Wednesday, August 3, 2005

WAMU 88.5 FM
American University
Washington, DC
The Kojo Nnamdi Show
13:06 Combating Cat Overpopulation
Guest host: Sam Litzinger
The numbers are astonishing. A single female cat and her kittens can produce more than 400,000 cats in just seven years. We look at programs to combat cat overpopulation.
Guests
Becky Robinson, National Director and founder of Alley Cat Allies, Inc.
Stephanie Shain, Director of Outreach for Companion Animals, The Humane Society of the United States
Linda Winter, Director, Cats Indoors Campaign, American Bird Conservancy

~ ~ ~ ~ ~
[...a Feral Cat Blog! ~Paws Up & Purrs~:]
Carroll calls for humane cat control
Ontario Mirror Guardian, Canada
Toronto's blossoming population of stray and feral cats needs some brakes applied to it, and city animal control officials should be the ones to do it, says ...

Residents discuss changes in county cat policy
The Beaufort Gazette, South Carolina
About 50 Beaufort County residents turned out Tuesday at a Beaufort Humane Association meeting to discuss changing the county's policy from trapping and euthanizing feral cats to a program that neuters the animals and returns them to their habitat.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Noblesville art fair
Indianapolis Star, United States
... IndyFeral and Pets Supplies Plus will conduct an informative road show and answer questions about feral cats Aug. 13 in Noblesville. ...

Rabid Cat Bites Ponte Vedra Woman, Community on Alert
WJXX, FL
... eye. They can be dangerous if they're feral and rabid. ... animal. Studivant said there's a colony of wild cats in the Oak Bridge Golf Club. ...

Stray sparks cat Aids alert
ic Berkshire.co.uk, UK
... Mr Orr warned: "I think it's an important factor for people to think about when they are considering taking on a stray cat if they already have cats of their ...

Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports
I-Newswire.com (press release)
(I-Newswire) - Catnip sensitivity is inherited, says Carolyn M. McDaniel, a veterinarian at the Feline Health Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY A ...

Abandoned cats could mean arrest
Bennington Banner, VT
VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE, NY -- Some 12 to 15 cats in various conditions, including a dead kitten, were discovered at a village home believed to be abandoned ...

Animal shelters have too many kittens
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
... in a news release yesterday, said people who adopt two felines can get the second one at half the usual rate, which is $100 for kittens and $75 for cats. ...