The San Diego Humane Society is facing a lawsuit that challenges its community cat program, which provides spay and neuter services to thousands of cats each year. At the heart of the lawsuit is a …
A neutered community cat lives atop a mountain in Kotor, Montenegro, where community members have sterilized thousands–making a lifesaving difference even with no animal shelter to turn to.The San Diego Humane Society is facing a lawsuit that challenges its community cat program, which provides spay and neuter services to thousands of cats each year.
At its core, that issue is this: We don’t need to remove cats who are not at risk and place them into kennels where they may face euthanasia. Unfortunately, California shelters already put tens of thousands of cat to death annually; we cannot guarantee a live outcome to cats in shelters as it stands. Our limited resources therefore must be preserved for the cats who will truly die without them.
Community cats embody many lived realities, from the hissy colony of alley cats to the friendly cat at the garden store. In reporting for my upcoming book, I covered community cats who live in markets, mosques and mountaintops, who traverse ancient ruins and modern cityscapes all around the globe. They may have one caregiver or 10 caregivers; they may have one name or 10 names. These cats may not live in houses, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a place to call home.
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