Snipping the ear takes a lot less time. And where are you going to tattoo a cat? They're not going to let you look inside their lips in the way dogs might. Especially if they're feral. Also, "trap and release" is not a thing with dogs.Originally Posted by Dan Lehr
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
The reason cats have their ear snipped is to identify cats that have been through the TNR (Trap Neuter Release) program. Cats that have been through TNR and released, which means they cannot tolerate the presence of humans and are unsuitable for adoption. There are exceptions, of course.
The idea behind TNR is that when all cats in a colony are neutered or spayed, the colony will eventually disappear as the cats die. It's not perfect because cats breed faster than they can be TNRd but so far, it's the most effective program we have.
We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, without whose assistance this program would not have been possible.
I think if you trap kittens at a young age they can be domesticated. At least that's what my local animal shelter told me. I trapped one and she eventually became someone pet. Otherwise they end up as coyote fodder around here.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
My first two cats were feral kittens. They were terrific pets.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Life be like this sometimes.
My ducks are out in my yard.Life be like this sometimes.
They show up for a few days in the spring, hang out part time, eat the bird seed, poop all over the patio, then go wherever they go for the rest of the year.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Mine are in the freezer awaiting a spicy brine bath and a long, smokey sauna. 😉
Yeah, I've been sitting on this one for a while. . .
Oh, hell yes.
Yeah, I've been sitting on this one for a while. . .
PS.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
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