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What is the best food for feral cats?

PoC avatarPosted on December 28, 2020 by Michael BroadDecember 28, 2020

There is only one choice. It has to be dry cat food which is not ideal as a sole cat food but the practicalities and expense of feeding feral cats dictates that dry cat food is the food of choice. … Continue reading →

Posted in feeding feral cats | Tagged dry cat food, feeding feral cats, feral cat colony, feral cats, volunteers

East Bay Regional Park District staff admit to shooting cats and failing to communicate beforehand

PoC avatarPosted on December 10, 2020 by Michael BroadDecember 10, 2020

East Bay Regional Park District is a system of parklands and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco, California, USA. In all it covers 125,000 acres in seventy-three parks with over 1,250 miles of … Continue reading →

Posted in feral cats | Tagged california, Cat News, colony of cats, Community Cats, conservation, feral cat colony, shooting cats, shooting feral cats, TNR, volunteers

New York State Parks Office suddenly decide to trap and remove managed feral cats

PoC avatarPosted on December 5, 2020 by Michael BroadDecember 5, 2020

NEWS AND COMMENT: BETHPAGE STATE PARK, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK STATE: For a very long time volunteers have been looking after the feral cats on Bethpage State Park. There is a long established colony and one of the current volunteers … Continue reading →

Posted in feral cats | Tagged animal law, caring for feral cats, cat euthanasia, feral cat colony, feral cats, new york state, TNR, trapping feral cats | 2 Replies

Brazil’s Cat Island

PoC avatarPosted on October 15, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 15, 2020

The cats of Brazil’s Cat Island need help because the coronavirus pandemic has left them supported to a much lower level than before. Tourists who fed the cats don’t travel to the island anymore due to coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. … Continue reading →

Posted in volunteers | Tagged abandoned cats, Brazil, Cat News, cat rescue, cat rescuer, feeding stray cats, feral cat colony, starving cats, stray cats, volunteers

Cats that live in groups

PoC avatarPosted on October 14, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 14, 2020

It is wrong to say that only lions live in groups because feral and stray cats live in colonies. And domestic cats in households often live in small groups too. Both the lion and the domestic cat are different species … Continue reading →

Posted in sociable | Tagged african lion, cat food, colony of cats, feral cat colony, Japan, lion pride, sociable domestic cat, social systems

Are cats altruistic?

PoC avatarPosted on July 8, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 8, 2020

I discuss community cats and lions. Let’s define altruism first. It is an act of selflessness when concerned about the welfare and well-being of others. In other words for cats it is giving to another in terms of actions without … Continue reading →

Posted in cooperation | Tagged allogrooming, altruism, colony of cats, community cat, Community Cats, feral cat colony, feral colony | Leave a reply

Feral cats prefer insects and frogs on island with many migrating birds

PoC avatarPosted on February 17, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 17, 2020

This is another study, this time written up on the National Geographic website, which debunks the myth about feral cats having a cataclysmically destructive impact on America’s birds. It is a myth which ornithologists disseminate relentlessly. Clearly feral and outdoor … Continue reading →

Posted in hunting birds | Tagged cat predation, domestic cat predation, feral cat colony | Leave a reply

Picture of semi-feral cat colony

PoC avatarPosted on February 11, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 11, 2020

For me this picture, screams ‘semi-feral cat colony’ in a warm country. The climate certainly looks amenable to sustaining a feral cat colony. But these cats are clearly not true feral cats. The photographer is a couple of yards away … Continue reading →

Posted in community cats | Tagged colony of cats, Community Cats, feral cat colony, feral colony, semi-feral | Leave a reply

City improvements to a park threatens feral cats living there

PoC avatarPosted on January 10, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 10, 2020

The feral cats of Christopher Newport Park in downtown Newport News, Virginia, USA, are well established and under the care and management of a TNR program run by volunteers who place no burden on the city authorities. Yes, as is … Continue reading →

Posted in feral cats | Tagged cat euthanasia, Cat News, feral cat colony, online petitions, TNR, volunteers | Leave a reply

Feral cat colony behaviour

PoC avatarPosted on October 26, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 26, 2019

This article is about understanding feral cat behaviour in colonies. Perhaps the first important point to note about feral cat colony behaviour is that historically the popular press still tends to describe the domestic and feral cat as an asocial, … Continue reading →

Posted in sociable | Tagged colony of cats, domestic cat behavior, feral cat colony, feral cats, feral colony, sociable domestic cat | Leave a reply

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