Sentences with phrase «part of a managed colony»

Better to have them part of a managed colony, where they are sterilized — and often adopted, too — than to be under the radar.

(a) The animal care and control division or its designee, in order to encourage the stabilization of the free - roaming cat population in the city, may: (1) Trap any free - roaming cat in a humane manner; (2) Have the cat surgically sterilized, ear - tipped, and vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian; and (3) Release the cat to animal care and control for adoption or other disposition in accordance with law, or to a colony caretaker who will maintain the cat as part of a managed colony of free - roaming cats.

It's an immediate, visual way to ID cats that have gone through the TNR process, and it alerts animal control that the cat is part of a managed colony with a volunteer caregiver.

Many cats do well returned to the areas they came from and can be cared for as part of a managed colony.

This ensures that all cats in a colony are humanely managed and prevents shelter euthanasia of cats who are part of managed colonies.

Ear tipping provides immediate visual identification that alerts animal control that a cat is part of a managed colony.

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The survey is part of a larger research effort to understand why honey bee colonies are in such poor health, and what can be done to manage the situation.

While feral honey bee populations may be healthy in many parts of the world, the researchers note that the health of managed honey bee colonies is threatened by a host of factors including habitat loss, pesticides, pathogens, parasites and climate change.

Parasitic mites, for example, destroyed 25 — 80 % of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies, and nearly all feral colonies, in parts of the United States during the mid-1990s [22].

Feral cat colonies managed with Trap - Neuter - Return programs do not harbor rabies, because the vaccinations they receive as part of the program are proven to protect them from the disease for multiple years.

The «tipped» ear is the universal symbol that a cat has been through a spay / neuter program, vaccinated, and sterilized — and generally part of a managed feral cat colony.

Holmer's assertion is part of his presentation, called «Managed Cat Colonies and Rabies,» that is one of 28 presentations being aired in over 70 countries in connection with the second annual World Rabies Day International Webinar to be held September 21 and 22.

Were these cats part of a managed TNR colony?

Building shelters that enable these critters to avoid freezing misery or death during inclement weather is part of the last part, managing colonies.

I found Duvall's discussion of the impact of cats somewhat difficult to follow, in part because he seemed to conflate observations of managed colonies with those of unmanaged (and likely unsterilized) cats.

Or, if they are feral and part of a nearby managed colony, ask the caregiver to provide shelter for the cats.