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The problems of un-neutered cats…..
Female cats (Queens)
Queens will attract a continual host of admirers. Wandering tom cats will appear, causing fights among each other. Romantic cat calls are annoying and the whole episode will inevitably lead to pregnancy and more kittens! Un-neutered female cats are prone to a condition called pyometra. This is where the uterus fills with infection and needs to be removed. This is a very serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Speying also reduces the risk of mammary tumours in later life. 90% of mammary tumours in cats are malignant.
Male Cats (Toms)
There’s no getting away from it, entire tom cats SMELL and they spray mark their territory with urine.
They are great wanderers and may cause road accidents of get into fights with other cats. These fights often lead to infected wounds, abscesses and the spread of serious diseases, such as FIV and FeLV. Neutered early enough, the tendency to scent mark territory is reduced and “Tom” is more likely to stay in his own area, reducing the risk of accidents and fights.
FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus)
This is a virus similar to the HIV virus in humans. It causes reduced immunity in cats and therefore reduces the ability of the cat to fight off infection. The virus is spread by biting, mating and from mother to kitten, therefore, due to the nature of the feral colony and especially the un-neutered toms, it can spread quickly. Although some cats can live with the disease for a long time without showing clinical signs, they still spread the disease and ultimately there is no cure.
FeLV (Feline Leukaemia Virus)
FeLV is also spread through biting, mating and from mother to offspring. As well as causing immune system deficiency similar to FIV, it also causes anaemia and some types of tumour. Again there is no cure.
As neutered cats are less likely to wander and fight and are not producing kittens the incidence of these diseases can be reduced, again helping towards a healthier colony. Other problems we see in feral colonies include respiratory disease, eye infections, skin conditions, some cats can be underweight and most are suffering with parasites. A lot of these conditions can be improved when a cat is neutered as it is not going through the stress of fighting, mating and ultimately producing and feeding kittens.
http://www.orkneyferals.co.uk/facts.php
Female cats (Queens)
Queens will attract a continual host of admirers. Wandering tom cats will appear, causing fights among each other. Romantic cat calls are annoying and the whole episode will inevitably lead to pregnancy and more kittens! Un-neutered female cats are prone to a condition called pyometra. This is where the uterus fills with infection and needs to be removed. This is a very serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Speying also reduces the risk of mammary tumours in later life. 90% of mammary tumours in cats are malignant.
Male Cats (Toms)
There’s no getting away from it, entire tom cats SMELL and they spray mark their territory with urine.
They are great wanderers and may cause road accidents of get into fights with other cats. These fights often lead to infected wounds, abscesses and the spread of serious diseases, such as FIV and FeLV. Neutered early enough, the tendency to scent mark territory is reduced and “Tom” is more likely to stay in his own area, reducing the risk of accidents and fights.
FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus)
This is a virus similar to the HIV virus in humans. It causes reduced immunity in cats and therefore reduces the ability of the cat to fight off infection. The virus is spread by biting, mating and from mother to kitten, therefore, due to the nature of the feral colony and especially the un-neutered toms, it can spread quickly. Although some cats can live with the disease for a long time without showing clinical signs, they still spread the disease and ultimately there is no cure.
FeLV (Feline Leukaemia Virus)
FeLV is also spread through biting, mating and from mother to offspring. As well as causing immune system deficiency similar to FIV, it also causes anaemia and some types of tumour. Again there is no cure.
As neutered cats are less likely to wander and fight and are not producing kittens the incidence of these diseases can be reduced, again helping towards a healthier colony. Other problems we see in feral colonies include respiratory disease, eye infections, skin conditions, some cats can be underweight and most are suffering with parasites. A lot of these conditions can be improved when a cat is neutered as it is not going through the stress of fighting, mating and ultimately producing and feeding kittens.
http://www.orkneyferals.co.uk/facts.php
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1000 TNR cats spayed and neutered with help of volunteers during 1.5 year.
That´s great
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Toronto street cats have a project to spay all the outdoor cats in Regent Park.
One man had taken care of a kitten but could´t afford to spay her.
He was greatful when he got help with it,for free and he wrote a poem
People Like You
I can’t believe you did this for me,
When I found my kitten she was running free.
Now that you’re our new friend,
With any luck strays will come to an end.
The strays are very nice cats,
God bless you for realizing that.
But we always have to keep in mind,
It’s your generosity that is hard to find.
It’s people like you that give me hope,
You do good things instead of dope.
So once more I say thanks,
You’ll always be in my memory bank
http://www.torontostreetcats.com/RegentParkProject.html
That´s great
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Toronto street cats have a project to spay all the outdoor cats in Regent Park.
