In the U.S., more cats are intentionally killed than die of any other cause. But this doesn't have to be the case. Virtually every feral cat that enters a shelter or animal control facility is killed. The very system that is supposed to care about the welfare of animals is, in fact, subjecting them to a ruthless policy of extermination.
Funded by taxpayer dollars, these inhumane programs do not effectively control cat population growth. Only one method - Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) - does.
Feral cats are born outdoors and have not been socialized. Uncomfortable around humans, they will never be comfortable living in human homes. They make homes in colonies wherever they can find food, be it in alleys or under a boardwalk. On their own without human intervention, breeding is not controlled and their numbers steadily increase.
All cats, even those born outside and having never lived with a human family, should be allowed to live the lives they deserve - outdoors, happy, healthy and prevented from becoming part of an endless cycle of breeding.
Pledge that you want the killing of feral cats to stop, then learn about the TNR method and how you can take personal action to help these cats.
I pledge to do one or more of the following:
- Call my Mayor and urge her or him to support TNR for feral cats in my town.
- Learn more about humane management of feral cat colonies by receiving information from Alley Cat Allies.
- Share what I have learned with my family and friends, so that they can also help protect feral cats.
- Become a feral cat caregiver and learn the humane Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) technique.
- Talk to my veterinarian about providing low cost spay/neuter services for feral cats.
- Write a letter to the editor of my local newspaper.
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5:12 pm PDT, Jul 26,Hillary Endorf, Ohio
I already practice TNR; it really works; the cats are so much better off- freed from the endless cycle of breeding, vaccinated, and fed.
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12:49 pm PDT, Jul 26,Andrea Laurie Alnwick, New York
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10:03 am PDT, Jul 26,Andrea Alnwick, New York
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9:22 am PDT, Jul 26,Name not displayed, New York
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4:28 pm PDT, Jul 25,Name not displayed, New York
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2:29 pm PDT, Jul 25,Stephanie Conroy, Texas
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4:51 am PDT, Jul 23,Bernice Casagrande, Ohio
I will Pass on this message to all I know. I will talk to vets about spay and neuter services.
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3:14 pm PDT, Jul 22,Cheryl Stonebarger, California
I will pass this petition on to other cat lovers and maybe we really will make a difference!
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8:04 am PDT, Jul 21,Jenna Rose, Australia
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9:31 pm PDT, Jul 19,Margaret Goederer, Ohio
A respect for life demands that these creatures - intelligent and capable of feeling emotons- be treated as humanely as possible.
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2:31 pm PDT, Jul 19,Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
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8:32 pm PDT, Jul 18,Name not displayed, Texas
I don't think I can do anything to help, but if this petition helps, then I'll certainly sign it! I can't believe anyone would want to kill these beautiful animals; they're wild, and just because they can't be turned into cuddly house kitties you want to kill them? Now that's just wrong. It'd be better to spay/neuter them.
Oh, hold on, I have a GREAT idea! Since we're killing homeless cats, we should kill homeless PEOPLE too! All they do is take up space, and there's too many of them so it's PERFECTLY fine too! [/sarcasm]
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7:23 pm PDT, Jul 15,Greetings From Shamu, Georgia
Killing these beautiful creatures is wrong. TNR is the only way to keep the numbers of feral cats low by humane means. They deserve to live.
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10:06 am PDT, Jul 15,Lynn Watson, North Carolina
I feed 12-17 Feral cats daily. They run to my car and some are becoming friendly to me. Most of them have been spayed and returned to their home in the woods. They deserve a chance to survive like any other animal or human. They are beautiful creatures and sweet if they are loved.
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7:10 pm PDT, Apr 23,Nicole Godin, Massachusetts
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9:51 am PDT, Apr 23,Glenn Goris, Belgium
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5:37 pm PDT, Apr 22,Jenine LeCuyer, Canada
This is so wrong! It needs to stop!
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7:41 am PDT, Apr 21,Michelle Boyer, United Kingdom
I very much doubt this petition will work. This is a country that still agrees with De-clawing !
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1:32 pm PDT, Apr 20,Dominic Witzel, Germany
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10:11 am PDT, Apr 20,Victoria Salinas, California
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10:02 am PDT, Apr 20,AnZayel Miller-Coleman, Ohio
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7:03 am PDT, Apr 20,Jim Holyoak, California
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2:10 pm PDT, Apr 19,Name not displayed, Italy
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9:45 am PDT, Apr 19,Jasmin Ghosh, United Kingdom
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5:40 am PDT, Apr 19,Vlad Parja, Romania
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2:30 pm PDT, Apr 18,Cassie Toner, Washington
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8:48 am PDT, Apr 18,Gayla Harris, North Carolina
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8:31 am PDT, Apr 18,Mary Jo byrd, Pennsylvania
What can i say that hasnt been said already by other signatures on this petition. LEAVE THE CATS ALONE!!!!!!
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4:23 pm PDT, Apr 17,Vanessa Garvy, Illinois
Please stop killing these beautiful animals. I suggest a spay/neuter and release program. Please stop the the killings.
