Does any one know where I can get a copy of the Managed Care of Feral Cats ordinance? I am working with my city regarding the Feral Cats and would like to present them with such a ordinance.

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Yay Shelly! TNR does work!

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Harold, Shelley, Jennifer, Troy,
Words cannot express my joy and gratitude to everyone involved in this magnificent outcome!! I am so thrilled with the fruits of your dedication and endurance in fighting for these little souls. God Bless you all. You are truly angels sent from heaven!

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Can someone please help me. I recently went for a job position for Animal Control here in Mesquite, Nevada. I asked them if they practiced TNR in regards to the feral cat colonies here. Their response was a definite no. I have contacted Heaven Can Wait, who in turn directed me to Spay Our Strays ( I'm still waiting for a response). There has got to be someone in the Mesquite area who can direct/guide me to helping these innocent animals. I don't even know where the colonies are or where to begin. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Judy Oaks
rgoaks@msn.com

P/S Hurray for the feral cats in Vegas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That is fantastic news.
This is going to help so many precious lives!!

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That beautiful cat pictured at the top is no homeless feral. She is Bright Eyes, one of the 800 cats rescued during the Great Kitty Rescue. She is a loved little girl in a home, and you can see her mom's blog at Bight Eyes a.k.a Disco

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To FeralWitness

It is possible they contributed to the discussion through e-mails, postal mail, and by encouraging communication from others with posts on their websites. While that may be less obvious, it is still contributing.

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bjm:
That may be, but it does not justify donations to BF. If you want to donate, give to the hands- on groups attending the meetings and managing these feral cats. Ones that have been doing it for a long time in Las Vegas. Like Heaven Can Wait, Las Vegas Valley Humane Society and Spay Our Strays. Or your local rescue group. Every town has one deserving help.

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BRAVO and grateful for the precious lives being saved. I don't live in the area and have no way of knowing about the claims of posters, but as always in situations like this, I am heartsick over infighting and wish everyone would remember WHO WE ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF. There is no place for egos in lifesaving work. I'm sure every individual/group has strengths and weaknesses; let's concentrate on the former and SAVE CATS.
Thank you.

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I live in Las Vegas, foster cats and kittens and volunteer w/Heaven Can Wait when I can and I have to say it would be great if BF came here to show us "how to do things". Maybe then hundreds of dogs and cats wouldn't be euthanized at Leid every single day. HCWS and SOS and the others are dong the best they can, but if they don't learn to get along and work together instead of each orginization thinking that what they are doing is better than another the only losers are the animals.

I needed help years ago w/an over population of cats in my area and no one in Las Vegas stepped up to help. Not SOS, not the humane society and not HCWS. I sent cats to Kanab, to California, to Kansas, to North Carolina and Arizona. The only local organization that stepped up to help me was Betty Hohn's. They are overwhelmed here-they do need help even if they wont admit it.

Kudo's to BF for what they did in Pahrump-I didn't see any other rescue groups out there in 100 degree heat helping those cats. But BF did.

I'll keep donating and volunteering locally, but I am also going to continue to donate to BF. They do wonderful things for the forgotten-the animals.

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We'll keep working until it's Every Kitty, Every City!!!

BTW, that's a stunningly beautiful cat! >^..^<

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To "feral1": There are two links within the story to the Managed Care of Feral Cats ordinance. If you click on either one of them it will open a copy of the document.

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Hi, Judy (CaseyKat):
Just wanted to let you know that Mesquite is in Clark County. While the city of Mesquite is incorporated, you might check the boundaries of the area to see where the unincorporated areas are. In those areas that are unincorporated, the new Clark County ordinance would apply.

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karens123

you may give kudos to bf but i personally know that they refused to take in one little stray kitty that was found in my neighborhood in pahrump. we tried to find the owners couldn't and had asked bf if they would take him & they "REFUSED" . also i lived in the las vegas area for many years & never had any trouble finding help with strays or abondandoned cats.
a volunteer helping with flock cats here in pahrump had a problem with ferals cats and asked bf for help with TNR & bf also "REFUSED" to help this lady. now tell me just how much they care about anything but the money they can bring in?

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Babara, thank you for the update on Bright Eyes. she's absolutely exquisite! And knowing that she is a save from the Great Cat Rescue just makes her that much more precious!

Goodness, I had no idea that BF was rolling in money, ill gotten or otherwise! Call me stupid, but I will continue to donate. The important thing is that the cats are safe. >^..^<

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I don't know the stats for all groups, but HCW did 7000 low cost or no charge spay/neuters and adopted 900 pets in 2007. Sounds like they know what to do, and ARE doing it. I believe their budget was $400,000 last year. What are the spay/neuter stats for BF in Las Vegas? Their donations for 2007 was 35 MILLION. Perhaps HCW and other local groups would be a good example for BF. At least their donations are spent for the animals. Keep your money in your town, where it helps your animals and pet owners.

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For examples of other pro-TNR ordinances, check the feral cat resources on the HSUS website:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/feral_cats/feral_cat_resources.html

Included is the Cook Co, IL Managed Care of Feral Cats ordinance, which we modeled after the New Jersey ordinances, and which we FINALLY passed in 2007 on National Feral Cat Day, Oct 16.

Such ordinances are important as they provide protection for the ferals and their cretakers, but a lot of "on the ground", "feet on the street" work is still needed to do the actual trapping, transporting, recovery, dispute mediations, etc. , as you all well know.

HSUS also just posted a new pro-TNR video on their site which I recommend you check out. I think it is very good and may be useful in presentations to public officials, community groups and potential volunteers.

There are things about all the large animal welfare organizations -- such as BF, Alley Cat Allies, and HSUS -- with which I disagree, but they do offer some services and gain visibility with the public that smaller organizations just can't do. It is unfortunate that rivalries amongst groups, large and small -- and sometimes large vs small -- often distract us from our work for the animals.

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I was at those Clark County feral cat meetings and if Best Friends representatives were there they must have been incognito as well they might have been since Unincorporated Clark County and the cities of Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas unanimously rejected your recent offer to move in and show everyone here 'how to do things'. BF just doesn't seem to get the message. We are doing very well without you BF and don't need or want your high handed money grubbing pontificating. Or maybe everyone just saw too much of your underside in Pahrump.

It seems you never seem to see an animal issue that you can't put a self serving spin on to raise money for your already bloated bank accounts and salaries. It doesn't surprise me you are trying to take credit for the feral cat ordinance in Clark County. Not only are you trying to take credit for something you had nothing to do with and reap the benefit of the work of some very dedicated and hard working people you are trying to scavange donation that could or should be given to help Clark County animals. For shame, Best Friends!!!!

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