One man had taken care of a kitten but could´t afford to spay her.
He was greatful when he got help with it,for free and he wrote a poem
People Like You
I can’t believe you did this for me,
When I found my kitten she was running free.
Now that you’re our new friend,
With any luck strays will come to an end.
The strays are very nice cats,
God bless you for realizing that.
But we always have to keep in mind,
It’s your generosity that is hard to find.
It’s people like you that give me hope,
You do good things instead of dope.
So once more I say thanks,
You’ll always be in my memory bank
http://www.torontostreetcats.com/RegentParkProject.html
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How Romania’s Abandoned, Abused Animals are Getting Huge Help
by Laura Simpson
Truck driver Tamara Raab is bringing Christmas in July to thousands of animals in Romania. In a 2,000 mile round trip journey, Tamara will drive a massive load of donated dog and cat food, veterinary supplies and pet beds to animal shelters in Romania. She’s undertaken this mission a couple times before, but this time is different. This time she didn’t have the 3,500 Euros required to pay the fuel. And that’s when fate stepped in.
On the recommendation of fellow animal advocate Peter Collins, Tamara sent an email to the Harmony Fund to ask for help. She was not optimistic. It simply felt like a lot to ask, but she had to try. So Tamara nearly fell off her chair when she received a reply from the Harmony Fund within the hour with just one question. “How can we make this project much, much bigger?”
Overwhelmed with surprise and relief, Tamara lowered her face into the palms of her hands as the tears began to warm her cheeks.
“I can’t stop crying, because I am so happy that you want to help us!” said Tamara who actually broke her ankle in an accident during her last mission to Romania. “I am so overwhelmed and flabbergasted that I don’t know what to say for the next minutes… I can’t stop jumping around on one leg.”
Here we are, three weeks later and the Harmony Fund is unleashing one of the most massive relief efforts ever attempted to impact the lives of thousands upon thousands of dogs and cats in Romania, one of the world’s hot spots for extreme animal cruelty and neglect. The mission begins with not just one, but two big rig trucks bursting with supplies to be distributed to more than a dozen animal shelters. And that’s just for starters.
In a 100-day dash, volunteers will come together to transform the lives of dogs and cats here in several ways. First, two dozen volunteers will converge on the shelter in Campulung where more than 1,000 dogs take refuge in a series of dilapidated buildings. Massive open holes in the roofs will be repaired to keep the snow and wind out. Three smaller buildings must be torn down and rebuilt elsewhere on the property because they flood with water to such an extreme that the dogs can’t lay their heads down to sleep without risk of drowning.
Two dozen volunteers will converge here to renovate this shelter to keep the dogs safe, warm and dry,
As you read this, a veterinarian is on his way to the shelter for a full multi-day marathon of examinations for each and every dog. He’ll finally be able to provide whatever health care treatment they need. This includes vaccines to prevent disease outbreak, which could spread like wildfire in a facility with such a large pack.
Next, the Harmony Fund will turn to the St. Francis Shelter in Bucharest, where we’ll help the cats who were drenched in rain and snow last winter under a roof that opens to the heavens. The roof will be repaired and we’ll buy food and veterinary care for the hundreds of dogs here as well.
In a move that epitomizes the love of ‘underdogs,’ the Harmony Fund is working with volunteers who devote themselves to the street animals here in Romania. Take for example Carmen Dodi, who travels around the countryside on her battered old bicycle bringing food and care to animals in crisis.
Despite caring for her father who has cancer, Carmen runs a small, home-based animal shelter and is often up throughout the night, feeding newborn pups every two hours. When she looks out at her front gate in the morning, there is yet another box of pups that someone has dropped off during the night. Some days, people will simply thrust dogs into her arms as she attempts to leave to run errands. It is absurd to think that she can sustain this deluge of abandoned animals and the Harmony Fund is trying to get her some hands-on help.
A few days ago, we agreed to work with Carmen to begin a door-to-door campaign to educate residents about spay/neuter, which is not yet a popular concept here. “We must convince them that this is better than letting their dogs have puppies and then leaving them to die in the forest or leaving them at my gate,” Carmen said. “This is where it begins.”
"Please imagine, what would you do?" Carmen asks. "Turn them away?"
To learn more about the 100-day dash for animals in Romania, please visit the Harmony Fund website.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-rom...mals-are-getting-huge-help.html#ixzz2VvzH46Hn
by Laura Simpson
Truck driver Tamara Raab is bringing Christmas in July to thousands of animals in Romania. In a 2,000 mile round trip journey, Tamara will drive a massive load of donated dog and cat food, veterinary supplies and pet beds to animal shelters in Romania. She’s undertaken this mission a couple times before, but this time is different. This time she didn’t have the 3,500 Euros required to pay the fuel. And that’s when fate stepped in.
