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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

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No: it is the fault of their owners, their former owners, or the Trap-Neuter-Release crowd. Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them? Is it the fault of the cats?

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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. … 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. Feeding bans don’t stop cats from “multiplying”; neutering does.

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National Dog Bite Prevention Week

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While letter carriers are discouraged from petting animals, people who choose to pet dogs should always let a dog see and sniff them before petting the animal. Your dog’s instinct is to protect the family. Spay or neuter your dog. Neutered dogs are less likely to bite. Tags: events news pet care.

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Dog Park Dangers

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Today’s guest post comes from: Heather Reynolds is a pet lover and internet journalist at Trupanion , North America’s fastest growing pet insurance company. Trupanion offers a simple, customizable pet insurance policy with no payout limits and 90% coverage of veterinary bills. Your dog also needs to be spayed or neutered.

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What To Do If You Find a Pit Bull

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It may feel threatened, and animals that feel threatened instinctually protect themselves. For example, the petting a dog’s tail; an abuser may have done something violent to the dog’s tail, and the dog may try to protect itself when you touch it there. That same action may have been an aggressive act by their former abuser.

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