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	Feral cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cats are not believed to have been a factor in the extinction of the only mainland bird species to be lost since European settlement, the Paradise Parrot; their role in the loss of rare species on Australasian islands, however, has been significant.
		Feral cats introduced to islands with ecologically naive fauna, that is, species that have not evolved or have lost predator responses for dealing with cats (Moors and Atkinson 1984) have had a devastating impact on these islands' biodiversity.
		Feral cats, along with rabbits and some sea birds, are the entire animal population of the remote Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Feral_cats (2468 words)

	Austin Feral Cats--Questions and Answers
		A feral cat is one that has "gone wild" at some point in her life, or was born in the wild.
		Feral kittens, under the age of eight weeks, on the other hand, stand a good chance of being tamed but must be trapped with a box trap and never caught by hand.
		Feral cats are essentially wild animals who have adapted to their outdoor environments and who, like other wild animals, would not live a satisfying indoor life.
	www.austinferalcats.org /faqs.htm (6344 words)

	Glossary of Feral Cat Terms
		Literally “gone wild,” a domestic cat that was lost or abandoned and has reverted to a wild state, or a cat that was born to a stray or feral mother and had little or no human contact.
		The answer to predation concerns is for feral cat advocates and environmental and wildlife groups to endorse TNR as the standard method of feral cat control everywhere and continue to reduce feral cat numbers.
		Proposals to confine feral cats in sanctuaries are not plausible.
	www.wildaboutcats.com /terms.htm (2350 words)

	Feral Cat Facts
		Feral cats are usually the offspring of unneutered cats abandoned by their owners, or they are adult cats that were abandoned so long ago that they have reverted to a wild state.
		Feral cats are often found in commercial areas, subsisting on the scraps they find in dumpsters or on the ground.
		Feral cats must be trapped (humanely, of course) because they do not trust humans.
	www.knoxvilleferalcatfriends.org /toppage6.htm (338 words)

	Furr Angels - Info on Feral Cats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Feral cats can indeed be wild - that is they shy from all humans, any type of human contact, and survive by their instincts.
		Some feral cats will allow you to feed them, but shy away when any attempt at contact is made.
		Feral cats represent one of the larger challenges we as animal lovers have.
	www.furr-angels.com /feral_cats.htm (421 words)

	Wisconsin Humane Society - Help Wild Cats
		Adult feral cats that are healthy and don't have FIV or Feline Leukemia are returned to the caregivers and restored to their territory.
		Cats that appear to be sociable will be considered adoption candidates and will not be released as feral under the supervision of a caregiver.
		Feral cats, once sterilized, often become easier to handle and, in some cases, can be tamed and brought indoors to live as a companion.
	www.wihumane.org /services/helpwildcats.aspx (491 words)

	Brevard County Animal Services
		Feral cats are "wild" or untamed, either due to birth or reversion from domestication to a wild state.
		Feral cats are not interactive with humans (such as a stray would be), have no known owner, and should always be handled with caution.
		Feral cat colonies are primarily the result of uncontrolled breeding that occurs when pet owners abandon or fail to spay or neuter their animals.
	www.brevardanimalservices.com /feral_cat_information.htm (642 words)

	View Point Spring 2003: Feral Cats & Native Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Feral cats are the wild offspring of domestic cats, which originate from Africa.
		The feral cat population results primarily from the failure of pet owners to spay and neuter their animals.
		The Davises and the cats lived happily enough until Marilyn saw a troubling pattern: rabbits, quail, varied thrushes, even snakes and frogs were being dragged over her threshold from the creekside.
	www.holisticbirds.com /hbn03/spring03/pages/feralcats.htm (2010 words)

	feral cats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The term 'feral' is used to describe cats who are the offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats who have reverted to a 'wild' state.
		Feral cats are a byproduct of companion animal overpopulation and have been overlooked for decades by most communities.
		They are caring individuals whose intentions are to help the cats and often their first impulse is to begin by feeding them.
	www.dvshop.ca /dvcafe/cat/wild.html (740 words)

	Florida Cats
		Feral cats can be born in the wild or may have only recently entered into the wild, but we make no attempt here to distinguish between these two groups.
		Feral animals can exist in the wild completely unaided by humans or they may be members of so-called “cat colonies” that receive varying levels of care and food from human caretakers.
		Cats can be a nuisance in gardens when they defecate and cover their feces by digging.
	www.myfwc.com /cats (994 words)