On the recommendation of fellow animal advocate Peter Collins, Tamara sent an email to the Harmony Fund to ask for help. She was not optimistic. It simply felt like a lot to ask, but she had to try. So Tamara nearly fell off her chair when she received a reply from the Harmony Fund within the hour with just one question. “How can we make this project much, much bigger?”
Overwhelmed with surprise and relief, Tamara lowered her face into the palms of her hands as the tears began to warm her cheeks.
“I can’t stop crying, because I am so happy that you want to help us!” said Tamara who actually broke her ankle in an accident during her last mission to Romania. “I am so overwhelmed and flabbergasted that I don’t know what to say for the next minutes… I can’t stop jumping around on one leg.”
Here we are, three weeks later and the Harmony Fund is unleashing one of the most massive relief efforts ever attempted to impact the lives of thousands upon thousands of dogs and cats in Romania, one of the world’s hot spots for extreme animal cruelty and neglect. The mission begins with not just one, but two big rig trucks bursting with supplies to be distributed to more than a dozen animal shelters. And that’s just for starters.
In a 100-day dash, volunteers will come together to transform the lives of dogs and cats here in several ways. First, two dozen volunteers will converge on the shelter in Campulung where more than 1,000 dogs take refuge in a series of dilapidated buildings. Massive open holes in the roofs will be repaired to keep the snow and wind out. Three smaller buildings must be torn down and rebuilt elsewhere on the property because they flood with water to such an extreme that the dogs can’t lay their heads down to sleep without risk of drowning.
Two dozen volunteers will converge here to renovate this shelter to keep the dogs safe, warm and dry,
As you read this, a veterinarian is on his way to the shelter for a full multi-day marathon of examinations for each and every dog. He’ll finally be able to provide whatever health care treatment they need. This includes vaccines to prevent disease outbreak, which could spread like wildfire in a facility with such a large pack.
Next, the Harmony Fund will turn to the St. Francis Shelter in Bucharest, where we’ll help the cats who were drenched in rain and snow last winter under a roof that opens to the heavens. The roof will be repaired and we’ll buy food and veterinary care for the hundreds of dogs here as well.
In a move that epitomizes the love of ‘underdogs,’ the Harmony Fund is working with volunteers who devote themselves to the street animals here in Romania. Take for example Carmen Dodi, who travels around the countryside on her battered old bicycle bringing food and care to animals in crisis.
Despite caring for her father who has cancer, Carmen runs a small, home-based animal shelter and is often up throughout the night, feeding newborn pups every two hours. When she looks out at her front gate in the morning, there is yet another box of pups that someone has dropped off during the night. Some days, people will simply thrust dogs into her arms as she attempts to leave to run errands. It is absurd to think that she can sustain this deluge of abandoned animals and the Harmony Fund is trying to get her some hands-on help.
A few days ago, we agreed to work with Carmen to begin a door-to-door campaign to educate residents about spay/neuter, which is not yet a popular concept here. “We must convince them that this is better than letting their dogs have puppies and then leaving them to die in the forest or leaving them at my gate,” Carmen said. “This is where it begins.”
"Please imagine, what would you do?" Carmen asks. "Turn them away?"
To learn more about the 100-day dash for animals in Romania, please visit the Harmony Fund website.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-rom...mals-are-getting-huge-help.html#ixzz2VvzH46Hn
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These cats weren´t trapped and killed like so many other cats.
They were allowed to keep their lifes,in a TNR-project,they seem too enjoy their lifes and their friends.
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http://youtu.be/scwsJDMmJkc
They were allowed to keep their lifes,in a TNR-project,they seem too enjoy their lifes and their friends.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/scwsJDMmJkc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/scwsJDMmJkc
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This is My cat Mystique whom I recently had to put down do to a mass in her abdomen. She had been sick for a couple weeks and was very likely to not make it through the night. I never really took the time to post her pic so I decided now was good.
Miss my kitty but doing very good otherwise.
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This is My cat Mystique whom I recently had to put down do to a mass in her abdomen. She had been sick for a couple weeks and was very likely to not make it through the night. I never really took the time to post her pic so I decided now was good.
Miss my kitty but doing very good otherwise.
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Last night on BBC 2 in the UK a Horizon program called Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat aired. It was really wonderful and insightful into the world of the domestic cat outside of our catflaps/front doors! Using state of theart technology they used GPS & small cameras which were on for 24 hours they tracked the cats wherever they went.
