Channel 10: News Story about CAHS No Longer Accepting Feral Cats
Many of us watched the news on Channel 10 about CAHS and their policy change about feral cats. Here are some highlights:
The intake policy has changed at CAHS:
- They are no longer accepting feral cats
- They are no longer accepting cats from outside Franklin County.
The reporter said that CAHS told them because feral cats are not adoptable, they can no longer afford to take them in. Jodi Buckman told Channel 10 that they have limited resources, but they know that the community can provide care. They will be referring these cats to other agencies. She says that this is part of their strategy to get more adoptions and get the public more involved. She also talked about the situation where people bring in a mother cat with kittens and how they will expect people to foster them until the kittens are old enough to be adopted.
Mona McKinnis of Colony Cats was also interviewed. She pointed out that limiting intake is going to result in more cats on the streets. She reminded people that if the agencies and rescuers could work together everyone could do their part and the animals would benefit from that.
We're a little confused about CAHS saying they can't "take in" feral cats anymore. They never took in ferals. They simply spayed or neutered them to be released back to their colonies..it's called TNR (trap, neuter, release)...so the ferals wouldn't be taking up cage space because they should be released back to their colonies.
Who are they kidding when they talked about the mother cats with kittens and how they want it handled? Their past behavior with this combo has been anything BUT humane. Many of us have seen ourselves how they pull the mom away from her babies and kill her in the back room, while the kittens are crying for her. Then they pick the "pretty kittens" only and kill the rest.
There were many good comments on the Channel 10 website, but due to copyright we can't re-publish them here.
Please share your thoughts with us on this very sad development.
