10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
There is evidence that toxoplasma leads, in humans, to an elevated risk of mental illness and depression. The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return. Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR.
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4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
FixNation uses Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), which is a community-based program that involves trapping homeless, free-roaming cats, getting them spayed or neutered, and then returning the cats to the exact spot where they were trapped so they can live out the rest of their natural lives. “The Our charity needs charity in order to continue.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200. In Yuma, Arizona, they don’t take no prisoners.
Animal Person
APRIL 24, 2009
When taking the issue to simplest common denominator, spaying/neutering is essentially exercising human dominance over non-human animals. Meanwhile, I would love to be able to have some kind of law against human beings producing/reproducing more than one person per person. And this is one of them. But who cares about me?
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Being vegan because you want to live as nonviolently as possible and you don't want to contribute to violence and you don't want to respond to violence with violence is admirable to some, though refusing to support the defense of sentient nonhumans when you probably would if they were humans bothers me. Not that I'm giving you a deadline.
Animal Person
APRIL 18, 2009
Abby, I too get very upset by stories and images of what occurs every second of every day to nonhumans and humans alike. The purpose of my life is to be the best human being I can be and to leave this planet knowing I did what I could to make it a better place. Can you please share your spiritual beliefs or coping mechanisms?
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