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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

The ordinance requires caretakers to “educate” people in their neighborhoods. … someone who is feeding feral cats would trap them, get them neutered or spayed, and possibly vaccinated against rabies and other diseases, and return them to the outdoors. Health Director Daniel B. Bresnahan said trapping cats is difficult enough.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

” (Editorial Observer, July 30) is not economic but rather that creating a one-size-fits-all law such as mandatory spay and neuter is not a workable, enforceable solution to reduce the diverse demographics of the state’s shelter population. Lisa Peterson Director of Club Communications, American Kennel Club New York, July 31, 2007

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Sadly, the situation in Puerto Rico is replicated in countries around the world where hundreds of millions of dogs live as strays, abandoned by the humans they have come to depend on for food, shelter and companionship.