What affects us affects cats
This compassionate Augusta couple, Sue and Ray Jones, were criminalized for providing feral cats with water. It’s very strange and on the face of it completely wrong. On their appeal the jury took 15 minutes to decide that the conviction was flawed. The couple’s lawyer said it was the shortest time (s)he had witnessed …
A hotel owner in Pretoria East, South Africa has threatened to sue volunteers who managed a feral cat colony on the hotel property. The Farm Inn hotel threatens to sue in defamation because they claim that cat lovers criticizing the hotel on social media and in protests on the ground are defaming hotel management. …
I personally have great admiration for people who voluntarily care for feral cats. As far as I could am concerned they do valuable work and this is not a general criticism. However, I also believe that sometimes feral cat caretakers and those people who are concerned about feral cat welfare make mistakes and antagonize …
There are two business owners on West Oceanside, NY, USA who are making extraordinary claims about feral cats which are being fed and managed under a local authority approved TNR program. The first one I’d like to mention is State of the Art Auto Body at 3670 W Oceanside Rd # 12, Oceanside, NY …
“Rogue feeders” should not interfere with the work of volunteers managing feral cat colonies under a TNR program as it can lead to local businesses and residents complaining.
Feeding feral cats is legal across the United States with a few exceptions and most of these exceptions are at county or city level. One state, Hawaii, with a particularly pressing bird conservation issue has banned the feeding of feral cats at ports.
It appears that Cosco has implemented a feral cat starvation plan at their facility in Kahului, Hawaii. The management made a U-turn in their attitude towards feral cats on their land. In the past they agreed a TNR program but now they have ordered a cessation to feeding. Employees are distraught.
For four years, three women, one of whom is Maryanne Maxwell, have been caring for feral cats in Wheeling, West Virginia. They feed them and have provided makeshift shelters for them. The shelters are obviously particularly important at this time of year. They pay for cat food and veterinary care out of their own …
