There's too many unwanted cats and dogs everywhere. I want to ease them from misery of being homeless. I want to start with my own neighborhood, neuter the stray cats then let them free after they recover from the surgery. Afterall most are doing ok on their own. I dont have money to do an animal sanctuary. So maybe this is the next best thing? Better than putting them to sleep or caged up in overcrowded animal sanctuary right?
2006-09-06 17:03:16 · 22 answers · asked by greentea 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
There is a woman in the area where I live who does exactly as you're describing. And YES!!! it has helped. Many of our offices are located near apartment complexes, which seem to be rife with abandoned cats. These feral felines run all over the place. This woman comes around periodically with safe, live-traps and has them spayed or neutered. Then she cares for them through their recovery - Which must be no easy task, since they try to avoid people most of the time - and returns them to the same area where she caught them. It has dramatically reduced the feral cat count at some of our locations.
2006-09-06 17:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by kaylora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neutering and spaying may help with the overpopulation problem, but it doesn't stop them from spreading diseases to each other, then to peoples' pets, and killing off the native wildlife. If you're going to catch them, why not then take them to a no-kill shelter?
Catch-and-release programs are only used for feral cats that can't be tamed....and the cats are usually given thorough physical exams and shots on top of being fixed. You're lookin' at shellin' out a lot of money for that if you want to do it yourself. And what about the cats that aren't feral? They could end up in a very loving home, given the chance.
Honestly, I can't believe so many of the people who spoke the hard truth got the thumbs down. Wake up, people, spaying and neutering is only PART of the problem. And those cats deserve more.
2006-09-07 03:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
that sounds great but where are you going to get the money for that. That to cost and you will soon run out of money and there will always be some one you cant get to. but if it was me I would take the money i was going to use and give it to a sanctuary that could use it for just that and more. Plus if you do find any cats with out homes you can help them by bring the cat there and then maybe helping it find a home.
2006-09-06 17:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by bree1547 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds great in a perfect world. But it still does not solve the problem of the all the wildlife they kill and the diseases. There are worst things than death. Starving and being run over by a car?
We would like like this to be the answer. Maybe you could use your money and time to start a spay and neutering campaign?
2006-09-06 17:15:05 · answer #4 · answered by Trinkapoo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do it all the time and try to re-home them. If they are feral they are fixed and released. I take the ones who are social with me until I can find them good homes. I know it's just a drop in the bucket but at least I can take comfort in the fact that my kitties are not creating unwanted babies and they have been protected by vaccinations and so can you. It is a wonderful thing you are doing.
God Bless You!!!
2006-09-06 17:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by sgarrison94 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes!!!!
It would be wonderful if a community could get a vet on a saturday or sunday to spay and neuter all the strays, as well as people that have to have that little kitty and cant afford the spaying.
way way to many kittys in the world that need homes.
2006-09-06 17:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by atticbat63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is the best way. Many communities and private non-profit groups are already doing this. In our area, when a stray is neutered, its ear is tagged so that they know which ones they've done before.
2006-09-06 17:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It definitely does. Thanks for helping. I used to work at a shelter. Some shelters have kill rates as high as 60%.
Be sure to put a notch in the cat's ear once you alter them and before you release them. That way, if they end up in your live trap again, you can tell right away if they have been neutered without having to handle them. It will save you and them possible injury.
2006-09-06 17:22:22 · answer #8 · answered by Doe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this program exists in a lot of areas, including where I live. I donate money to the feral cat program here. Preventing another generation of ferals is a great idea.
2006-09-06 17:14:14 · answer #9 · answered by dogfrenzied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it will not. There are too many irresponsible pet owners. Neutering is a small bandage on a big gaping wound. Stray cats and dogs need to be put to sleep as they present human health dangers, they destroy wildlife and transmit disease to farm animals.
2006-09-06 17:11:51 · answer #10 · answered by Frank 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