What affects us affects cats
A study from Australia that criticises TNR (to be expected from Australia where they prefer to kill feral cats by any means legal or otherwise) actually provides some nice snippets of useful information which I have converted to a list of recommendations on making TNR effective. I welcome comments of all kinds even those …
You have probably heard about the $1.5 million Washington DC project to count all the cats, namely domestic, feral and strays and those in shelters. On this scale, it’ll be the first of its kind. It’s important because to the best of my knowledge Americans don’t know with reliable accuracy the number of feral …
An RSPCA report states that in order for the domestic cat population to be stable (i.e. neither increasing or decreasing) the domestic cat neutering rate needs to be 92%. This means that 92% of domestic cats need to be neutered at any one time. Sadly, as at 2012, neutering rates in the UK of …
TVHR is more effective than TNR, a study concludes. This is an interesting study that looks at a modified version of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) to make it more effective. The good thing is that the study takes TNR seriously as a way to manage feral cat colonies. The study indirectly validates the concept of TNR, …
by Kat (San Diego) THIS IS WHAT BREEDERS GIVE US. Every 2 days this is the kills in a typical county shelter You profess to be a cat lover–rescuer, even? DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE MILLIONS–BILLIONS–OF HOMELESS AND SHELTER ANIMALS DIE! Kat Hi Kat… thanks for visiting and sharing. I do not know why …
In the video below and in the words of this short article I discuss one aspect of cat population control that is never mentioned. Untitled from Michael Broad on Vimeo. I am talking about the domestic cat primarily. Yes, feral cats are killed at cat shelters but so are very many domestic cats. The …
