Workshop participants from throughout New York City and neighboring Long Island and New Jersey learned how to approach
others about feral cats in their communities, how to speak to people who approach feral cat colony caretakers, and what resources are available to help educate your community about how to help feral cats through Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).
Not exact matches
In addition to TNR, there are many
other ways people can help
feral cats, such as advocating for policies that promote the practice of TNR, providing a holding space pre - and post-surgery for
feral cats, fostering and socializing
feral kittens, building
feral cat shelters, volunteering for an organization that helps
feral cats (there are lots of opportunities that don't involve hands - on work), writing articles and letters to the editors for local newspaper and magazine articles
about feral cats and TNR, and donating to an organization that helps
feral cats.
Some wanted to fight to leave the
feral cats alone and
other not for reasons you mentioned
about killing millions of
other wildlife.
This spay & neuter program is not available for
feral cats, but please contact our shelter at 480-497-8296
about other possible programs that might be available (i.e. Project HART).
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She shared her story
about how she and
other volunteers in the Concord area cared for
feral cats.
AnimalSave's mission is to educate you
about spaying and neutering your pet,
feral cats, and a variety of
other issues — especially those that affect us here in Nevada County, California.
While Littin wasn't entirely clear
about this, many of us interpreted her comments to mean that the first two are afforded certain protections;
cats considered truly
feral, on the
other hand, are considered vermin and routinely killed (via hunting, poison, etc. — though, again, Littin didn't discuss this in detail).
Other concerned citizens learn
about TNR and are willing to take on the expenses of surgery, vaccinations, food, and supplies and ongoing management of the
feral cat colony.
We were repeatedly awoken at odd hours of the night because of the pack of dogs, only one of which was a pit the rest were all lab and
other undetermined mixes, of which there were
about 8 dogs, kept comming into our yard and attacking the
feral cats.
She learned
about trap - neuter - return (TNR) from volunteers with the D.C. - based nonprofit Metro
Ferals, and through trial - and - error and advice from
other cat lovers, she learned tips for smart caretaking that would increase the health and safety of her
cat colonies.
Robinsons responds to questions
about the controversy that sometimes swirls around TNR and how best to treat
feral and homeless
cats — including from the perspective of wildlife advocates, factions of veterinarians and
others who oppose TNR — the study by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service, and more.
Citing the work of
other researchers, whose work is described on the HAHF website, Thompson wrote in a recent e-mail: «Keep in mind these are human doctors writing and they could care less
about feral cats or their control — they are simply reporting their research.»
There is therefore a recommendation that stakeholders and municipal governments provide education
about how feeding
feral or homeless
cats outside of a
feral cat - care program or
other spay - neuter initiative increases overpopulation and related suffering.
In hopes of learning more
about the phenomenon, Allison compared his findings with 24
other data samples collected for animals ranging from domesticated dogs and
cats to
feral rats and chimpanzees used for research — and what it pointed to was quite troubling.