The negative impacts
of unaltered cats is greatly reduced through TNR.
Adapted from our in - depth spay / neuter research findings, this hand card is designed help owners
of unaltered cats and dogs make the important decision to spay or neuter their pets.
Altered cats are judged by the same standards as
those of unaltered cats.
Not exact matches
The
unaltered Japanese trailers and TV spots for The
Cat Returns (six all told) represent a final — and charming — batch
of extras, and somehow, I didn't mind that no English subtitles accompanied them.
In addition, we've implemented a Trap / Neuter / Release
of feral
cats, worked with law enforcement and other rescues to save abused / neglected dogs and started an effective low - cost, income verified, program for
unaltered pets.
70 %
of what comes in, dogs and
cats are
unaltered males.
These citizens will trap the
cats and bring them to the shelter, 90 %
of these
cats are
unaltered and are never claimed.
Some examples
of common practices or sayings that have proven to be false are that black
cats shouldn't be adopted out around Halloween, that only 1 in 600 pit bulls in shelters finds a loving family, or that one
unaltered cat will have 420,000 (or a bajillion) offspring.
Feral
Cat Program Feral
cats are the offspring
of unaltered house
cats who are lost or who have been abandoned by their owners.
A «feral»
cat is one that has never had contact with humans and that is the offspring
of abandoned or
unaltered free - roaming
cats.
Feeding without spaying actually hurts the ferals because this gives the
unaltered cats enough food to have plenty
of kittens, and eventually feeding the growing colony will either be too costly, or there will be so many
cats that neighbors and nearby businesses will complain.
Even with the best
of intentions, accidents happen and those accidents with
unaltered cats result in another litter.
Long - term studies have demonstrated the futility
of such a strategy since other
unaltered cats quickly replace the exterminated animals, moving in to take over the food source and resume the reproductive cycle.
If you refuse to spay / neuter your
unaltered cats and dogs, we will terminate your privileges to the Food Bank until you show proof
of a scheduled appointment date.
The study uncovered a real problem among
unaltered cats, showing that 19 %
of the feline population has had at least one litter.
If your female dog or
cat was in heat at the time
of surgery, you must keep them away from
unaltered males for at least two weeks.
According to the Humane Society
of the United States, a female
cat and her kittens, if left
unaltered, could produce 420,000 kittens in only 7 years.
Unaltered male
cats are very likely to spray (urine mark) both indoors and out, the smell
of male
cat urine is particularly unpleasant and very difficult to get rid
of.
When a feral
cat colony is out -
of - control with
unaltered cats and undisciplined feeders, local residents will often feel and express hostility towards the
cats and anyone seen as helping sustain their presence.
Dr. Robynne Ferguson reports that «2 years is the average life expectancy
of an
unaltered outdoor male
cat».
Unaltered cats are driven by their hormones and tend to sneak outdoors primarily in search
of a mate.
This TNR process prevents the tremendous suffering
of kittens born from the breeding
of unaltered feral
cats, and is the only humane and effective method
of phasing out colonies
of abandoned domestic
cats and their offspring.
«Unfortunately,
unaltered cats are far too often left to fend for themselves, causing litters
of new kittens every season,» says Sarah.
In seven years, one un-neutered pair
of cats and their
unaltered offspring can produce 420,000 kittens.
There are a host
of broad exemptions that will continue to allow breeding for (1) use
of dogs as service, guide or therapy animals, by search and rescue, law enforcement and other government agencies; (2) use
of dogs for herding or as livestock guardian dogs or hunting dogs; (3) dogs or
cats registered with the American Kennel Club, the
Cat Fancier Association or other recognized registry or trained and kept for the purpose
of show, field trials or agility trials; and (4) dogs or
cats whose owner has obtained an
unaltered animal permit.
Statistics show that an
unaltered male
cat and an
unaltered female
cat and their offspring are capable
of producing 781,250 kittens in a seven - year period.
«Just one
unaltered female
cat and her litters can produce hundreds
of thousands
of kittens over their lifetimes, for example.»
TNR is a method
of humanely trapping
unaltered feral
cats, spaying or neutering them, and returning them back to the same location where they were living.