	Call of the wild: Aiding feral cats
		Feral Friends' goal is to "help them live out their lives naturally from reproduction and disease," she said.
		The group, which focuses on feral cats at college campuses, is based at Arizona State University Polytechnic in east Mesa, where a benefit comedy show this week is to raise money for the non-profit.
		After the cats are trapped, they are taken to veterinarians to be vaccinated against common cat diseases and rabies and later returned to their homes.
	www.azcentral.com /community/ahwatukee/articles/1010feral10Z6.html (296 words)

	Sponsor a Stray / Feral Cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The support and care of stray and feral cats is rather expensive, and there are thousands of stray and feral cats within just a few miles of where you are now -- more than 30 MILLION of them in the US.
		Your $25 will help us feed and care for "your" cat, and to make sure that he or she is neutered/spayed and given the proper innoculations.
		These cats will be moved to our Cats page, where they can be adopted and taken home to live with caring individuals or families.
	www.catsandkittens2adopt.com /sponsorferals.htm (552 words)

	PETroglyphs THE WILD SIDE -- TVI FERAL CATS
		Feral cats are the same species as domesticated companion cats, but ferals have never lived closely with humans.
		Since the TVI cats are under observation by the volunteers, the alliances and friendships among the cats are known.
		In one case, a small group of feral cats was placed in a police station that had been inundated by rodents.
	www.petroglyphsnm.org /wildsides/ferals.html (1326 words)

	ARFNets - Feral CATS
		Feral cats are often found in commercial areas, existing on the scraps they find in dumpsters or on the ground.
		Feral cats are humanely trapped in a Have-A-Heart feral cat Trap.
		A pair of feral cats that are not spayed or neutered can produce close to 420,000 offspring over a seven year period.
	www.arfnets.org /ferals.shtml (487 words)

	Can the problem of Feral (wild) cats be solved in a humane manner? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Feral cats are the 'wild' offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners' abandonment or failure to spay and neuter their animals, allowing them to breed uncontrolled.
		Feral cat 'colonies' can be found behind shopping areas or businesses, in alleys, parks, abandoned buildings, and rural areas.
		Another stray cat I'd taken in died a couple of years ago of cancer, but I'd had her for 11 years (she was several years old when I adopted her), and she was a great little friend.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/791421/posts (3297 words)

	Feral Cats
		A feral cat is a one that has either lived its whole life with little or no human contact and is not socialized, or is a stray cat that was lost or abandoned and his lived away from human contact long enough to revert to a wild or feral state.
		This time and effort is far better spent sterilizing feral cats to break the cycle of reproduction, and then allowing them to remain in their environment.
		These colonies can be managed in a humane, compassionate manner called trap-neuter-return, in which cats are humanely and painlessly trapped in a live-trap, spayed or neutered, and returned to their colony site where a volunteer caretaker (such as you) provides food, water, and shelter, as well as monitors them for ill health and injury.
	www.lsar.org /feral_cats.htm (940 words)

	IndyFeral - Relocation of feral cats
		Relocation is the process of moving a stray or feral cat from it's current outdoor home to a new outdoor home.
		The present home of a feral colony is the optimal place for the cats as they have probably been living there for some time.
		Cats trying to find their way home often become lost or are killed attempting to cross major roads.
	indyferal.org /index.php?page=relocation (510 words)

	Town Cats - Spay Neuter Information
		Appointments for feral cats are not accepted at this time.
		Cats must be brought in between 7:30 and 8:30 am.
		Feral cats should be safely contained in humane traps.
	www.towncats.org /spay_neuter.htm (550 words)

	Should Feral Cats be Euthanized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Responsibility means rescuing the cats and either taming them and placing them in homes, or humanely ending their lives, but nothing short of either.
		The cats in the area are well fed," she says, "but they have eye infections, abscesses, sores, and deformed limbs." Kowalski has very strong opinions regarding the neuter-and-release method: "This practice should be called the neuter-and-abandon method because that's what the advocates are really doing.
		For example, one colony had 19 cats living in "semi-disused garages." During four subsequent inspections, the researchers found that "two entire [unsterilized] immigrants and one kitten" joined the colony and were neutered.
	www.dfg.ca.gov /hunting/euthanize.html (2131 words)

	What to do with feral cats - Las Vegas Valley Humane Society
		Mostly in large population areas, feral (wild) cats can create a nuisance not to mention that the cats themselves are subject to inbreeding, over breeding, disease and early death.
		Las Vegas is especially plagued with feral cats because of the transient nature of some of our population and because of our warmer winters.
		If you are feeding a feral cat population, it is best to withhold the food for a day or two before you begin trapping so that the cats are good and hungry.
	www.lvvhumane.org /feral_cats.html (601 words)

