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On April 19, 1866, the first anti-cruelty law was passed in NY since the founding of ASPCA, and the organization was granted the right to enforce anti-cruelty laws. In 1867, ASPCA operated its first ambulance for injured horses and began advocating for more humane treatment of animals such as horses, live pigeons, cats, and dogs.
Cats Protection, formerly the Cats Protection League, is a UK charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray, unwanted or homeless cats and educating people about cats and cat welfare. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The organization was founded as the Cats Protection League by Jessey Wade and others in 1927.
The Cat Protection Society of NSW is a not for profit charity operating in Newtown, NSW. [1] The Society was created in 1958 as a means of reducing the street cat population through neutering and adoption. Their vision is "that every cat has a loving and responsible home". [2]
Trap–neuter–return (TNR), also known as trap–neuter–release, is a controversial [1] [2] [3] method that attempts to manage populations of feral cats. The process involves live-trapping the cats, having them neutered , ear-tipped for identification, and, if possible, vaccinated , then releasing them back into the outdoors. [ 4 ]
Volunteers started to do trap–neuter–return of feral cats, including fostering and taming feral kittens, and fostering tame cats for adoption. [5] There were soon 43 feeding stations for feral cats tended each day in Richmond and south Vancouver. [5] In 1999, space was donated for a shelter, [5] which became the location of a cat sanctuary. [6]
The AVMA supports the concept of early (prepubertal, 8 to 16 weeks of age) spay/neuter in dogs and cats in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals of these species. Just as for other veterinary medical and surgical procedures , veterinarians should use their best medical judgment in deciding at what age spay/neuter should be ...
World Spay Day advocates spaying, or neutering, advocating it "as a proven means of saving the lives of companion animals, community (feral and stray) cats, and street dogs who might otherwise be put down in a shelter or killed on the street." [1] It is an event held on the last Tuesday in February each year.
In 1927, Wade organised a meeting at Caxton Hall, London, which resulted in the establishment of the Cats Protection League. [9] She subsequently became the editor of the league's journal, The Cats' Mews-Sheet. In 1932, she helped establish the National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports with Ernest Bell and others. [10]