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Helping Stray & Feral Cats
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by Walter Noiseux, Librarian
Learn how to help the stray cats in your neighborhood. These books and websites offer practical information about caring for individual cats, and about helping alleviate the problem of abandoned and feral cats.
Please Choose from the Following:
Books
Magazines
Databases
Websites
Program & Events
Books
Here are some useful Subject Headings to search for materials:
Cat Adoption
Feral Cats
Books
Stray Cat Handbook
by Tamara Kreuz
636.808 KRE
How to help individual stray cats or feral colonies.
Living in Shadows: How to Help the Stray Cat in Your Life (Without Adding to the Problem)
by Ann K. Fisher
636.8 FIS
Enrich your life by helping the abandoned or feral cats in your neighborhood.
Taming the Feral Cat: The Crate Training Method
by Carrol Clancy
636.808 CLA
A step-by-step illustrated guide to helping and socializing the feral cat too wild to be handled.
The author’s website is http://www.oasisdelosgatos.org/.
Complete Guide to Lost Pet Prevention & Recovery: How to Prevent Your Pet from Being Stolen: How to Recover Your Lost Pet: What to Do If You Find a Stray Pet
by Joseph Andrew Sapia and Patricia Sapia.
636.088 SAP
This book will help you get a lost cat back to his or her owner, and it will help you keep your cat from becoming hopelessly lost.
Magazines
Best Friends
Published by a major no-kill shelter, this bi-monthly magazine is an excellent source of information for those working with stray or feral cats. It also has great cat photos.
Past 6 months available at:
Hazard Branch Library
1620 W. Genesee St.
Syracuse, NY 13204
Databases
For articles about cat adoption, stray cats or feral cats, see OCPL’s Online Databases. Here you can access magazine and journal articles, newspapers, and reference books 24 hours a day using your OCPL library card.
For in-library use of the online databases, please see a librarian.
Websites
Alley Cat Allies
Alley Cat Allies is a national organization with information on how to care for individual cats and about trap-neuter-release programs.
CNY Cat Coalition
A local organization with much helpful information and contacts. Check the website for the time of their next meeting.
Programs & Events
Central New York Cat Coalition
Check website for time of next meeting,
or call 315-289-2287.
Salt City Cat Show
Local cat rescue groups have informational tables at this annual event. This is a great way to meet people involved with helping cats in Central New York. The event is usually on the third weekend in September, at the NYS Fair Grounds. Admission is charged. Check website for details.
Last updated: June 26, 2010