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A wild cat subsisting in Maui where there is enough food for it

Feral Cats Are Killed Here in Arizona

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Arizona Government agencies
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The picture is of a feral cat that lives on Maui. There are wild chickens existent on Maui also which are a source of food for Maui cats. Here in Arizona I have a colony of 10 feral cats that cannot get enough to eat. Pigeons are one source of food for them yet the pigeons are difficult to catch for the cats. They will eat bugs, but there is not enough food for them. So I give them rice and kibbles. Yet if they continue to breed, which they will, I cannot afford to feed them all.
In 28 states already there have been programs implemented for the low income residents to spay and neuter wild animals and then release them back to their locations and/or caregiver. Apparently not in Arizona yet do we have this program. I am desperate for the safety of these animals and refuse to take them in to be killed, which is all that our animal control can do right now, due to the volume of kittens they receive. There are grants to get, but I am not an organization. I am one individual who cares for animals. Now I have discovered 3 others in this town who have had cats giving birth under their homes and they too, either pay out of their own pocket for spay or neuter costs, which is quite high cost, from $60 to $100 per cat I hear.

I wish I could afford to get them all fixed. Also I hear that this program saves taxpayers money, because killing them cost more money than fixing them!
Every year thousands are killed, when it would be so easy to control their population. Please sign and help an old lady save some lives.
The picture is of a feral cat that lives on Maui. There are wild chickens existent on Maui also which are a source of food for Maui cats. Here in Arizona I have a colony of 10 feral cats that cannot get enough to eat. Pigeons are one source of food for them yet the pigeons are difficult to catch for the cats. They will eat bugs, but there is not enough food for them. So I give them rice and kibbles. Yet if they continue to breed, which they will, I cannot afford to feed them all.
In 28 states already there have been programs implemented for the low income residents to spay and neuter wild animals and then release them back to their locations and/or caregiver. Apparently not in Arizona yet do we have this program. I am desperate for the safety of these animals and refuse to take them in to be killed, which is all that our animal control can do right now, due to the volume of kittens they receive. There are grants to get, but I am not an organization. I am one individual who cares for animals. Now I have discovered 3 others in this town who have had cats giving birth under their homes and they too, either pay out of their own pocket for spay or neuter costs, which is quite high cost, from $60 to $100 per cat I hear.

