What affects us affects cats
The photographs graphically tell us how hard life can be for a stray cat living outside all the time picking up illnesses and injuries. It just wears them down and shortens life considerable. You can see this in his eyes. He has had enough. Ted is beat up. He has been out in the …
Winter shelters for feral cats were removed by the village administration of Ossining in NY state unannounced and without prior consultation with the TNR volunteers who had permission from the previous administration. Temperatures are bitterly cold in the 20s resulting in fears for the lives of the community cats.
A feral cat colony of 12 cats had established itself on the site of Industry City in Brooklyn, a large 40 acre complex of small businesses and light industry. Inevitably some kind people working at the site ended up caring for the cats. They become attached. The cats become part of the fabric of …
The authority in Hawaii, which is concerned with managing the state’s public land, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, have decided that the feeding of feral cats at the state’s harbors is prohibited from last Friday, so reports Hawaii News Now. This is the beginning of a campaign against feral cats in Hawaii. …
This is a discussion on kittens for those who are involved with trap-neuter-return (TNR). The idea for this article came about when a person commented last week in a Facebook TNR group that all kittens should be returned to their colony after being trapped and spayed/neutered. While some believe this is the correct way …
The police chief of Wild Rose, Wisconsin, USA in effect supports the hunting and shooting dead of feral cats in and around his town and therefore by default he must also support the hunting of feral cats in Wisconsin because as far as I’m aware there are no particular animal welfare laws in the …
AUGUSTA, Kansas, USA: In June, an Augusta couple were found guilty of the crime of feeding and watering feral cats (Elisa reported on it). I don’t know the exact ordinance which they breached but they must’ve breached the criminal law and that law must have included the feeding of feral cats. A judge ordered …
Carmel City Council have passed an ordinance (a law) which recognises the status of feral cat colony caretakers and seeks to regulate how they carry out their work. It also prevents other people being involved in feeding feral cats. Feral cat colonies need to be identified by a designee to ensure that the colony …
