Gothamist: JFK's Feral Cats' Fate is Terminal

Cilla

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:02:51 -0500

Of course none of the articles about this topic mention that JFK has placed the kittens in no-kill shelters. Of course not! To mention that wouldn't put people into hysterics sufficiently. I understand wanting to strive to get the airport to do TNR if you really do not believe in euthanasia, but be a mature, intelligent, grown adult and present balanced information to the public. Funny how when the Republicans give slanted biased news coverage on Fox News it's horrible, but when our Liberal newspapers and blogs do it it's okay.

d041173c

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:07:05 -0500

Feral cats are only unadoptable because people say they are. While they are much harder to deal with than a pet or even a stray, they will come in the house if someone offers. They quickly figure out how to use the litter box & why. They just don't want you to pet them. So, if someone caught the feral cat, sterilized it, got it shots and took it home, it would eat as daintily as any other cat, use the litter box (assuming you crate it for the first week so that it gets used to using the box before you let it roam your house). After a while, it will sleep near you on the bed. Just don't try to pet it or pick it up. Eventually, it will sniff your hand. After 3 or 4 years, it MAY allow you and only you to pet it. Which will be good because the shots you got it will have expired and it will be time to take it to the vet... I know all this because 5 of my 14 cats were ferals. Further, I have had other feral cats that were younger and they actually were acting like pet cats in less time as long as it was only me around. They still hid from everybody else. Kittens born to feral cats can be turned into pet cats just by playing with them while they are still nursing (you watch for the mother to leave and go play with them for a short time each day). Once they are no longer nursing, you scoop them up, get them shots and give them away as pet cats. No one has returned any of these kittens to me claiming they were too wild. So, homes could be found for these cats, only no one will make a push to do it because they have a large number of easier to place cats also needing homes. I must say, I think it is BS that the cats are endangering the airplanes. They just don't want those homeless cats wandering around looking pathetic.

mattkime

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:48:44 -0500

Other stray cat will just move into the vacated territory. I wonder how many cats their going to kill before they figure out that this won't solve the problem.

Jerky

Thu, 29 May 2008 05:21:15 -0500

I'm sure they could get a decent price in Chinatown for them. Tastes like Chicken!

sonyactivision

Wed, 28 May 2008 19:41:08 -0500

These "feral cats" provide a valuable public service as they subsist largely on the corpses of Nigerian stowaways who fall out of their wheelwell coffins on approach.

Spiritof76

Wed, 28 May 2008 18:13:17 -0500

I would suggest to the Mayor's Alliance that the best way to deal with the Port Authority is not logic, but trapping and euthanasia.

Sinchy

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:05:36 -0500

Cats kill birds which might fly into an engine, why kill the cats/

CR

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:20:28 -0500

How many cats we talking about that live over there? Yes, I'd say neutering/spaying is the way to go. But release back onto the airport grounds? Not so sure about that one... I would say that cats do a decent job of keeping the mouse/rat population down and they don't eat wires the way rats/mice do...

sakebalboa

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:19 -0500

iz nawt poal bault! is sooper jawmp intoo engeenes :3