Author: Michael Gorman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781530335701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Feral cats need love, just as all cats do. Most have never known care, affection, or touch from a human. But, they can be tamed, and even become members of an indoor family, with a patient & loving game plan. Michael Gorman tells the stories of Squeaky and Hoover, two feral cats who eventually agreed to adopt him. Both now live happily and safely indoors. In addition to chronicling what is it took to gain their trust, perform a bit of cat training, and integrate them into the household, there is an ending summary of 10 Easy Steps that a cat lover can use to be adopted by a feral kitty that may walk into your life. Fun photos add to the stories. Kids will love this book, too.
Author: Faye Rapoport Despres
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941523162
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Faye knew the little white cat in her yard wasn't safe living outside and sharing a tree with a raccoon family. But how do you win the trust of a street-smart cat?
Author: Heather Green
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425281981
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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A heartfelt, funny memoir about how a kitten rescue project changed one cynic’s life… Journalist Heather Green was finally putting down roots: in shiny, buzzing Manhattan. She loved her work and threw herself into sixty-hour weeks—once walking into a subway pole, getting a concussion, and still going to the office. Her new boyfriend Matt lived across the river in a New Jersey town that had none of the glamour of New York. She liked Matt—a lot—yet she wasn’t sure what to make of weekends in gritty, dilapidated Union City. But things changed the summer morning Heather discovered a beautiful stray cat and her three black-and-white kittens in Matt’s neighbor’s backyard. When she made eye contact with one of the kittens, she felt something she’d never felt before. She and Matt had to save the little animals. Because if they didn’t, who would? The crazy world of cat rescue soon drew Heather in. As she and Matt worked together to figure out how to trap, tame, and find homes for their foundlings, she began to question the life she had back in Manhattan. This is the story of how three furry beings taught one woman about love, community, and what truly matters in life.
Author: Cynthia O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578193663
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages :
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The story of a special feral cat and the love he shared with a little girl.
Author: Tamara Kreuz
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470334126
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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"Finally, a book that deals with stray cats; a how-to guide to trapping and dealing with a stray cat. As a pet owner, animal lover and director of a humane organization that deals with stray cats every day, this book gives us one more tool to offer to people who want to help the thousands of strays that wander our streets. Bravo!" Joseph J. Sprague, Jr., Executive Director, Tree House Animal Foundation "Tamara Kreuz cares about the plight of stray and feral cats and gives practical ways to help them. Individuals and shelters can benefit from this book. If those who find stray animals can themselves set about to help by finding homes for domestic strays, or by creating safe havens for feral cats, this will make life a lot easier for shelter personnel, who are all too often overburdened by the number of animals they receive. We highly recommend The Stray Cat Handbook." Louise Holton and Becky Robinson, Co-founders, Alley Cat Allies: The National Feral Cat Network "This is a must read for those considering animal rescue work. The information and suggestions provided are first rate and are based on actual experiences." Linda A. Heller, Division Manager, Orange County Animal Services (Florida) A Howell Cat Book of Distinction
Author: Andrew Bloomfield
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608683990
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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When aspiring screenwriter Andrew Bloomfield moved into a bungalow in Southern California he soon discovered that he shared the property with a large colony of feral cats — untamed, uninterested in human touch, not purring pets in waiting. But after a midnight attack by predators that decimated yet another litter of kittens, Bloomfield decided to intervene. He began to name and nurse, feed and house, rescue and neuter. Drawing on his time living in Asia among spiritual teachers, he takes us on the contemplative, humorous, and poignant journey of saving these cats, only to find it was they who saved him by revealing a world of meaning beyond his unrealized Hollywood dreams.
Author: Margaret R. Slater
Publisher: Humane Society of the U S
ISBN: 9780965894258
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Management strategies for humane societies, lawmakers, animal control agencies, veterinarians, and feral cat caretakers for dealing with feral cats.
Author: Marie Phillips
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463441177
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
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Author: Peter P. Marra
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167419
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human health In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific evidence confirms what many conservationists have suspected for some time—that in the United States alone, free-ranging cats are killing birds and other animals by the billions. Equally alarming are the little-known but potentially devastating public health consequences of rabies and parasitic Toxoplasma passing from cats to humans at rising rates. Cat Wars tells the story of the threats free-ranging cats pose to biodiversity and public health throughout the world, and sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the management of the explosion of these cat populations. This compelling book traces the historical and cultural ties between humans and cats from early domestication to the current boom in pet ownership, along the way accessibly explaining the science of extinction, population modeling, and feline diseases. It charts the developments that have led to our present impasse—from Stan Temple's breakthrough studies on cat predation in Wisconsin to cat-eradication programs underway in Australia today. It describes how a small but vocal minority of cat advocates has campaigned successfully for no action in much the same way that special interest groups have stymied attempts to curtail smoking and climate change. Cat Wars paints a revealing picture of a complex global problem—and proposes solutions that foresee a time when wildlife and humans are no longer vulnerable to the impacts of free-ranging cats.
Author: William Jordan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618382286
Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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The author describes his detachment from animals before meeting a cat whose failing health and winning personality shifted his scientific perspectives and brought about his understanding of the evolutionary significance of kinship.
