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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.

Outdoor cats | The Humane Society of the United States

To find help for community cats in your region, check with your local animal shelter or search online. If TNR assistance isn't available in your community, you ...

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 ...

General FAQ - Stray Cat Alliance

The term “feral” means “unsocialized to humans.” Typically, a feral cat will stay away from humans, frequently hiding out during the daytime.

FAQ: Outdoor Cats and Their Effects on Birds

Outdoor cats live short lives characterized by hardship, disease, and injury. Cats suffer when they are hit by cars, injured or killed by predators or other ...

Community Cat FAQ - TippedEars

A community cat is a cat who has spent the entirety or majority of their life outside. You will also hear the term 'feral' cats, but a community cat does not ...

Frequently Asked Questions - Alley Cat Allies

Get the answers to some frequently asked questions about community or feral cats, Trap-Neuter-Return, and Alley Cat Allies.

Feral Cat FAQs - Mountain View Humane

Feral cats are outdoor, free-roaming cats that have never been socialized to humans and are living in a “wild” state.

Feral cats 101 - Animal Humane Society

How are feral cats different from stray animals? And what is the best way to help unowned cats in your community? Here are a few of the questions about feral ...

Frequently Asked Questions - ALLEY CAT RESCUE

A feral cat is a cat who is born and raised in the wild, or one who has been abandoned or become lost and has reverted back to a “wild,” instinctual state in ...

Feral Cats: Frequently Asked Questions

Feral cats are the offspring of lost or abandoned pet cats or other feral cats who are not spayed or neutered. Females can reproduce two to three times a year, ...

Frequently Asked Questions About Feral Cats

A stray is likely to approach you, although usually not close enough to touch. If you put food down, a stray will likely start to eat it right away. A stray is ...

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 ...

Feral Cat FAQ's - The Paws Clinic

A feral cat is a descendant of a domesticated cat that has returned to the wild. It is distinguished from a stray cat, which is a pet cat that has been lost or ...

Feral Cat Services - FAQ's - Safe Care Clinic

TNVR involves trapping feral and free-roaming cats (or “community cats”) in humane traps, having them spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and ear-tipped.

FAQ — Feral Cats Advocacy

Frequently Asked Questions: What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)? What is the difference between a stray cat and a feral cat? Do you relocate feral cats?

COMMUNITY CAT FAQS - North Shore Animal League

A community cat is a stray or feral cat that lives outside in the community. These cats may live in groups (called colonies), with one or two other cats, or ...

FAQ - Feral Cat Friends Inc.

FAQ · Humanely trapping feral cats · Spaying or neutering them · Vaccinating them against rabies · Surgically removing the tip of one ear (a “tipped” ear is the ...

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

“Community Cats” is a term used to describe outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats. These cats can be friendly, feral, adults, kittens, healthy, sick, altered and ...

Winter Shelter Bins for Community Cats FAQ | ASPCApro

Help outdoor and community cats and kitties stay warm this winter with inexpensive foam coolers! Learn how to build one.