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2:49 pm PDT, Apr 17,Heather Bonham, Ohio
Animals share this planet with us and should share the same rights. Would we shoot a homeless human? No! My point exactly.
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12:50 pm PDT, Apr 17,Shawn Williamson, California
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7:29 pm PDT, Apr 16,Melissa Bard, New York
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5:16 pm PDT, Apr 16,Julia Boen, California
DONT KILL CATS OR I'LL SEW YOU! YOU GOD DAMN CAT KILLERS
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3:28 pm PDT, Apr 16,Denise Caruso, Italy
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6:10 pm PDT, Apr 15,Gaby Gonzalez, Virginia
These shelters are suppose to be helping cats..thats like someone walking into a hospital with a slight, curable sickness and then saying "Oh sorry we are gonna have to kill you!" WTF IS THAT?!
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7:59 am PDT, Apr 15,Arianna Pallanti, Italy
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11:33 pm PDT, Apr 14,Pauline Guest, California
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11:30 pm PDT, Apr 14,Sam Burdick, Michigan
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12:38 am PDT, Apr 14,Natasha Vuletich, Kuwait
does this mean that we have to put down all those homeless people, who beg for money (they must annoy you too since they keep begging for money and food).they also make the world look bad, so does this mean we put them down as well....if we can put down innocent animals who cant defend themselves and speak for themselves, because they live on the street and feed from the trash cans then i believe we should also put down the humans who live on the streeets and feed from the trash cans.Its the only fair way.Think of equality.THINK PEOPLE THINK dont just kill thse animals, they deserve to live just as much as we humans do.
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7:52 pm PDT, Apr 13,Julie Garcia, Texas
Why do people do this and how can they it... they must not have a heart!!!
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4:51 am PDT, Apr 13,Name not displayed, Canada
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7:32 pm PDT, Apr 12,Name not displayed, Canada
dont u dare harm these animals we are coming to global warming becausse poeple have no brain in there head to think on how thye are infecting our invirment and themselves they are stupid and do u wnat animals too go extinct them beautiful aimals that brighten our world in every miniute and every second of our day wiht out animals what would we be friendly too what would we care for now get a clue and think before you do.
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2:00 pm PDT, Apr 12,Yvette Gordon, Texas
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3:59 pm PDT, Apr 11,Serinity Cope, Georgia
It's so not fair to those cats. TNR would be the best thing to bring down the population, and I have to agree even though I'm not to with neuter/spaying.
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1:32 pm PDT, Apr 11,Bill McGlone, Connecticut
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8:20 am PDT, Apr 9,Stuart Abraham, United Kingdom
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2:34 pm PDT, Apr 8,Dawn Drewry, Virginia
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12:03 pm PDT, Apr 8,Margaret Laut, New York
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6:43 am PDT, Apr 7,Elissa Weindling, New York
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6:36 pm PDT, Apr 6,Leslie Witham, Iowa
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8:44 pm PDT, Apr 5,Carola Sánchez, Chile
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5:45 pm PDT, Apr 5,Ruth Mobbs, United Kingdom
These animals need our patience and understanding. Would you put down a human because they were angry, or upset or inconvenient??
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5:30 pm PDT, Apr 5,Name not displayed, Mexico
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9:58 am PDT, Apr 4,Laura Skaggs, Kentucky
It's immoral and unethical to know that cats are being killed daily because they can't find a home. they are brought to the shelter to be looked after and fed, with hopes of someone adopting them. that shouldn't lead to death if they don't get adopted. if i could i would adopt them all!
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12:01 am PDT, Apr 4,Sandi Brown, California
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9:54 pm PDT, Apr 3,Patricia Feurer, Maryland
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6:51 am PDT, Apr 3,Laura Filipas, Romania
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9:08 pm PDT, Apr 2,Donna Adney, Alabama
Cats are a service to mankind.No rats with the bubonic (black death)plague stay where cats are.I hear Denver Colorado has had it first cases of confirmed plague. Any time man kind kills a species,..........they only end of actually destroying them selves.Leave the cats alone. Maybe you won't contact the BLACK DEATH like Europe did !
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6:16 pm PDT, Apr 2,Susan Salce, New York
These cats need our help by spaying and feeding them. Population of these cats will never be under control unless we help. Let's do this in a humane way and let them live out the life they were given.
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6:12 pm PDT, Apr 2,Paul Salce, New York
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4:30 pm PDT, Apr 2,Stacey Curry, New York
Stop killing feral cats. Please--Trap/Neuter/Release!
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5:21 pm PDT, Apr 1,Nicole Morgia, Michigan
These cats did not ask to be born, nor should we be killing them! If all of the ignorant people would have their cats neutered/spayed this problem would not exist to begin with. Enact more laws on animal welfare and promote sterilization of feral cat colonies in lieu of killing these helpless, sweet animals!
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3:54 am PDT, Apr 1,Charmaine Farugia (Malta), Malta
