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     • Increasingly, communities are controlling feral cat populations humanely. This can include providing food and shelter for neighbourhood cats. Often it includes trapping and neutering community cats, then returning them to where they were found.
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     What Are Community Cats and How Can We Help Them?

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   What is a community cat?

   • “Community Cats” is a term used to describe outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats. These cats can be friendly, feral, adults, kittens, healthy, sick, altered and/or unaltered. They may or may not have a caretaker. A caretaker is a person who conducts TNRM and provides care to a community cat, but who is not the legal owner.

   A Closer Look at Community Cats | Stray Cats | TNR | ASPCA

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   Should community cats be taken to shelters?

   • Community cats should not be taken to shelters. Nationwide, more than 70 percent of cats in shelters are killed. That number rises to virtually 100 percent for community cats. The only humane and effective approach for community cats is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR).

   Just the Facts: Community Cats | Alley Cat Allies

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   Are community cats healthy?

   • Community cats are healthy. Community cats are used to living outdoors, and are naturally skilled at finding shelter and food on their own. Studies show community cats are just as healthy as indoor cats, with equally low disease rates. Community cats can also live just as long as indoor cats. Community cats are harmless members of society.

   Just the Facts: Community Cats | Alley Cat Allies

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   Are community cats adoptable?

   • Most community cats are not adoptable and shelters are not a hospitable location for a community cat to be held. The fact is, most community cats exhibit wild, shy or frightened behavior, and it's impossible to predict how or if they will ever acclimate to indoor life and the consistent presence of humans.

   A Closer Look at Community Cats | Stray Cats | TNR | ASPCA

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   What does a community cat caretaker do?

   • Become a cat caretaker and TNRM community cats in your neighborhood. A community cat caretaker is an individual (or group of individuals) who manages one or more groups of cats in a community. The caretaker keeps an eye on the cats—providing food, water and shelter, spaying/neutering and oversees their general wellbeing.

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   Are community cats happier outside?

   • When properly cared for, community cats are happier outdoors in their own territory. Some community cats are actually stray cats who don't exhibit feral behaviors but rather are friendly and enjoy interaction with humans. These cats were likely once owned or have a caretaker who frequently cares for and interacts with them.

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3. www.aspca.org › closer-look-community-catsA Closer Look at Community Cats | Stray Cats | TNR | ASPCA

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   A community cat caretaker is an individual (or group of individuals) who manages one or more groups of cats in a community. The caretaker keeps an eye on the cats—providing food, water and shelter, spaying/neutering and oversees their general wellbeing.

4. www.catster.com › guides › what-is-a-community-catWhat Is a Community Cat? Vet-Reviewed Facts & FAQ - Catster

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   By the simplest definition, community cats are identifiable, unowned, free-roaming outdoor cats. In this article, we’ll look more closely at what is and is not a community cat, why they exist,...

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6. homeandroost.co.uk › blogs › catsWhat Are Community Cats and How Can We Help Them?

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   Nov 18, 2021 · This guide can help you to understand the different organisations involved with community cat care, and can give you ideas about how to help the cats in your area. You can also set up feeding stations and feral cat shelters to protect your local community cats.

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7. www.animalhumanesociety.org › community-catsCommunity Cats - Animal Humane Society

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   Animal Humane Society’s Community Cats program works to improve the lives of free-roaming and feral cats in our community and reduce the unnecessary euthanasia of healthy cats that are not suitable for adoption. Community cats are un-owned cats that live outdoors in the community.

8. www.alleycat.org › the-truth-about-community-catsJust the Facts: Community Cats | Alley Cat Allies

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   • Community Cats Are Unowned Cats Who Live Outdoors.
   • Community Cats Thrive in Their Outdoor Homes.
   • Community Cats Are Healthy.
   • Community Cats Are Harmless Members of Society.
   • Community Cats Have A Place in The Natural environment.
   • Community Cats Can’T Live indoors.
   • TNR Helps Cats and The Community.
   • Community Cats Need Your Help.

   Community cats live outdoors in virtually every landscape on every continent where people live. Like indoor cats, they belong to the domestic cat species (Felis catus). However, community cats, also called feral or outdoor cats, are generally not socialized, or friendly, to people. They live full, healthy lives with their feline families, called co...

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   Cats living outdoors alongside people is nothing new. It wasn’t until kitty litter was invented in the late 1940s that some cats began living strictly indoors. However, community cats are truly at home outdoors.

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   Community cats are used to living outdoors, and are naturally skilled at finding shelter and food on their own. Studies show community cats are just as healthy as indoor cats, with equally low disease rates. Community cats can also live just as long as indoor cats.

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   Community cats are not a public health threat. Since they typically aren’t friendly to people and avoid contact, the chance for them to transmit diseases is minimal. You are much more likely to catch an infectious disease from someone standing in line with you at the grocery store than from a cat.

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   Cats have coexisted outdoors with wildlife for thousands of years. Scientific studies show that cats are part of our natural ecosystem and do not significantly impact wildlife populations. As animal lovers, we want what is best for all animals. That means we must address the true threat to wildlife, including birds: human-led actions like habitat d...

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   Because they are unsocialized, community cats can’t live indoors with people, and are therefore unadoptable. Community cats should not be taken to shelters. Nationwide, more than 70 percent of cats in shelters are killed. That number rises to virtually 100 percent for community cats. The only humane and effective approach for community cats is Trap...

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   In a TNR program, community cats are humanely trapped, brought to a veterinarian to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been part of a TNR program), and then returned to their outdoor homes. TNR improves cats’ lives, and provides an effective, humane, and collaborative way for communities to coexist w...

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   You have the power to save cats! Together, we can address the misconceptions and threats that cost community cats their lives. Learn more at alleycat.org/CommunityCats.

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9. bestfriends.org › what-feral-or-stray-catCommunity Cat (Feral or Stray Cat) - Best Friends Animal Society

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   Stray cats. Like “feral,” the term “stray cat” is often used to describe all cats who live outdoors. However, stray cats are generally pet cats who have been lost or potentially could have been abandoned. Many stray cats might be wary of humans they encounter outside. However, because stray cats were once pets, they are often more ...

10. emancipet.org › blog › 2021Everything You Need To Know About Community Cats

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    Oct 22, 2021 · What are Community Cats? A community cat is an un-owned cat who lives outdoors – typically in a colony. These cats may be completely feral, meaning that they were born in the wild.