Tag: alley cat allies
How many cats can come about from one cat? Take pause before throwing out the numbers
How many cats can come about from one cat in 7 years? Can it really be 420,000 kittens? The numbers are exponential, but one needs to take pause when throwing out these numbers because they may not be valid. While it’s important to shock people into understanding how explosive pet overpopulation is, it’s also a…
October recognizes the feral cat, a misunderstood feline
October recognizes the feral cat, a very misunderstood and increasingly controversial feline. Ferals live in the wild and are afraid of humans. Only the most young can be socialized to become pets. There’s a huge difference between a feral and a stay. Strays have either lost their way or been thrown out. They haven’t reverted…
Spay/Neuter will prevent explosive cat overpopulation
March is Kitten Season It’s March, and kitten season is upon us. With longer and warmer days, cats and dogs instinctively start to mate and the cycle continues through fall and sometimes into the winter. The result: a lot of new kitties and pups, so many that thousands end up in shelters, or given away…
Monday MEOWsings: Forming Colonies Are Best Way For Ferals To Survive
Many of us remember the TV shows depicting the Alley Cats living together, fending for themselves and fighting with their neighbors. Sometimes it was internal fighting. Sometimes it was fighting with other colonies. That wasn’t so off-the-wall as it might have sounded when we were kids because feral cats do live in colonies because a…
