tarasgirl06
We are on the same line. "Purebreds" are somehow against the Natural Laws. Still, breeders can do a positive job by preserving genes which could be useful in the future or by rising the awareness.
I always advise people who want a cat to do their best to find a so called "European breed" - which is the diplomacy way of speaking about stray, ferals, rescued ones :-) . Having in mind that a "shelter" here is most likely a pure personal endeavour, with low visibility and struggling to survive financially, this advise is not easy to follow.
Therefore, a cat advocacy organisation here should address quite a lot of issues:
- enhancing visibility of the "home" shelters
- establishing a seed-money mechanism
- convincing local authorities that they need to care stray cats, but not in the (sometimes cruel) way they did with the stray dogs
- awareness rising about adopting a rescue cat
- general education about how to care a colony (I saw people feeding cats milk and rice)
to name only few :-)
Another big challenge here is to include cats care in the disasters plans. Apparently, most decision makers beleive that cats cant take care on their own in such events. In one project I attempted to convince that cats should be considered when designing the disaster preparedness and intervention plans, but to no avail.
We are on the same line. "Purebreds" are somehow against the Natural Laws. Still, breeders can do a positive job by preserving genes which could be useful in the future or by rising the awareness.
I always advise people who want a cat to do their best to find a so called "European breed" - which is the diplomacy way of speaking about stray, ferals, rescued ones :-) . Having in mind that a "shelter" here is most likely a pure personal endeavour, with low visibility and struggling to survive financially, this advise is not easy to follow.
Therefore, a cat advocacy organisation here should address quite a lot of issues:
- enhancing visibility of the "home" shelters
- establishing a seed-money mechanism
- convincing local authorities that they need to care stray cats, but not in the (sometimes cruel) way they did with the stray dogs
- awareness rising about adopting a rescue cat
- general education about how to care a colony (I saw people feeding cats milk and rice)
to name only few :-)
Another big challenge here is to include cats care in the disasters plans. Apparently, most decision makers beleive that cats cant take care on their own in such events. In one project I attempted to convince that cats should be considered when designing the disaster preparedness and intervention plans, but to no avail.