of catching and killing cats is cruel and ineffective.

TNR humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, reduces calls of concern to animal control

Nationwide more than 70 percent of cats taken into shelters are killed there, and for community cats that number is virtually 100 percent.

The SNiP mission is to prevent the suffering and death of dogs and cats due to overpopulation and preventable diseases, to eliminate the need for euthanasia in our community's animal shelters, to reduce the number of homeless animals, and to educate the public about the importance of spay / neuter.

Reaching that threshold will dramatically decrease the population of community cats and, in turn, reduce the number of cats that end up at the county's animal shelter.

St. Tammany Humane Society Fixes Record Number of Cats Friday, January 15th marked a record for the St. Tammany Humane Society and our fight to end homeless animals in our community.

«It helps to stabilize the number of cats in the community,» says Bonney Brown, executive director of the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, Nevada.

Studies show that TNR effectively stabilizes the community cat population, reduces the number of cats killed in shelters, and saves taxpayers money.

The pleas for help and the number of unwanted cats saddens us and strengthens our resolve to empower members of the public to work with us to solve cat - related issues in our community.

The adoption of friendly cats is one of the most tangible ways that TNR programs can quickly reduce the number of homeless cats in a community.

Although the actual impacts of community cats compared to pet cats on wildlife are hotly debated, one issue that is not is that the capacities of most shelter programs are simply insufficient to decrease the overall number of outdoor cats in a community.

Remember, you will be establishing your group as the local authority with a humane, cost - effective solution for reducing the number of free - roaming cats in your community, so always remain calm and courteous, but be persistent.

Be ready to explain how TNR plays a critical role in reducing cat intake numbers at local shelters, how it can ultimately save taxpayer dollars, and how it improves the overall safety and image of a community.