Shouldn't there be a law to prevent pharoh/wild cats??? (more questions)?

Question

I have heard that the typical unfixed cat can produce
450 000, offspring in under seven years. If this is true, shouldn't a law be passed so that only certified breeders are aloud unfixed cats? other wise the cat has to be fixed on purchase. Don't you think it will help control the ever growing population of wild cats???

Answer 1

There are laws against abandoning domestic animals, but hard to enforce. There are also laws against letting them out of the house unattended in some communities. People who love their pets and take care of them properly should be allowed to breed them if they choose. Both my boys are fixed and I still don't let them wonder, too many ways for them to get hurt.

Answer 2

Let the poor creatures be...
What do you want, to have them killed? A cat can't produce so many offsprings, basically because the average life span of a feral cat is a year, which means that most babies die anyway, they are killed by cars, etc. So the population isn't that huge. If you want to be a part of the solution, you can adopt a feral cat and help the relevant organistaions fix feral cats.

Answer 3

There are several feral cat groups that will spay or neuter them but only at a reduced charge. Whoever catches it has to pay the rest if they don't want to euthanize it.

Feral cat populations are pretty high in numbers because of their adaptability and there's really no way to prevent the problem.

Lots of people out there are really irresponsible and will abandon their cats or let them roam outside unfixed.

I think the problem is with the people...NOT the feral cats.

Answer 4

Oh! My God! No way can one cat have that many babies in seven years! I do think that all cats should be given loving homes and spayed or neutered but why only certified breeders? Mixed breeds make fine pets! I have a Ragdoll but I've always had mixed breeds before. My cat Gracie whom I had for going on 17 years was a wild kitten and my son caught her for me. She became tame quite quickly and was the best cat I ever had!

Answer 5

I'm going to play the devil's advocate here... While there should be laws to regulate cat breeders, and there should be sterilization requirements for cats that are not show-quality with registration papers, in the eyes of the American Gov't, cats are still just property that's alive. and TYPICALLY (which means in a hypothetical situation) the theory is this: an unsterilized female and her offspring can produce xxx,xxx,xxx amount of kittens in 7 years. I don't remember what the exact number is but its huge. This theory does not take into consideration the average actual lifespan of a feral cat, or mortality rates in kittens. And while a feral cat population is not bad (think rodent control), they do need to be contained. Trap/neuter/release programs are all over the place, and there are organizations that provide low-cost services and supplies to people who are active in t/n/r programs. But nothing is free y'all. Sterilization surgeries have to be done by somebody who has to pay for supplies and traps have to be made by someone who has to pay for supplies and food has to be made by someone who pays for supplies as well as transport of said food and all of this takes time and energy and the American population doesn't care enough about feral cats to do anything except call animal control because some stray cat is peeing in their garden. But what they don't realize is that once that once that feral cat that was neutered and kept his girly-cats to himself (who were also all fixed) is gone, another one is going to come in. Feral cats that are fixed do not realize that they have been fixed and will continue to behave as unsterilized cats.

Answer 6

i think you mean "feral" cats. Yes as an animal lover and someone who likes cats especially i think you are correct. All cats sold as pets should be registered, micro chipped and desexed.

Only registered breeders should be allows to have cats that are not desexed.

This is indeed the case in some local areas, but it varies from place to place and country to country.

Don't forget that the feral cat problem is largely a human problem when people dump unwanted cats or kittens and they have to survive for themselves.

Answer 7

There have been many states who have tried. One state (belive Wyoming) tried to ok shooting wild cats. Of course PETA would not allow it. The problem is not enough people care about the cats or dogs. that is why it is so important to have your pets fixed at 6 months old.

Answer 8

I believe you mean "feral" cats.

A law would be great; trouble is, most cats can't read. By definition, feral cats don't belong to anybody, so it would be up to the local govermental entity to deal with the cats, and most governments have enough to spend money on already.

Answer 9

Our existing laws aren't even being monitored or enforced effectively, but I hear what you're saying. You can do your bit by getting involved with a cause like Claw for example - they go out to poor areas and sterilise animals for free. Or get involved with a feral community where you live - gain their trust by feeding them, and then sterilise them one by one.

Answer 10

In my neck of the woods cats left to fend for themselves become dinner to hungry Coyote's & Eagles