I wish I could afford to get them all fixed. Also I hear that this program saves taxpayers money, because killing them cost more money than fixing them!
Every year thousands are killed, when it would be so easy to control their population. Please sign and help an old lady save some lives.
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We signed the "Feral Cats Are Killed Here in Arizona" petition!
# 454:
1:40 pm PST, Nov 23, Val Slaughter, Alabama
Please stop killing the cats. God gave them to use to love and take care of them.,not hurt are kill them. I've had cats all my life, and I always have them fixed. I have 4 cats in the house with me that are my babies, and I have had all of them fixed. They are healther and they live longer. God bless all the furbabies and the ones that love them. Cats & Dogs bring so much joy to use, we need to show them love too. Val Slaughter, Dothan Alabama, Untied States
# 453:
7:52 am PST, Nov 23, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 452:
12:58 pm PST, Nov 21, John Moore, United Kingdom
There is a solution Trap Neuter Return. That's the way to cut down the amount of animals without being cruel. Do it with banned species in your area i.e. the UK's dangerous Dogs Act, and they will be no more after 15 to 20 years. But with NO CRUELTY
# 451:
11:05 am PST, Nov 21, Marie Marion, Arkansas
# 450:
10:01 am PST, Nov 21, Penny Laney, Florida
It is much easier to have low cost clinic to have the cats fixed, after even poor people deserve to have pet then slaughtering the thousands of innocent cats. God is not smiling down on Arizona for sure.
# 449:
4:39 am PST, Nov 21, Susan Gent, New York
# 448:
1:33 am PST, Nov 21, Leona Firewolf, Alabama
# 447:
12:24 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Israel
# 446:
12:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Roxanne Roxanne, Texas
# 445:
11:13 am PST, Nov 20, Laurie Lataille, New York
# 444:
10:52 am PST, Nov 20, Connie Wilson, Massachusetts
I am an advocate of Feral Cats. These cats are meant to live outside except for kittens who can be trained to be pets. These cats have the right to live outside and be treated humanley like other animals who live outdoors. I feel that this was done because people don't like cats. This is a form of animal cruelty and should not be tolerated.
# 443:
10:11 am PST, Nov 20, Walton Levine, Illinois
These ferals need to be spayed/neutered NOT KILLED! Arizona personnel are murdeering defenseless animals! Cease and desist.
# 442:
10:10 am PST, Nov 20, Barbara Levine, Illinois
These ferals need to be spayed/neutered NOT KILLED! Arizona personnel are murdeering defenseless animals! Cease and desist.
# 441:
8:25 am PST, Nov 20, Kat Yazzie, Kansas
# 440:
8:14 am PST, Nov 20, Mary Ellen Casey, Connecticut
# 439:
9:31 pm PST, Nov 19, Pamela Suiter, Virginia
It's not the cats fault they are feral! It's people. boo to Ariz.
# 438:
5:35 pm PST, Nov 19, Hazel Neely, California
# 437:
1:51 am PST, Nov 18, Elisa Dolléans, France
# 436:
9:20 am PST, Nov 16, Love Animals Too, New York
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11:53 pm PST, Nov 15, Mette Antonsen, Denmark
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6:54 am PST, Nov 15, Sarah Manthey, Ohio
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10:42 am PST, Nov 14, Lamirand M, France
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5:14 am PST, Nov 14, Elsa Oliveira, Portugal
# 431:
3:02 am PST, Nov 11, Julia Tawyea', Pennsylvania
# 430:
1:31 pm PST, Nov 9, Joni Moretti, New Jersey
# 429:
10:34 pm PST, Nov 8, Dawn Marie Dee, Arizona
THANK-YOU FOR THIS PETITION
# 428:
7:51 am PST, Nov 5, VIER EVA, France
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# 426:
2:38 am PST, Nov 4, Susanna Fisher, Maine
Come on Arizona get with it. You all are way behind the times here. I lived there for twenty years and you have enough money to put a program in place for these poor unwanted ferals. It's not their fault. How about trying the trap, neuter and spay program! What do you do with unwanted children Arizona?
# 425:
1:45 pm PST, Nov 3, Maria luz Wilhelm farr, Chile
# 424:
6:33 pm PST, Nov 2, JASON ROCKS, Missouri
# 423:
12:30 pm PST, Nov 2, Furgeot Anne, France
# 422:
9:54 am PST, Nov 2, Amal El bekri, Morocco
# 421:
4:10 am PST, Nov 2, Therese Puchois, France
# 420:
1:46 am PST, Nov 2, Astrid Ruppert, Germany
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12:31 am PST, Nov 2, Elena Georgiadou, Greece
# 418:
9:29 pm PDT, Oct 31, Katerina Vouzani, Greece
# 417:
4:28 pm PDT, Oct 31, Marcela Sabata, Argentina
# 416:
4:01 pm PDT, Oct 31, Maricarmen Casabella Yanes, Spain
# 415:
6:37 am PDT, Oct 31, Ana Garcia Viera, Argentina
# 414:
12:51 am PDT, Oct 31, Tanya Prishchenko, Russian Federation
# 413:
4:04 pm PDT, Oct 30, Liz Duane, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
# 412:
2:54 pm PDT, Oct 30, Parnaz Catlover, Canada
This is cruel, and evil. Just because they are eating the chickens etc. it doesnt mean that we should kill them, its like killing your sister to let a few of your younger brothers live, stupid right? They are animals and are just as important as any otehr animal, and if its cheaper to get them fixed, why not do that? It wont harm the cats, plus they wont breed for to cause what people are thinking is future "harm"
# 411:
11:57 am PDT, Oct 30, THEODORE SPACHIDAKIS, Greece
# 410:
11:16 am PDT, Oct 30, Anne-Lise Holmberg, Denmark
# 409:
8:47 am PDT, Oct 30, Patricia Cicerone, Rhode Island
# 408:
8:35 am PDT, Oct 30, Fernando Trianoski, Brazil
# 407:
11:44 pm PDT, Oct 29, Marcon Stephane, France
# 406:
7:05 pm PDT, Oct 29, Lauren Ressel, Indiana
# 405:
1:26 pm PDT, Oct 29, ALPHA WI, Germany
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10:35 am PDT, Oct 29, Daniela Brzobohata, Czech Republic
# 403:
5:01 am PDT, Oct 29, Gerold Fahrer, Germany
# 402:
5:00 am PDT, Oct 29, Lynn Winchester, Kansas
# 401:
4:32 am PDT, Oct 29, Siana Guillemeteaud, Morocco
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