Monday, June 20, 2005

CONTROLLING FERAL CAT COLONIES
Great Lakes Radio Consortium - MI,USA
Cats are the nation's most popular household pets. But despite this, millions of cats are abandoned each year. These free-roaming ...

Feral-cat call expected today
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
A colony of feral cats at Blythe Landing on Lake Norman will have to be out of the park by Wednesday unless county officials grant a reprieve. ...

Yearly crop of feral kittens tugs at resources, hearts
Contra Costa Times, CA...
Breitmayer said her Central County nonprofit group often gets desperate calls from East County residents who have as many as 20 feral cats in their yard. ...

No complaints about cat colonies
Bloomington Pantagraph, IL
... If the agency can't use the trap-neuter-and-return method in a neighborhood, Sterile Feral sometimes works with neighbors to remove the cats from the area. ...

Authorities try to refine cat-trapping policy
St. Joseph News Press, MO
The city isn’t empowered to pick up stray cats, authorities note, but it can determine that a cat is a nuisance and loan a humane trap to a resident who, in ...

Cat scratching as basic as meowing
Monterey County Herald, CA
... with us. We can show our respect for our feline companions by recognizing and understanding their need to still be a cat. For a ...

Feline parasite could infect pregnant women
Monterey County Herald, CA
Is it true that women shouldn't clean their cats' litter boxes while pregnant? Why? A: Yes, pregnant women should avoid contact ...

Port Townsend: Urban encounters with wild animals expected to ...
Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News, WA
... Sometimes coyotes snap up cats, small dogs and chickens. ``There is very little that we can do,'' City Manager David Timmons said. ...

Adopt-a-cat month
San Mateo Daily Journal, CA
... Peninsula residents are invited to visit Homeless Cat Network’s many adoption venues, where cats and kittens of all sizes, ages and breeds are available to ...