Management of stray and feral community cats
Abstract
The nonlethal management of community cats is one of the greatest challenges in animal welfare. Currently, many animal shelters are struggling with rising cat intake rates and low live-release rates compared to dogs. One contributing factor to these trends is impoundment of feral cats. Stray cats who have lived in the wild for an extended time may become feral. A growing grassroots movement has promoted the control of community cat populations through sterilization. Trap-neuter-return (TNR) seeks to sterilize large numbers of cats and return them to their colonies. This chapter focuses on techniques for large-scale sterilization, with the goal of reducing the community cat population. Caregivers of community cats should be informed in advance where to obtain traps and how to safely capture and transport a cat. Community cats are frequently returned to their original multicat environment, and the advantage of a single treatment for parasites at the time of sterilization is uncertain.
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The Spay/Neuter Voucher Program is not in and of itself sufficient to achieve the desired results.
“Although the Spay/Neuter Voucher Program has had some success in bringing down the intake numbers and subsequent number of euthanized cats, it is not in and of itself sufficient to achieve the desired results (18, 24–27).”
From Implementing Nonlethal Solutions for Free-Roaming Cat Management in a County in the Southeastern United States (2019) · cites this paper as [24]
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Hamilton, F. (2019) · Frontiers in Veterinary Science · doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00259 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
- Authors
- Levy, J. K., & Wilford, C. L.
- ORCID
- Levy, Julie K.
- Venue
- Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-12-17
- Pages
- 669-688
- OpenAlex
- W2751787078
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Animal Law and Welfare
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- Keywords
- community cats, feral cats, stray cats, trap-neuter-return, cat sterilization, cat population control, animal shelters, parasite treatment
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