feral cats: the solution
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Feral Cats: The Solution. Daisy Alvarado Mrs. Ayik WRI 10. • The problem • What is a feral cat? • How are feral cats affecting Merced. • Why should we care • We need to take action • What should we do (proposal) •What is TNR? •Why TNR?. At a glance…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Feral Cats: The Solution
Daisy Alvarado
Mrs. Ayik
WRI 10
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At a glance…• The problem• What is a feral cat?• How are feral cats affecting Merced.• Why should we care• We need to take action• What should we do (proposal)•What is TNR?•Why TNR?
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The problem
Cause A: There are many feral cats wandering
around Merced County and good Samaritans
want to spay and neuter them.
Cause B: Spaying and Neutering cats can be
expensive and residents aren’t allowed to use
low cost spay and neuter services(vouchers)
for feral cats.
Cause C: The financial burden of helping cats
discourages residents from taking action which
is allowing cats to continue reproducing.
Effect D: Due to their increasing population
feral cats are being put to sleep.
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So what is a Feral
Cat anyway?
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Feral cats are…Feral cats are the offspring of lost or abandoned pet cats or other feral cats who are not spayed or neutered. Feral cats are not accustomed to contact with people and are typically too fearful and wild to be handled. Feral cats do not easily adapt or may never adapt to living as pets in close contact with people.
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How are Feral Cats Affecting Merced
They are
everywhere!!
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It’s just a few cats what’s the big deal?• Feral cats have an average of 1.4 litters per year, with an average 3.5 live births in each litter. That equals 4.9 kittens per year, per female feral cat. Indeed, a pair of breeding cats and their offspring can produce 420,000 kittens over a seven-year period.• Of the approximately 146 million cats in the United States, about half are feral/unowned.• In California, more than $50 million per year (coming largely from taxes) is spent by animal control agencies and shelters for cat-related expenses.
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We need to do
SOMETHING!!
• The main concern with feral
cats is their rapidly growing
population.
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My proposal
Merced Animal Control should host a semi - annual event that invites residents to spay and neuter feral cats at a low cost which will encourage residents to help feral cats and in turn boost Trap-neuter-release (TNR) efforts.
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What is TNR?
Trap-Neuter-Return, commonly
referred to as "TNR," is a
humane and effective method
of controlling feral cat
population growth. Using this
technique, all the feral cats in
a colony are trapped, neutered
and then returned to their
territory
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Why TNR?•It’s humane and has been proven effective in reducing feral populations.• It’s more cost effective than trapping and killing cats. Trapping and altering a cat costs about $50 while euthanizing costs more than $100.
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Thank You