Community Cat
Resources and Reading Room
Governance/Legislation/Ordinances
- Alley Cat Allies model community cat ordinances
- Cook County IL, 10/16/2007, Managed Care of Feral Cats Ordinance
- Review Mentor OH, Sebring OH, and Ft. Wayne IN community cat ordinances
Public Meetings/Hearings
Resources
- Alley Cat Allies Feral Friends Network to find resources for community cats by zipcode.
News Media
- TimesReporter.com article, 01/29/2020, “New Philadelphia approves trapping, neutering of feral cats,” Jon Baker
- News-Herald.com, 01/20/2020, “Painesville Township starts trap, neuter, release program for stray cats,” Adam Dodd
- TimesReporter.com article, 11/24/2019, “These are strays. These are starving, these are homeless, these are injured,” Jon Baker
- The News-Herald article, 11/23/2019, “Mentor (Ohio) feral cat Program Proving effective; questions remain about caregiver compliance,” Betsy Scott
- WSYX report, 11/12/2017, “South Columbus woman on a mission to save her neighborhood one cat at a time”
Literature
- Cleveland.com article, 01/07/2020, “Humane methods are the way to go in managing feral cat population: Dan Spehar”
- Big Think Report, 03/12/2019, “Birds are killed more by cities than cats,” Derek Beres
- HuffPost.com article, 03/05/2017, “Feral cats are not the problem, humans are!”
- Neighborhood Cats, 2013, “TNR Handbook”
- The Humane Society of the United States, “Implementing a community trap-neuter-return program”
Websites
- Affiliations and Partnerships page, with links to many other related organizations
- Alley Cat Allies
- Alley Cat Allies YouTube video series on trap/neuter/release (TNR)
- Neighborhood Cats
- The Together Initiative for Ohio’s Community Cats