Cats vs. Birds: Sophie’s Choice

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This is very funny stuff, but some people do get bent out of shape by cats eating birds.

Mother Jones recently published a piece where they painted quite the harsh picture of feral cats and the Trap Neuter Return (TNR) method of controlling cat colonies.

Where do you stand on the cat versus bird battle?

Me? I side with Alley Cat Allies in support of TNR, but I do keep my two cats indoors.

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It’s Still Kitten Season

Didn’t you know that kitten season is in full swing? Yep. March through November has been dubbed kitten season.

Now’s the time when shelters and rescues find themselves teeming with far too many kittens. Yeah, there’s such a thing as too many kittens, sadly.

There are more kittens than people who want them. Not all kittens will make it to forever homes. The best ways to reduce the annual kitten explosion are to have your cat spayed or neutered and to support Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs in your community. If you can’t have your cat neutered, please keep him indoors.

You knew this was coming: If you have room in your home and heart, now is the perfect time to bring home a new furry pal! Yet, as ASPCA reminds us, during kitten season, it’s even more difficult to find loving homes for adult cats. So, please consider them too.

Kitten season facts from ASPCA:

• A female cat can begin having kittens at 6 months of age

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