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Common Questions about Community Cats


Outdoor cats FAQ | The Humane Society of the United States

Outdoor cats, often called feral cats or community cats, are domestic cats who live outdoors and without a clear owner.

Frequently Asked Questions - Alley Cat Allies

In many animal shelters in the U.S., unadoptable animals like community cats are killed. To save cats' lives, always practice Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) instead ...

Common Questions about Community Cats - Better Cities For Pets

Here are answers to some common questions about community cats and TNR programs. Why are there so many community cats?

Frequently Asked Questions - Community Cat Alliance

The term community cat encompasses everything from cats who have never been socialized with people (feral cats) to stray, more socialized cats who are ...

Community Cat FAQ - TippedEars

Cats who have had very little to no human interaction don't trust humans and don't thrive in a home environment. Being kept indoors is very stressful for them.

Community Cat FAQs | San Diego Humane Society

Community Cat Frequently Asked Questions · How does San Diego Humane Society's community cat program work? · What are the benefits of spay/neutering community ...

Feral Cat Frequently Asked Questions - Cats in Action

Feral means that a cat is un-socialized to humans. Feral cats are typically born outside (but not always) and have had little direct interaction with human ...

Feral Cat Services - FAQ's - Safe Care Clinic

“Community cat” refers to any unowned, free-roaming cat. This encompasses both feral cats and stray cats. A feral cat is a cat that is not socialized to humans, ...

Common Concerns About Community Cats - LifeLine Animal Project

Keep the area clean by removing leftover food and trash. Also, use only plastic or stainless steel bowls that won't tip or blow away. And never ...

What Everybody Should Know About Community Cats

Those terms are often used interchangeably by the general public when referring to cats who live outdoors. At Best Friends Animal Society, we like to call these ...

A Closer Look at Community Cats | Stray Cats | TNR - ASPCA

Common Misconceptions and Ways to Help ... While the number of community cats in the United States is estimated to be in the tens of millions, sadly, many ...

Just the Facts: Community Cats | Alley Cat Allies

Cats living outdoors alongside people is nothing new. It wasn't until kitty litter was invented in the late 1940s that some cats began living strictly indoors.

What Is a Community Cat? Vet-Reviewed Facts & FAQ - Catster

However, most community cats are not adoptable because they were never socialized with people, and the sheer number of these homeless kitties ...

Feral Cats & TNR: 6 Frequently Asked Questions

Feral cats are wild and cannot be placed in adoptive homes. They thrive outdoors and should stay there, but they need human caretakers to make sure they have ...

Resources for Caring for Community Cats - Humane Ohio

Download: Identifying Stray Cats; Identifying Fixed Pets (PDF). Community Cat Frequently Asked Questions. How long is a cat's gestation period? 65 days (~9 ...

Community Cat Diversion FAQ - Young-Williams Animal Center

▸What's wrong with cats going into shelters, isn't that where their owners find ...

Frequently Asked Questions About TNR

Equally important, cats who are eligible for a community cat program are exempt from a shelter's mandatory five-day holding period, a significant cost savings ...

Shelter Snapshot: Questions about community cat programs?

Any free-roaming, unowned cat is considered a community cat. They may be friendly and socialized, truly feral or anywhere in between. Some live ...

Frequently Asked Questions - ALLEY CAT RESCUE

A feral cat is born in the wild and has reverted to a “wild” lifestyle in order to survive. Stray cats are usually tame and comfortable with people. They will ...

What Every Public Health Official Should Know About Community Cats

Those terms are often used interchangeably by the general public when referring to cats who live outdoors. At Best Friends Animal Society, we like to call these ...