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The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return. Marra and Santella are very much anti-TNR, a view that is shared by others, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), not to mention Birdchick.
When taking the issue to simplest common denominator, spaying/neutering is essentially exercising human dominance over non-human animals. But my stance is also categorized under Gray Matters because, in my perfect world, we wouldn't be spaying or neutering anybody. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters.
They will spay/neuter, vaccinate, tip ears and microchip , and they do not test. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. And if you click on a few minus signs to move out, and look all the way east to the ocean and a little bit north you'll see my town: Jupiter. What's in Pahokee you ask? Or at least the hawks here.
Regarding Adam's comment yesterday about low-cost spay/neuter, the reason this particular one is low-cost is that it is subsidized by the county and city (and maybe State, I'm not sure). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.
How fertility control might be applied to millions of possums, especially in the face of evidence that trap neuter and release campaigns for cats achieve nothing useful in denting the numbers of cats, is not answered by these groups in any way I can see. In New Zealand at least public opinion is generally behind 1080.
Working or volunteering at an animal sanctuary or shelter or participating (or starting) a Trap-Neuter-Release effort, maybe? Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language ePub Introverts Jamie Oliver The End of the Line What's on Your Plate. My usual recommendation for general What do I do? and What does the market/world/animals need?
To the Editor: “ Should Most Pet Owners Be Required to Neuter Their Animals? ,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Editorial Observer, July 30), is right: “The rate at which dogs are purchased and euthanized in this country is not a sign of our affection for them. This crisis calls for mandatory spay and neuter legislation.
California’s shelter populations have declined in recent decades, and most pet owners (70 percent dog, 84 percent cat) are acting responsibly and spaying/neutering their pets without government involvement.
thanks again Louise www.saveacat.org Alley Cat Rescue Inc ACR has neutered 20,000 cats! =^.^= Alley Cat Rescue serves vegan food at our gatherings, and encourages all groups that work with cats and dogs to do the same. ACR is especially concerned with the way so-called "pest," "alien," and "exotic" animals are treated.
Change will take place only when governments work with local and international animal welfare groups and concerned individuals to address the root of the problem through education and humane methods of population control, such as spaying and neutering.
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