GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On Global Cat Day®, October 16, Alley Cat Allies is making a stand to stop cats from being killed on the Cayman Islands within the western Caribbean Sea. As the federal government of the Cayman Islands pursues its devastating coverage to spherical up and kill cats, Alley Cat Allies, the main advocacy organization for cats, is working to launch a humane, nonlethal program to handle the group cat inhabitants.
Starting on Monday, October 16, Alley Cat Allies might be on the bottom to begin offering spay and neuter surgical procedure for as much as 100 cats on Grand Cayman Island, whereas additionally distributing tons of of kilos of cat meals to caregivers in want of help. This work is to be finished in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Humane Society, and is an strategy that starkly contrasts towards the lethal authorities plan already underway.
In the Cayman Islands, the native authorities has initiated a plan to kill cats, underneath the misguided rationale of defending native species. However, killing cats is a failed coverage that has by no means confirmed to achieve success. While removing could briefly cut back the variety of cats, it by no means lasts. Other cats might be drawn to assets comparable to meals and shelter and transfer in to fill the house, shortly bringing inhabitants ranges again up. This phenomenon is named the Vacuum Effect, and it’s nicely established in analysis.
Alley Cat Allies additionally advocates for extra folks to grasp that killing just isn’t the identical as conservation, and killing one species in favor of one other is morally indefensible. Leading biologists, local weather scientists and environmental watchdogs agree that local weather change, habitat destruction and growth are the main causes of species loss. Attempting to pin the blame on cats conveniently ignores the truth that options to species loss relaxation squarely in our fingers.
Alley Cat Allies will proceed working within the Cayman Islands on future initiatives to guard cats from being killed.
About Alley Cat Allies
Alley Cat Allies believes each cat deserves to stay out his or her life to the fullest.
Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies is the main advocacy organization for cats with a mission to rework and develop communities to guard and enhance the lives of all cats and kittens. Together with our greater than 800,000 supporters, we work towards a world the place all cats are valued and each group has humane and efficient applications and insurance policies to defend them.
Through our fearless advocacy, humane care, schooling and outreach, and legislation and coverage activism, we empower and mobilize residents, advocates, grassroots teams, shelters, veterinary professionals, and elected officers throughout the United States and world wide to enhance their communities for cats by nonlethal, evidence-based approaches.
Our web site is www.alleycat.org, and we’re energetic on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Linkedin and YouTube.
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