Maribyrnong Council falsely calls homeless urban cats 'feral', and is spreading misinformation. Save Lives. Please speak up for feline, and female, visibility. Answer the three questions by midnight 30th June 2024. https://www.yourcityyourvoice.com.au/cat-curfew/cat-curfew-feedback-form Maribyrnong's cat curfew survey is open everywhere and is anonymous (allowing hate-groups to target and hide). Help stop another Council killing more wildlife, cats, and kittens.
Remember that mandated curfews, both 12 & 24hrs, do not work. Like Knox, Councils claim that 'support for a curfew’ of 12hrs - also means 24-hrs. Responsible owners keep in their cats at night. But 90% of impounded cats are homeless, and mandated cat curfews raise stray populations, and cost everyone more, trapping and killing more kittens, endlessly.
https://www.change.org/p/maribyrnong-promote-cat-enclosures-desex-desex-desex/u/32703820
Resources: Please cite this scientific evidence in your answers:
Community Cat Programs work to save both cats and wildlife, and at much lower cost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQbK3R36Xjg https://petwelfare.org.au/2022/08/31/australian-pet-welfare-foundation-position-statement-on-cat-containment/
24-hr cat curfews have failed in Casey and Yarra Ranges: https://petwelfare.org.au/2022/09/02/key-issues-to-consider-related-to-mandated-24-7-cat-containment/
Way to prevent killing and lower pound intake. The Conversation: ‘Australian shelters and pounds kill 50,000 mostly healthy cats and kittens in a year. There’s a way to prevent this pointless killing’: https://theconversation.com/australian-shelters-and-pounds-kill-50-000-mostly-healthy-cats-and-kittens-in-a-year-theres-a-way-to-prevent-this-pointless-killing-201947 Full scientific article in Animals: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/11/1771
Australian Community Cat Program. September 2023 Report: https://petwelfare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aust-Community-Cat-Program-EOFY-2023-Report.pdf
Banyule's Impacts of a Local Government Funded Free Cat Sterilization Program for Owned and Semi-owned Cats: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/11/1615
Domestic urban cats are not 'feral': https://petwelfare.org.au/2023/07/17/australian-pet-welfare-foundation-position-statement-on-cat-definitions/
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