Here's more information on the program and information on the 50 cats involved in thestudy!
Last night on BBC 2 in the UK a Horizon program called Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat aired. It was really wonderful and insightful into the world of the domestic cat outside of our catflaps/front doors! Using state of theart technology they used GPS & small cameras which were on for 24 hours they tracked the cats wherever they went.
Here's more information on the program and information on the 50 cats involved in thestudy!
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I watched it, thanks for the link, it was pretty interesting !
Last night on BBC 2 in the UK a Horizon program called Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat aired. It was really wonderful and insightful into the world of the domestic cat outside of our catflaps/front doors! Using state of theart technology they used GPS & small cameras which were on for 24 hours they tracked the cats wherever they went.
Here's more information on the program and information on the 50 cats involved in thestudy!
I watched it, thanks for the link, it was pretty interesting !
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kaleen_jean;3844512 said:
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This is My cat Mystique whom I recently had to put down do to a mass in her abdomen. She had been sick for a couple weeks and was very likely to not make it through the night. I never really took the time to post her pic so I decided now was good.
Miss my kitty but doing very good otherwise.
What a beautiful little black panther.
I´m sorry for your loss.
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He Kept Me Alive in Afghanistan
From Earth in Transition
April 2013
He got me through some of my darkest times on that deployment," Knott said. "When two of my friends were killed in a suicide attack I lost all hope. It was my darkest time and he’s what got me through it. Just the bit of compassion and love that cat showed me is what it took to remind me to stay strong.
Pets aren't allowed on U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. At least not officially.
Staff Sgt. Jesse Knott first saw Koshka appear from behind one of the barriers at his base. "People hadn't been taking very good care of him," he said in something of an understatement. The handsome kitty had several open wounds.
"He came limping out from one of the barriers. We had these giant concrete barriers to protect us from mortar attacks. I saw a blood trail behind him as he was limping."
Knott spirited the cat away into his office, and base commanders made an exception – or looked the other way – to enable the pair to be together. Knott cared for Koshka for the next seven months, and then worked with one of the animal charities in Kabul to get Koshka back to the States.
First, though, he had to get Koshka from the base to Kabul. A cat couldn't go on a military convoy, but a local interpreter offered to drive Koshka himself – an equally heroic gesture when you consider that if he'd been caught by the Taliban doing a favor for an American, he would almost certainly have been killed.
But Koshka made it safely to Kabul, and Knott's parents paid for the flight home to Oregon, where they are looking after the kitty until Knott is discharged from Fort Lewis.
"He got me through some of my darkest times on that deployment," Knott said. "When two of my friends were killed in a suicide attack I lost all hope. It was my darkest time and he’s what got me through it. Just the bit of compassion and love that cat showed me is what it took to remind me to stay strong.
"That cat saved my life."
http://www.all-creatures.org/stories/a-cat-kept-soldier-alive.html
From Earth in Transition
April 2013
He got me through some of my darkest times on that deployment," Knott said. "When two of my friends were killed in a suicide attack I lost all hope. It was my darkest time and he’s what got me through it. Just the bit of compassion and love that cat showed me is what it took to remind me to stay strong.
Pets aren't allowed on U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. At least not officially.
Staff Sgt. Jesse Knott first saw Koshka appear from behind one of the barriers at his base. "People hadn't been taking very good care of him," he said in something of an understatement. The handsome kitty had several open wounds.
"He came limping out from one of the barriers. We had these giant concrete barriers to protect us from mortar attacks. I saw a blood trail behind him as he was limping."
Knott spirited the cat away into his office, and base commanders made an exception – or looked the other way – to enable the pair to be together. Knott cared for Koshka for the next seven months, and then worked with one of the animal charities in Kabul to get Koshka back to the States.
First, though, he had to get Koshka from the base to Kabul. A cat couldn't go on a military convoy, but a local interpreter offered to drive Koshka himself – an equally heroic gesture when you consider that if he'd been caught by the Taliban doing a favor for an American, he would almost certainly have been killed.
But Koshka made it safely to Kabul, and Knott's parents paid for the flight home to Oregon, where they are looking after the kitty until Knott is discharged from Fort Lewis.
"He got me through some of my darkest times on that deployment," Knott said. "When two of my friends were killed in a suicide attack I lost all hope. It was my darkest time and he’s what got me through it. Just the bit of compassion and love that cat showed me is what it took to remind me to stay strong.
"That cat saved my life."
http://www.all-creatures.org/stories/a-cat-kept-soldier-alive.html
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