Alley Cat Allies Denounces Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for Trapping and Removing Cats
… habitat where new, unneutered cats will move in and reproduce through a naturally occurring phenomenon known as the “vacuum effect.”
We are disappointed that the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has chosen a costly, “˜knee-jerk’ approach over a humane, proven, sustainable long-term solution.
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Learn more about the vacuum effect.
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Talking Cats on Steve Dale's Pet World
Alley Cat Allies President Becky Robinsons talks cats with Steve Dale on his nationally syndicated radio show, Steve Dale’s Pet World.
Becky discusses the feral cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return, and the vacuum effect.
Watch the clip.
DC Metro Area residents: Protect Cat LivesCall on Battery Heights to Stop Trapping Cats
Alley Cat Allies requested a moratorium on the trapping, sent letters educating the property management and board about feral cats and the vacuum effect, and met with them to discuss humane solutions that will work for the whole communitycats and caregivers included. Still, the property managers persist in trapping cats.
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Transforming Shelters to Save More Cats: A Blueprint for Change
… They are unadoptable, but many shelters still take them in even though there is no possibility for a good outcome for them in the traditional shelter setting. This approach is inhumane and ineffective, as it fails to permanently reduce outdoor cat populations because of the vacuum effect. When cats are removed, the remaining cats …
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Why Trap-Neuter-Return Feral Cats? The Case for TNR
… In basic terms, whenever cats are removed, new cats move in, or the surviving cats left behind, breed to capacity. Learn more about the science behind the vacuum effect.
As a result of the vacuum effect, other approaches to feral cats are not only cruel and pointless, they are also completely ineffective at stabilizing the …
Trap-Neuter-Return Effectively Stabilizes and Reduces Feral Cat Populations
… but within two years, those cats had been replaced by 30 more cats who joined the colony. When cats are removed from an area, there is a vacuum effectother cats quickly move in to take advantage of newly available resources, and they breed back to capacity.
In 1992, the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society started …
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Veterinarians: Submit Your Comments on AVMA Outdoor Cat Policy
… improves, populations stabilize and eventually reduce, nuisance behaviors cease, and cats are vaccinated against rabies. Catch-and-kill policies do nothing to stabilize populations, and trigger the vacuum effectremaining intact cats breed to capacity to take advantage of resources. Catch-and-kill policies also keep shelter “euthanasia” rates high.
Stop focusing on the containment or …
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Comment cohabiter avec des chats dans votre vosinage
… ne fonctionnent pas. La TNR est la seule approche efficace et humanitaire pour traiter les populations de chats communautaires. Apprenez-en plus à l’adresse alleycat.org/VacuumEffect.
Ce que vous devriez savoir si…
Les chats fouillent dans votre poubelle.
RAISON: Les chats cherchent de la nourriture.
CONSEILS:
Protégez votre poubelle à l’aide d …
LES FAITS : L'effet de vide
… améliore leur vie.
Vous pouvez faire une différence et sauver des vies.
Ensemble, nous pouvons combattre l’approche inefficace de capture et mise à mort, appuyer la TNR et s’assurer que les politiques locales répondent aux besoins des chats d’extérieur et de nos communautés.
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Solo Los Hechos: El Efecto VacÃo
… sus vidas.
Tú puedes marcar la diferencia y salvar vidas.
Juntos, podemos luchar contra el enfoque ineficaz de capturar y matarlos, respaldar el programa TNR, y garantizar que las polÃticas locales aborden las necesidades de los gatos que viven al aire libre y de nuestras comunidades.
Obtén más información en alleycat.org/VacuumEffect.