Merritt Clifton wrote: "Street dogs and feral cats would not be present in the first place, or be breeding successfully, without adequate food sources; they do not need additional feeding, though they usually need parasite treatment to make more efficient use of the food sources they already have. Enlisting feeder support is often necessary to win feeder cooperation in trapping and sterilizing street dogs or feral cats, but this must be done with the understanding that the goal of a neuter/return program is not to turn the animals into outdoor pets. Furtive scavenging dogs are much more easily tolerated by most people than sterilized packs who mob every passer-by carrying lunch or a bag of groceries. Likewise, the presence of mostly nocturnal cats who rarely hunt birds will attract much less opposition than just a few fat, friendly altered cats who lounge by daylight beneath bird feeders."
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:49:05 +0000
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