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Join the Movement to Protect Feral Cats

Sponsored by: Alley Cat Allies

More than 70 percent of cats who enter our nation's animal pounds and shelters are killed each year. That's 7 in 10 cats! And worse, virtually 100 percent of feral (unsocialized) cats who enter pounds and shelters are killed.

It's going on all across America. And it's got to stop. Time and again, representatives of the shelter system say things like: "We kill them to alleviate future suffering; to save them from fates worse than death; because we don't have any room for them and where will they go instead?" This reasoning is wrong at the most basic - and moral - level. Every healthy animal deserves the right to live. It is our duty as a society to find ways to make that happen.

We cannot be silent as countless cats are killed every day. It is time for the nation's cat lovers and advocates to stand and be counted. Sign your name to the pledge to show that you want to see an end to the killing:

I know that the killing of cats in shelters is unethical and must stop. I want to join the movement to protect cats by doing one or more of the following (with the help of tools at www.alleycat.org):

- Promote feline-friendly practices at my local shelter.
- Learn about issues facing cats by signing up for Alley Cat Allies' FeralPower! e-action alerts.
- Write a letter to the editor of my local paper.
- Distribute literature about stray and feral cats and animal pound and shelter policies in my community.
- Educate my elected officials about humane policies and encourage them to enact policies that protect and improve cats' lives.

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We took action on “Join the Movement to Protect Feral Cats”!

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2:20 pm PST, Feb 9, Giordano Schillaci, Italy

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4:33 am PST, Feb 9, Dianne Hillier, United Kingdom
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.

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11:28 pm PST, Feb 8, Ildi Paroczy, Australia

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2:50 am PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, Greece

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10:55 am PST, Feb 5, Valerie Wehmueller, Missouri
We should protect these feral cats, who wouldn't be in this situation if they had had decent, responsible owners in the first place!! Cat owners are suppose to OBEY the SAME "Leash Laws" that dog owners do. These cats should NOT have been left outside or "dumped" by some moron who thought they could take care of themselves! We have 1 dog, &, 2 VERY HAPPY & CONTENT INSIDE cats, who were both strays found wandering around outside as tiny, helpless kittens. Humans are responsible, &, these cats should NOT BE KILLED....it was NOT their "choice".

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10:32 am PST, Feb 3, Laura Herndon, California

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10:15 am PST, Feb 3, Sylvie Ries, Luxembourg

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10:21 pm PST, Feb 2, Tony Gomez, Wisconsin

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4:00 pm PST, Feb 2, NoEmailsCarole Wesley, United Kingdom

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2:42 pm PST, Feb 2, Marc Grawunder, Germany

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12:58 pm PST, Feb 2, Nicolette Ludolphi, Germany

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12:54 pm PST, Feb 2, Maria Grazia, Peru

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12:36 pm PST, Feb 2, Peggy Acosta, Pennsylvania

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12:27 pm PST, Feb 2, Heidi Wollum, Sweden

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10:57 am PST, Feb 2, Evangelia Manthoyianni, Greece

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7:45 am PST, Feb 2, Margaretha Van Egmond, Netherlands

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6:00 am PST, Feb 2, Name not displayed, Virginia
I wish for the day when no dog or cat is abandoned or euthanized for lack of space, money, or a good home.

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4:04 am PST, Feb 2, DM Bell, United Kingdom

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8:32 pm PST, Feb 1, Krystal Mills, Colorado

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8:36 am PST, Feb 1, Nancilee Iozzia, Georgia

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6:46 pm PST, Jan 31, Nadia Davidovich, Argentina

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9:31 am PST, Jan 31, Maghiva Rivero, Venezuela

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11:57 am PST, Jan 30, Lady Flo, Sweden

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8:36 am PST, Jan 30, Sacred Space, Antigua And Barbuda

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5:30 am PST, Jan 30, Ruth Pruiksma, New Jersey

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3:43 am PST, Jan 30, Agnes Hall, Australia

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3:26 am PST, Jan 30, Kerstin Strobl, Germany

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9:38 am PST, Jan 29, Lilith Graves, Florida

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8:50 am PST, Jan 28, Kurt Valentine, Netherlands

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7:03 am PST, Jan 28, REYNOLD OUTHWAI OUTHWAITE, United Kingdom
If you can't keep them set them free in the wild, afford them the right to survive.

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4:53 pm PST, Jan 27, Irene Krizek, New York

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9:37 am PST, Jan 26, Catalina McLoughlin, Florida

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1:05 pm PST, Jan 23, Weronika Kaczmarek, Poland

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9:09 am PST, Jan 23, Christofer Jauneau, France

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2:43 pm PST, Jan 22, Cinthia Kess, California
i am very happy to sign this petition!

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10:05 am PST, Jan 22, Name not displayed, Poland

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9:42 pm PST, Jan 20, JoAnna Birdsong, California

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2:10 pm PST, Jan 20, Kamal Sachdeva, India

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1:14 pm PST, Jan 19, Carrie Anne Brown, United Kingdom

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3:20 am PST, Jan 19, SANJA LALIC VALECIC, Croatia

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6:12 am PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
Cats deserve to live. They are wonderful pets and demand so little from us. I don't know what I'd do without my cats.

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9:58 pm PST, Jan 17, Courtney Spring, Australia

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9:42 pm PST, Jan 17, Pamela Berger, Wisconsin

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3:36 am PST, Jan 17, Sylwia Podgórska, Poland

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3:25 am PST, Jan 15, Elizabeth Templeton, Arizona
Trap and Kill DOESN'T solve the problem, TRAP NEUTER RETURN does! It's a long term Cat Management solution!

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12:13 pm PST, Jan 14, Severine Chance, France

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12:31 am PST, Jan 14, Kathleen Templeton, Arizona

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4:33 pm PST, Jan 12, Patricia Rodriguez, California

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8:21 am PST, Jan 12, Allen Kick, Illinois
Allen M. Kick

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3:41 am PST, Jan 11, Mira Deutch, Israel

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4:09 am PST, Jan 10, Deborah Thompson Shaw, South Carolina

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3:55 am PST, Jan 10, Yael Veenstra, Netherlands

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4:51 am PST, Jan 9, Katarzyna Gawron, Poland

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7:43 pm PST, Jan 5, Linda Bristow, California
I believe in TNR---if there weren't irresponsible people, the ferals would not be an issue

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10:07 am PST, Jan 4, Simona Prisecaru, Romania

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1:22 pm PST, Jan 3, Terry Burridge, Canada

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6:19 am PST, Jan 3, Name not displayed, Germany

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9:02 pm PST, Dec 31, Marishka Korff, Illinois

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6:30 am PST, Dec 31, Robert Mitchell, Kentucky

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10:47 am PST, Dec 28, Dagorn Rachel, France

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11:03 pm PST, Dec 27, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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7:59 am PST, Dec 26, DEEANN LIESINGER, South Dakota

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1:07 pm PST, Dec 25, Svetlana Romanenko, Ukraine

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2:40 am PST, Dec 25, Aneta Subda, Poland

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10:22 pm PST, Dec 23, KC Curry, Texas
Trying to eliminate all the cats is one of the main reasons that Europe experienced the Black Plague. We have a chance to help both the feral cats and our environment by protecting and neutering and releasing them.

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4:35 pm PST, Dec 22, Bertha Alicia Leon Guevara, Florida

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10:17 am PST, Dec 22, Courtney Bernat, Connecticut

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