Comments on: Wildcat Wednesdays

By: Cat News Roundup 05 Nov 2007 at Minnesota Meow

Cat News Roundup 05 Nov 2007 at Minnesota Meow — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:32:40 +0000

[...] a barn cat in Webster Richard Marx Fanclub: Cat Sitting in Bryn Mawr, Minneapolis Aaron Landry: Wildcat Wednesdays (Old post, but I want to post more stuff like this on Minnesota [...]

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:07:03 +0000

Speaking of pets, Griff just learned how to fetch. I think you would find it endearing at first, then annoying.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:08:59 +0000

Nadia is a Tortoise Shell — I have a cat that looks just like her (her name is Gidget). Happy Birthday, Nadia!

By: karah

karah — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:59:39 +0000

Pretty kitty. My cat was a rescued barn cat from Iowa, where they have much the same problems with litters, and then throw in distemper to boot.

Great mousers, though.

By: bb-bb-b

bb-bb-b — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:53 +0000

I wonder if anyone has considered locating the dens of some of the larger colonies and asking local clergy to perform mass weddings of these cats? Individually neutering the cats just seems so inefficient.

By: Zosia

Zosia — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:22:09 +0000

Happy bithday, Nadia!

By: Regan

Regan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:45:13 +0000

Colony I work with nabbed their final two cats this past weekend. Good way to celebrate Nadia’s birthday.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:21:56 +0000

And happy birthday, Nadia.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:21:13 +0000

Despite being overlooked by so many people, the overpopulation of feral cats is a huge problem in metropolitan areas. I admire the approach of projects like Wildcat Wednesdays and hope their efforts continue to be recognized.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:09:33 +0000

Off-topic, but I was just making my round of online stops and Boinkology used one of your Flickr photos today:

http://boinkology.com/2007/10/16/the-phone-book-transfer-who-makes-the-cut/

By: Aliecat

Aliecat — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:19:24 +0000

Oh! One more thing. Feral cats live, on average, only about 3-4 years in the wild. So by altering even about a quarter of them, you can reduce the population dramatically.

By: Aliecat

Aliecat — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:12:57 +0000

Also, it is far more successful to do the alter/release since an unspayed cat can have her first litter at about 6 months and can have at least 3 litters a season. Sluts.

By: Aliecat

Aliecat — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:11:09 +0000

I think Feline Rescue still does a low cost spay/neuter program. When I got Cosmo, I got him neutered for $40. Forever grateful for that!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:49:55 +0000

Hmm, interesting. I worked with AA a long time ago and they were kinda nutty, but I think most of us hardcore animal folks are.

Pretty kitty.

By: Ang

Ang — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:30:26 +0000

I remember reading something brief about this a few months ago. Nice idea. Animal Ark also has a groovy thrift store on E 7th, near Arcade.

By: HQ

HQ — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:22:46 +0000

Minneapolis Animal Control definitely needs to follow St.Paul’s lead on this regarding the TNR pilot project. Interestingly, I know that CM Gary Schiff’s office has been working with Mike Fry over the past few months on the possibility of ordinance changes similar to those made in St. Paul that made the TNR pilot project possible. Obviously there are difference in the feral kitty population between the two cities that make it difficult for Mpls to enact exactly the same legislation as St. Paul which is why it may take a while to figure something out.