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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — As Hurricane Milton threatens the Gulf Coast, volunteers have gone above and beyond to save 15 cats from a shelter in the storm’s projected path. The rescue ...
In a 10-year study in Orange County, Florida, after a feral cat sterilization program was instituted in which 7,903 feral cats neutered, the cost was an estimated $442,568, as compared to $1,098,517 if they had been impounded and euthanized.
In the seven years since the ordinance was enacted, the county’s animal shelter has averaged around 350 cats a year, a decline of 85% from before the community cat program was introduced.
The year has started fairly positively for the shelters and rescue facilities caring for homeless kitties. In most parts of the country, shelters recorded notably lower rates of cat surrenders in ...
In Florida, a study of feral cats admitted to a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program concluded that "euthanasia for debilitated cats for humane reasons is rarely necessary". [76] A further study of over 100,000 feral and stray cats admitted to TNR programs in diverse locations of the U.S. resulted in the same 0.4% rate of euthanasia for ...
[18] [20] [16] "Examining a large municipal animal shelter with a large number of dog and cat data, color and coat pattern were implicated in adoption rates, with more light-colored animals adopted and fewer euthanized than their dark-colored and patterned counterparts. [21] "Wells and Hepper (1992) reported that potential adopters at an animal ...
To dissuade people from dumping animals, local authorities have begun holding "Nonnative Amnesty Days" in several Florida locations where pet owners who are no longer willing or able to take care of non-traditional pets such as snakes, lizards, amphibians, birds, and mammals—excluding dogs, cats, and ferrets—can deposit animals without ...
In 1992, Don Lewis and Carole Lewis (now known as Carole Baskin) acquired a bobcat.The following year they acquired dozens more. [14] In 1995, they incorporated Wildlife on Easy Street, Inc. in Florida as a Not For Profit Corporation with the stated purpose of "acquisition, shelter, feeding, breeding and socialization of exotic and non-exotic animals; public education and awareness to benefit ...