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Hi! I am a long-absent forum member, glad to be back. We were gifted a cat tree a while ago, which had been used by a previous owner's cats. I have a very old model Shark steam cleaner, that I was thinking of using to thoroughly clean and disinfect the tree before we let our family at it...

Hi! It really bothers me when I see people elsewhere criticize "TNR" as though every implementation of it is the same, and is, they assert, not effective. I work with an organization that has what we call a "TNR Program." It didn't start out like that, really. We did a few TNR projects as a...

I tried clicking on it because I wanted to respond to a post and quote parts of it, then respond "inline," but when I clicked on it, nothing much happened. The multi-quote icon got a red background behind it, nothing else. I looked in the FAQs and didn't see anything. Can someone enlighten me...

Hi All, I just got my brochure on the Conference on Homeless Animal Management and Policy (CHAMP) and noticed another familiar name -- Mark Kumpf is presenting at this year's conference in Orlando FL. GO to this conference if you possibly can! It's a really excellent experience. If you can't...

Hi All, I realize this is a very extreme kind of thing to suggest, but I've been studying some data and reading about pet ownership trends lately. And I've been observing the discussions about "character education" in my local community, which all seem to completely leave out HUMANE education...

Hi All, I just finished re-reading the ANIMAL PEOPLE News editorial in the April 2004 edition of the paper. Anyone else read it yet? What do you think? I have always liked the paper's factual approach, I thought -- gathering statistics, being careful to back what they say with research and...

Hi All, Another colony of cats has attracted the attention of the area's apartment complex management. Previous management company was okay with there being cats on the premises. New company or new manager gets on the job, and allegedly wants cats gone. (But some of the apartment residents...

Hi All, I drive a wonderful little old Acura Integra that I bought used when it was a couple of years old. I don't NEED to buy a new car, but, I'm beginning to feel the "itch" to do so. Also, my dear Mom really, really is pushing me to buy something -- to the extent that she's bribing me...

Hi All, I'm with an organization that is working hard to help cats and their caretakers, in our local area. We handle lots of calls and do a lot of TNR support, adoption, and advocacy for feral cats and cats in general. I handle a lot of the initial contact with caretakers and concerned...

Someone in a neighboring jurisdiction called my organization, fishin' for info on no kill shelters. She had had a visit from animal control last week. What should she have said? Okay, as I talked with her, it became clear that she was really looking for low cost speuter help. Turns out, that...

Hi All, We said goodbye this past week to Kylie, a sweet, petite calico cat, who fought hard most of her life just to survive. Our foster Dad really doted on her, and he did everything you could hope to help Kylie. Shortly after she was rescued, we found out that Kylie had not only been...

Hi, I'm still new, but I hope this is a good place to say it. I think that it's incredibly good fortune to have an ACO so willing to entertain questions and discuss current issues. I'd like, since Mark Kumpf seems agreeable to it, to see the Ask the ACO forum continued beyond its one-month...

Hi All, Oooooh, people can be so very manipulative and cruel toward cats. I am a volunteer with a small local organization that tries to help prevent problems for and with homeless domestic cats (aka "ferals"). We put a lot of time and effort into a series of workshops we offer every month or...

Hi All, I just want to point out that there may be differences in interpretation of terms here. A shelter, to me, and to some people reading, might imply that there is a physical space where an animal could be housed. Although the Save Our Strays site is AWESOME, it's listing of no kill...

Hi Mark, Thank you for spending the time researching and answering all of our questions here! I am wrestling in my area with the situation that our animal ordinances have been changing over the past twenty years, but there has apparently been no attempt to notify the public of the content or...