by Margaret R. Slater
Almost every community has feral cats, animals too poorly socialized to be handled and who cannot be placed into typical pet homes. In many of these communities, feral cats are seen to pose public-health, animal-welfare, nuisance-animal, or other problems.
Veterinarian Margaret R. Slater offers a comprehensive, compassionate review of the issues surrounding feral cats and a variety of solutions to feral cat problems in communities large and small. She also provides a blueprint to veterinarians, feral cat caretakers, animal shelters, and public agencies for finding common ground in their approach to feral cats.
Community Approaches to Feral Cats is a handbook for action, a great resource, and a "must have" for anyone interested in stray, feral, and unowned cats.
140 pages
6" x 9," softcover
$22.50 plus $3.00 shipping and handling
ISBN 0-9658942-5-8
Publication date: July 1, 2002
For ordering information, contact dsalem@hsus.org. For wholesale and retail orders, contact
Deborah Salem
Humane Society Press
700 Professional Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Fax: 301-258-3082
The PDF version of this book is available for download here, free of charge.
Part 1
Foreword
Introduction
Part 2
1. Overview
2. Definitions
3. Control or Management of Feral and Other Free-Roaming Cats
4. Participants in Feral Cat Management
5. Community-Level Approaches
6. Issues Surrounding Feral/Free-Roaming Cats
7. Grass-roots Approaches
8. Animal Shelter Approaches
9. Veterinary Involvement
10. Government Involvement
11. Managed Colonies on School Campuses
12. Future Directions
13. Conclusions
Appendix A: Case Studies
Part 3
Appendix B: HSUS Statement on Free-Roaming Cats
Appendix C: Volume Feral Cat Trapping Primer
Appendix D: Feral Cat Colony Tracking System
Appendix E: Materials from the Hawaiian Humane Society
Part 4
Appendix F: Ordinance from City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
Glossary
Literature Cited
Resources
Index
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