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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
On Aug 14, 10:51*pm, chatnoir wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds It's quite discouraging that people use the cat colonies as an excuse to dump off their unwanted (and probably unneutered) pets. The video's suggestion to relocate the neutered cats instead of returning them sounds like a good idea, but with the overloaded shelters it may be easier said than done. FirstHit |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
On Aug 14, 11:54*pm, FirstHit wrote:
On Aug 14, 10:51*pm, chatnoir wrote: http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds It's quite discouraging that people use the cat colonies as an excuse to dump off their unwanted (and probably unneutered) pets. The video's suggestion to relocate the neutered cats instead of returning them sounds like a good idea, but with the overloaded shelters it may be easier said than done. FirstHit The shelters are very full now with the economy! So, is the place I go to buy pet food! It has lots of kittens on display! |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
Suddenly, without warning, cybercat exclaimed (8/15/2009 1:59 AM):
"chatnoir" wrote in message ... http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds So what is the answer? Sadly, the only answer currently is humane euthanasia for unadoptable individuals. It is a hard decision, but shelters are so very overloaded, I think it's the only humane thing we can do until the human population can be better educated to spay, neuter, and not breed cats indiscriminately. I know this is an unpopular thought, and I hate the necessity, but there truly isn't anything else that can be done currently. jmc |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
On Aug 15, 4:29*am, chatnoir wrote:
On Aug 14, 11:54*pm, FirstHit wrote: On Aug 14, 10:51*pm, chatnoir wrote: http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds It's quite discouraging that people use the cat colonies as an excuse to dump off their unwanted (and probably unneutered) pets. The video's suggestion to relocate the neutered cats instead of returning them sounds like a good idea, but with the overloaded shelters it may be easier said than done. FirstHit The shelters are very full now with the economy! *So, is the place I go to buy pet food! *It has lots of kittens on display! Yeah, I've noticed! FirstHit |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
"chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 11:54 pm, FirstHit wrote: On Aug 14, 10:51 pm, chatnoir wrote: http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds It's quite discouraging that people use the cat colonies as an excuse to dump off their unwanted (and probably unneutered) pets. The video's suggestion to relocate the neutered cats instead of returning them sounds like a good idea, but with the overloaded shelters it may be easier said than done. FirstHit The shelters are very full now with the economy! So, is the place I go to buy pet food! It has lots of kittens on display! The bird lovers know the answer. Kill all those pesky cats so they can enjoy their brainless little noisemakers. |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, cybercat exclaimed (8/15/2009 1:59 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message ... http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds So what is the answer? Sadly, the only answer currently is humane euthanasia for unadoptable individuals. It is a hard decision, but shelters are so very overloaded, I think it's the only humane thing we can do until the human population can be better educated to spay, neuter, and not breed cats indiscriminately. I know this is an unpopular thought, and I hate the necessity, but there truly isn't anything else that can be done currently. Euthanize rather than TNR? Not even. |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
Suddenly, without warning, cybercat exclaimed (8/15/2009 2:43 PM):
"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, cybercat exclaimed (8/15/2009 1:59 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message ... http://www.youtube.com/abcbirds So what is the answer? Sadly, the only answer currently is humane euthanasia for unadoptable individuals. It is a hard decision, but shelters are so very overloaded, I think it's the only humane thing we can do until the human population can be better educated to spay, neuter, and not breed cats indiscriminately. I know this is an unpopular thought, and I hate the necessity, but there truly isn't anything else that can be done currently. Euthanize rather than TNR? Not even. Actually, along with. Euthanasia, I think, is probably a better death than dying of old age and/or sickness in an overpopulated colony. I know it's not a popular opinion. I hate that it's necessary, but I'm a realist. Too many cats, not enough homes, overloaded shelters. jmc |
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Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds (HD)
On Aug 15, 9:27*am, jmc wrote:
Sadly, the only answer currently is humane euthanasia for unadoptable individuals. *It is a hard decision, but shelters are so very overloaded, I think it's the only humane thing we can do until the human population can be better educated to spay, neuter, and not breed cats indiscriminately. I know this is an unpopular thought, and I hate the necessity, but there truly isn't anything else that can be done currently. There are things that a rich person like, say, Steven Spielberg could do. Donate a large tract of land into which neutered and spayed cats would be set free and given a chance to live, rather than be euthanized. Make sure that the land has water running through it, and provide additional food and water at stations scattered throughout the area of, say, a hundred square miles. It could be surrounded by a cat proof fence, and maintained by only a very few people. The grant would also provide for collection of neutered/spayed cats from shelters and transportation to the the site. This would cost very little for something like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to do. I haven't covered all of the details, but you can see the general idea. It would only require a moderate grant from some philanthropic organization to do it. |
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