Managing Qatar�s Stray Cats � A Success Story

Audrey Quah shared this:

http://www.wspa-international.org/wspaswork/dogs/strayanimals/qatar_cats.aspx#.Twl7VsI5GmA.facebook

It is a report on TNR being implemented on the stray cats in Qatar and it is a success story!

If Qatar can do it, why can’t we?

Here’s where there is a difference. Over here, we are pushing so hard for TNR (or CNRM) and we are not getting the local councils or councillors’ support. Over there, their government implements it.

An excerpt from the link above:

Today: humane management in practice

In 2008, Doha has four government-run trapping teams, monitored by the QCC. The impact on the stray cat population has been huge � they are younger, healthier and fewer in number.

This project is evidence that a comprehensive, humane approach to stray population control is both kinder and most effective in addressing human complaints. Two years after the project commenced, the teams find only 5% of the cats they work with need to be euthanized; a massive reduction.

That’s the difference. But still, we should not be deterred by the lack of support from our local councils. We do what we feel is right.

As I’ve always said, for EVERY one stray animal neutered, thousands have already been saved from suffering.

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/01/13/managing-qatars-stray-cats-a-success-story/

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