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Managing a Feral Colony: Step 6) Decide what to do with kittens and friendly adults
June 4, 2010 – 12:04 am | No Comment
Managing a Feral Colony: Step 6) Decide what to do with kittens and friendly adults
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series managing your colony

It is important to decide what to do with kittens and friendly adults before you start trapping when you still have time to prepare. Ideally, adoptable cats and kittens will be removed from …

Drop Traps Save Time
June 2, 2010 – 6:20 pm | No Comment

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What is a Drop Trap?
A drop trap is a lightweight frame covered with netting – made to catch feral cats. It is propped up on one side with a stick, and food is …

Managing a Feral Colony
May 28, 2010 – 9:10 pm | Comments Off
Managing a Feral Colony
This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series managing your colony

THANK YOU! Please accept our gratitude for visiting this site! By doing so you have shown your compassion for stray and feral cats and your concern for their well-being. When so many turn a blind …

Kitten Rescue and Adoption
May 28, 2010 – 8:40 pm | No Comment
Kitten Rescue and Adoption

At Animal Outreach of Shelby County we do not have a shelter. All of our homeless cats and kittens are housed in volunteer foster homes while waiting adoption. Due to the limited number of foster …

Killing is no joke for shelter cats
March 18, 2010 – 9:36 pm | No Comment
Killing is no joke for shelter cats

I’m not pranking you when I say that April 1 marks the anniversary of the deadliest month for cats last year at the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter.
The administrators killed 96.1% of the cats that were …

Feral Cat Resources for BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS
May 29, 2009 – 11:44 pm | No Comment
Feral Cat Resources for BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS

All 50 states have anti-cruelty laws protecting cats and dogs, which apply to feral cats.
About Feral Cats

Feral (unsocialized) cats are present in urban, suburban and rural areas.
They are the offspring of abandoned and loosely-owned pet …

2008: By The Numbers
March 27, 2009 – 4:01 pm | No Comment

Public Spay/Neuter Program
Cats, owned & feral, fixed:
225
Average cost to caretaker for cat fix (including ferals):
$16.48
Estimated number of kitten births prevented for the next 7 years:
22,500
Dogs fixed:
46
Average cost to dog owner for dog fix:
$27.82
Adoption Program
Cats Adopted:
68
Dogs …