nPostednOctober 16, 2016
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Inknow that “feral” basically means wild. It usually hints at goingnwild after being in captivity, or going wild after beingndomesticated.
Inknow that “feral” basically means wild. It usually hints at goingnwild after being in captivity, or going wild after beingndomesticated.n
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nSonI was all ready to cringe at the day being about cats-gone-wild,nabout alley cats that nobody loves or cares for, possibly even aboutnthe need to call the humane society if you spot an unknown cat innyour yard. n
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nBasically,nI was kinda sorta afraid that the day was about the need to killnferal cats before there is a population explosion of the wildnbeasties. Almost all feral cats that are taken to animal shelters arenkilled – and shelter deaths are the Number 1 cause of death fornU.S. cats.
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Butnanimal shelters and death is not what National Feral Cat Day is aboutnat all! Instead, the Alley Cat Allies hold the special day innorder to spread the word about their Trap-Neuter-Return project!
Butnanimal shelters and death is not what National Feral Cat Day is aboutnat all! Instead, the Alley Cat Allies hold the special day innorder to spread the word about their Trap-Neuter-Return project! n
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nThenAlley Cat Allies want you to know that feral cats live just aboutneverywhere in groups called colonies. They are the same species asnpet cats and, the Allies claim, they are just as healthy as pet cats.nBUT they are not adoptable, because they are not socialized to livingnsafely with humans.
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nHowever,na population explosion of feral cats isn’t good for anyone – notngood for people or the cats themselves. That’s why they developed thenTrap-Neuter-Return (TNR) system. Loads of local governments havenpassed official policies endorsing TNR, and National Feral Cat Day isnan important step to raising consciousness about the TNR option andnenlisting more city and local governments to adopting this option.
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nThisnyear the theme of the day is “All Cats All Communities.”nApparently there are quite a few different events scattered acrossnthe U.S.
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nChecknout the Poster Cats of the 2016 National Feral Cat Day poster.
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nBynthe way, other names for feral cats, in addition to alley cats,ninclude community cats and outdoor cats.
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nEarthnScience Week October 11 – 17
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nBirthdaysnof biochemists Henry C. Sherman and Cyril Ponnamperuma
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nWorldnFood Day
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