The fact is that
unaltered cats are more prolific than rabbits producing several litters
of kittens in a lifetime.
The vast majority
of owned
cats are reported altered, yet many
cats and kittens are still being impounded as free roaming stray
cats at the local shelters and almost all
of them are
unaltered.
Altered male dogs and
cats are less likely to engage in frustrating urine marking behaviors, and tend to be less aggressive; the vast majority
of serious dog bites are inflicted by
unaltered male dogs.
And if you have an
unaltered male
cat, you're probably not seeing much
of him anyway.
Unaltered female
cats are prone to cancers
of the ovaries and mammary glands, and infections
of the uterus including pyometra, a usually life - threatening toxic infection
of the uterus.
When «fixed»
cats are returned, they guard their colony's territory, discouraging
unaltered cats from moving in and repeating the cycle
of overpopulation.
Dogs and
cats six months
of age or older that do not meet the requirement to purchase an
Unaltered Animal License shall be spayed or neutered.
The benefits to keeping feral
cats around outweigh the cost
of altering them.Removing feral
cats from a location is ineffective as it opens a territorial void and then more
unaltered cats move in, starting the breeding cycle all over again.
Unaltered cats over six months
of age are required to be licensed.
Cats who are unaltered may come down with some types of cancers more frequently than altered c
Cats who are
unaltered may come down with some types
of cancers more frequently than altered
catscats.
The owner discusses the «objectives and purpose for owning the dog or
cat, and after considering the overall circumstances, including the age and health
of the animal, the veterinarian concludes that the owner and dog or
cat will be best served by authorizing the owner to purchase an
Unaltered Animal License.»
Left
unaltered, this
cat can reproduce and before long there will be dozens and dozens
of feral
cats living in your neighborhood.
Unaltered cats, as young as five months old, are driven by their hormones and tend to sneak outdoors primarily in search
of a mate.
MANDATORY SPAY / NEUTER ORDINANCE FOR ALL
CATS AND DOGS OVER SIX MONTHS OF AGE (To be heard at 7:30 p.m. or thereafter) Recommendation: (1) Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance and return within 60 days mandating the spay / neuter of all cats and dogs over six months of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)
CATS AND DOGS OVER SIX MONTHS
OF AGE (To be heard at 7:30 p.m. or thereafter) Recommendation: (1) Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance and return within 60 days mandating the spay / neuter of all cats and dogs over six months of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3
OF AGE (To be heard at 7:30 p.m. or thereafter) Recommendation: (1) Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance and return within 60 days mandating the spay / neuter
of all cats and dogs over six months of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3
of all
cats and dogs over six months of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)
cats and dogs over six months
of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3
of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an
unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter
of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3
of all
cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)
cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3).
FIV is transmitted primarily by deep bite wounds - this kind
of injury is most associated with the mating behavior
of unaltered male
cats, including fighting.
As the pet is now the legal property
of NHS, it will have to be spayed or neutered prior to leaving the facility (applies to dogs,
cats and rabbits) if it is
unaltered.
The mating creates a domino effect and thousands
of more kittens can be born from just a few
unaltered cats.
Although reproduction and survival statistics vary greatly among colonies and geographic regions, the impact
of unaltered community
cats on the domestic
cat population and intake
of cats in shelters remains impressive.
Catch - Neuter - Return (CNR), also known as Trap - Test - Vaccinate - Alter - Release (TTVAR) is a method
of humanely trapping
unaltered feral
cats, spaying or neutering them, and releasing them back to the same location where they were collected.
As whole (
unaltered)
cats, Burmese have a hefty dose
of hormones.
I inherited over 27
unaltered cats and kittens when my husbands ex wife moved out.She did not believe God wanted us to alter any living creature.So needless to say I had a mess on my hands.But with help from some very wonderful people we managed to get all fixed, vetted and re-homed, as I had a lot
of close friends who had small farms, and they took a bunch each!
All dogs older than six months and
cats more than five months old must be micro-chipped and spayed / neutered unless owners pay an annual fee
of $ 150 for an
unaltered pet and obtain an intact companion animal permit.