	Feral / Wild Cats and Kittens
		A feral cat is a wild cat that has not been tamed to interact with humans nicely.
		A feral cat sees a human being as a threat - as a large, dangerous predator that could eat him or her.
		It's important to remember with a feral cat that this creature has needed to be aggressive to stay alive.
	www.lisashea.com /petinfo/cats/basics/feral.html (362 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Feral cats — a wild passion
		As an eighth-grader at Mountain Ridge Junior High in Highland last year, Bria, 14, decided to investigate feral cat populations in a nearby park after her brother saw wild cats in the area.
		Then she surveyed 80 neighbors, asking each if they had seen feral cats and to describe where and what they looked like for her science fair project.
		She learned that female feral cats often stay near the colony's home base, while males wander.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,565036087,00.html (496 words)

	Alley Cat Allies
		Bismark, ND - "Killing feral cats should not be 'business as usual'"(Bismarck stray animal policy clarified, July 21), wrote ACA's Elizabeth Parowski in response to the Bismark police department's feral cat policy.
		Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats already living outdoors in cities, towns, and rural areas are humanely trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, and sterilized by veterinarians.
		Healthy adult cats too wild to be adopted are returned to their familiar habitat under the lifelong care of volunteers.
	www.alleycat.org (327 words)

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	www.repentantnadervoter.com /C/caremark-com.html (3497 words)

	Wild About Cats! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		is a campaign to promote an understanding of the feral cat's* nature, origins, history, social structure, and niche in our society and environment.
		will present unvarnished facts about feral cats and successful methods for humans both to interact with them and to reduce their numbers.
		* Feral cats are domestic cats that, through birth or circumstance, have reverted to the wild, living outdoors in urban, suburban, and rural environments with little or no human contact.
	www.wild-about-cats.com (116 words)

	Feral Cats
		Cats get a form of demodectic mange but this is not a common problem.
		Yesterday, I trapped this cat's sister and took her to be spayed.
		I have two feral cats that have lived with our family for two years, too -- one is just starting to let us pick him up and I doubt the other one ever will.
	www.vetinfo4cats.com /catferal.html (2183 words)

	Feral Friends of Arizona Helping Homeless and Adoptable Cats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Feral (wild) cats live everywhere, forming colonies wherever they find scraps of food and a bit of shelter, be it in dumpsters, under a boardwalk, or in bushes.
		In honor of June's Adopt-a-Cat month, Feral Friends of AZ is extending the offer to adopt one cat and get the second at half price until July 31.
		Feral Friends of AZ promotes responsible pet ownership, and we feel strongly that 2 cats occupy each other's time and keep each other as companions.
	www.feralfriends.biz (210 words)

	PAWS: Feral Cats
		Cares for and educates people about feral cats and how to maintain feral cat colonies.
		Operates a free spay/neuter clinic aimed at humanely and effectively reducing the feral cat population.
		PSNP provides spay/neuter financial assistance for pet cats and dogs in Pierce and Kitsap Counties, and we operate a feral cat trap-neuter-return program in cooperation with the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project and local veterinarians.
	www.paws.org /cas/feral/feralorgs.php (158 words)

	Educational Program - Feral Cats
		Part of our feral cat program includes the need for safe homes to relocate small colonies (small colonies usually contain one to 4 cats).
		Quite often feral cats have taken up residence where they are not welcome or not safe.
		If we cannot convince or educate people to trap, neuter and release the cats back into their original environment, we need other safe areas to relocate the colony.
	www.animalfriendsconnect.org /ferals.htm (266 words)

	Feral (wild) Cats
		For my beloved ferals, Maggie and Itty-Bitty-Kitty, who were captured as kittens and are now indoor-only cats.
		A space has been left blank on the back for your local feral cat rescue contact information.
		Read the history of Nancy's ferals and learn some valuable lessons from her experiences.
	members.tripod.com /cl-ivpetsangel-ivil/petsandstuff/id32.html (144 words)

	IndyFeral - Welcome to IndyFeral's Home on the Web!
		How We Do It TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) - Stray and feral (wild) cats are humanely trapped, evaluated, vaccinated and sterilized by the veterinarian and then returned to their familiar habitat.
		As IndyFeral is a volunteer organization, and the only group in central Indiana dedicated to helping with stray and feral cats, the demand for our services is very high.
		To help spread the word about TNR and help people understand the life of a cat in a managed feral colony, IndyFeral is promoting a Feral Photo Contest, calling for photographs showing ear-tipped cats in any setting.
	www.indyferal.org (460 words)

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