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We are an all - volunteer group totally dependent upon goodwill and donations to reduce the feral cat overpopulation by using a humane solution, called Trap - Neuter - Return [TNR], to try to decrease their numbers.

Your donation will be used to protect and improve the lives of cats by educating caregivers, providing medical assistance and to persuade cat lovers across our community to advocate for policies in the best interest of feral or abandoned cats.

There are now programs to help feral cat colonies use that skill in exchange for regular feeding and vet care, and that is by having them work in businesses and farms to keep their areas free of rats and mice.

By placing chicken wire with the sharp side facing down, lattice fencing, or river rocks over the soil will keep feral cats from using your garden as a litter box.

CAP supports this solution with our Feral Cat Assistance Program (FCAP) TNR has been used successfully all over the world and is considerably more effective than the wholesale euthanasia of all ferals heretofore attempted by animal control agencies and shelters.

The issue Debate is raging in Australia surrounding the merits of using apex predators (dingoes C. lupus dingo) to conserve native fauna by reducing the abundance or area of impact of mesopredators (introduced red foxes Vulpes vulpes and feral cats Felis catus), which have largely been

Without the participation of the Ontario SPCA, the dedicated Feral cat colony caretakers use their own personal funds to provide food for these cats that have been abandoned by society.

March 2017 update: Affidavit submitted to court by former employee details how PETA lies to acquire animals to kill, steals pets from homes, kills highly adoptable animals such as puppies and kittens without ever trying to find them homes, and kills feral cats using cruel methods: nathanwinograd.com/?p=1727 2

IMPORTANT: Nervous and feral cats may require capturing to be neutered or taken in to be rehomed by CHAT using our specialist equipment.

Ear - tipping is a standard practice used by all animal rescue organisations working with feral cats.

Holmer goes a step further, using only the upper limit of the range published by Dauphiné and Cooper, and making the subtle — but important — shift from free - ranging to feral cats.

Community or feral cats are trapped using humane box traps, neutered / spayed and ear - tipped by a vet, then returned to where they were caught for continued care by a colony caretaker.

Madalon said she's seen feral cats poisoned with antifreeze, used for target practice, hit by cars and plagued with painful urinary tract infections.

The problem also includes cities that do not participate in Trap / neuter / release programs and actually make it illegal for people to properly care for feral cat colonies (the only solution has proven to work) by using cat leash laws, licensing laws, abandonment laws or pet limit laws to make TNR illegal — and thus, leading cities to kill every feral cat that comes into their shelter.

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.»

Traditionally, the approach used by Animal Control agencies to manage the feral cat population did not work.

Neuter / return feral cat control came into widespread practice in the U.S. in the early 1990s, after a decade of use in Kenya, South Africa, and the U.K., and experimental use since 1980 by Annabell Washburn on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Everything you need to know from using the right kitten formula to recruiting volunteers, written by an animal lover with years of feral cat experience.

Dedicated cat lovers across the country are saving cats lives by giving care to colonies of feral cats and using a process called Trap - Neuter - Return, or TNR for short.

by Mike Phillips, NYC Feral Cat Initiative Feral cats usually have sturdier immune systems than indoor cats, but when they do need medical treatment, the challenge for caretakers is to find ways to treat them without using stressful and traumatic... Continue reading →

For more, read, «Why Feral Eradication Won't Work», by Sarah Hartwell; Zaunbrecher, K., & R. Smith, «Neutering of Feral Cats as an Alternative to Eradication Programs,» Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association, 203, No 3, 8/1/93, 449 - 452;  «A Model for Humane Reduction of Feral Cat Populations», by Michelle S. Chappell, DVM, published in the California Veterinarian September / October 1999, about the use of TNR in San Diego; and this report by the National Pet Alliance and Cat Fanciers» Association, Inc. calling for funding of TNR programs in Santa Clara.Â

Learn how to be a safe and effective caretaker of feral and stray cat colonies by using Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).

2) THE SPAY - A-STRAY PROGRAM covers the entire costs of sterilizing five or more stray or feral cats each month, using the «Trap - Neuter - Return» method pioneered by Alley Cat Allies.

«Whittling down guesses or extrapolations from limited observations by a factor of 10 or even 100 does not make these estimates any more credible, and the fact that they are the best available data is not sufficient to justify their use when the consequence may be extermination for cats... What I find inconsistent in an otherwise scientific debate about biodiversity is how indictment of cats has been pursued almost in spite of the evidence, and without regard to the differential effects of cats in carefully selected, managed colonies, versus that of free - roaming pets, owned farm cats, or truly feral animals.

The Eastern Quoll may be detrimentally affected by feral cat predation (especially if cats have increased, or increase in the future, following the severe decline of the Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii), and dogs, land - use changes and road mortality.

Feral cats were captured between September 2010 and June 2013, using either large wire cage traps, leg - hold traps (soft - jaw, size # 1.5) or by spotlighting and netting with the assistance of dogs trained to locate and bail cats up trees.

One of the easiest ways to determine if a cat is a stray and not feral is by using food.

Mesopredator Management: Effects of Red Fox Control on the Abundance, Diet and Use of Space by Feral Cats

This self - paced, free recorded webinar offers instruction on how to be a safe and effective caretaker of feral and stray cat colonies by using TNR.

As used in this paper, «Feral» refers to cats that are unowned, free - roaming, and not generally tame, either because they were born in the wild or have lived in the wild for such a length of time that they have become unaccustomed to being handled by humans.