Sentences with phrase «unadoptable feral»

RTF programs often begin as a method to avoid euthanasia of unadoptable feral cats.

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The study claims cats kill birds and mammals with abandon, and that trap - neuter - return — the nationally popular and humane program to stabilize and reduce the population of unsocialized (unadoptable) feral cats — isn't working.

Most animal shelters across the United States kill virtually all feral cats who come through their doors, because they are considered unadoptable.

Our Riverside Sanctuary is home to many cats who have special needs, feral or unadoptable, and those who do better in a sanctuary instead of a typical home environment.

There is a critical window of time in which kittens must be socialized, and if they aren't handled in time, they will remain feral and therefore unadoptable.

This is a collaborative approach to save the lives of ferals, as true feral cats are unadoptable and ultimately euthanized.

Because feral cats are not socialized to people, they are unadoptable as pets.

In almost all instances, feral cats are unadoptable unless they are kittens still able to be socialized.

There is a critical window and if they aren't handled in time, they will remain feral and therefore unadoptable.

A substantial number of the cats euthanized in animal shelters are considered unadoptable because they are feral.

Many of them may be feral, or free roaming community cats that are considered to be unadoptable.

South County Cats works to save lives by placing feral and unadoptable cats in suitable barn homes.

In 2007, she started the island's Cat Café program for feral cats, who till then had been ignored or euthanized as unadoptable nuisances.

Consequently, feral feline communities too frequently are rounded up, and because they are deemed unadoptable, they are euthanized.

Euthanasia of cats to prevent overcrowding will be conducted using the following priorities, to be determined by the county veterinarian or his / her designee: (1) Sick, diseased, or injured; (2) Feral; (3) Unadoptable.»

Feral (wild) dog rehab program, allows these creatures to gain trust of humans, acquainting them with how a domesticated dog responds to stimuli, and, the last stage, preparing them to live in a home by fostering them with experienced handlers in their own homes; ARNO is proud to be only one of two organizations in the country to give these «unadoptables» a second chance at a life of unconditional love.

Why spend time raising a litter of puppies born to a feral mother, when the puppies and the mother are all unadoptable?

From March 2010 to June 2014, 385 cats (3.4 %) were euthanized as a healthy feral, but unadoptable, out of the total 11,423 healthy feral cats impounded alive at the shelter.

Local cat advocates discussed a program with the shelter manager, based on a 2008 Jacksonville, Florida, USA plan (Mitchell, 2008), to alter all healthy feral cats impounded at the shelter, and then return the cats to their place of capture, rather than euthanize them as healthy but unadoptable.

They discussed as well needed changes in the operation of the shelter such as ways to increase adoptions, a trap neuter return program for feral cats, better evaluations for animals so that they would not be mistakenly labeled unadoptable.

Just be aware that animal control and shelters often won't take care of feral cats» needs, as they are usually seen as unadoptable.

Deemed unadoptable, these under - socialized feral cats are in need of relocation for various reasons.

If feral cats are taken to animal control, they are considered unadoptable and will most likely be killed.

In most cases, feral cats brought to shelters by the public are deemed unadoptable; therefore, it is doubtful that volunteers could be enlisted to humanely trap these animals knowing the cats will be euthanized.

They are just as healthy as pet cats, but they are not socialized to humans and are therefore generally considered unadoptable, although it can be possible, with a lot of patience, to domesticate a feral cat.

Other efforts involve bringing the cats to shelters, only to have the feral or under - socialized cats deemed unadoptable and euthanized.

The vast majority (98 %) of adopters consider cats with feral background unadoptable.

Feral cats, semi-ferals, and many community cats do not stand a chance in most shelters (including BCAS), and are euthanized simply for being deemed unadoptable.

Ferals are the unadoptables of the world, the pests who wander neighbourhoods and reproduce year - round — and if humans catch them they're labelled «aggressive» and often euthanized because they will claw and bite their way out of human grip.

Many well - meaning, compassionate people feed stray and feral (shy and unadoptable) cats.