Should there be a law preventing irresponsible cat owners from abandoning their pets to the streets in Arizona?

There are no laws against cats roaming the streets. This means these poor animals are allowed to starve, pick up diseases, ticks, fleas, become prey to larger animals and victims of traffic. Because there's no law, animal control will not pick them up, shelter them and put them up for adoption.

These hapless animals bear their babies in the street further contributing to the sad situation. I've seen many thin, frail kittens wandering around the parking lots around my home. How are stray cats treated in your state/country?

Asked by AgentOrange 49 months ago Similar questions: law preventing irresponsible cat owners abandoning pets streets Arizona Pets > Cats.

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City by City By the AZ statute - it looks like it is up to each municipality to handle animal impounds. If your city doesn’t have an impound or doesn’t handle a specific problem and you feel impassioned about this - you may want to start going to city council meetings and calling local vets to muster support for the measure. See *A BELOW It looks like there has been some attempted action of catch and release spaying and neutering in your state as well.

While these kinds of things are sometimes isolated - it may be best to approach a participating or originating organization and volunteer your time and/or money. cfa.org/articles/legislative/changing-la... Stray animals are a big problem and it is a difficult thing to curb. I definitely think that community participation is key.

While the state may try to legislate these types of things - it is more about reaching out to your community and getting them involved. If you call your local vets - you may be directed to like minded individuals that can help. So really.. is this a case of "somebody should do something about this" or "I’m gonna do something about this" It really boils down to that.

Here in Texas specifically the North TX Dallas area we have a couple of very good no kill shelters - we have community outreach constantly going on - two very popular local DJs supporting the same cause (despite hating one another {at least on air} so there is hope. We also have animal control - which aren’t very efficient and only take surrendered animals. Find out if you catch a feral cat - if they’ll pick it up.

You’d be surprised how receptive people can be if you meet them half way. And then - there are lots of private citizens doing their part. My brother works with a guy named Oscar that does his own catch and release program with local cats.

He has a deal with a local vet and does it with his own time and money. While some may not want to go this far.. these kind of people are not uncommon. Organizing them can be a powerful force.

Or - you could try to do it all yourself.. and ask for help from others... check out this guy : right now : he’s my hero. http://ngothyeaun.blogspot.com/ good luck *A Added as § 24-370 by Laws 1962, Ch. 86, § 2.

Amended by Laws 1975, Ch. 164, § 8. Renumbered as § 11-1012 by Laws 1990, Ch.374, § 222, eff.

Jan.1, 1991; Laws 2003, Ch.152, § 3. § 11-1013. Establishment of county pounds; impounding and disposing of dogs and cats; reclaiming impounded dogs and cats; pound fees A.

The board of supervisors in each county may provide or authorize a county pound or pounds or enter into a cooperative agreement with a city, a veterinarian or an Arizona incorporated humane society for the establishment and operation of a county pound.B. Any stray dog shall be impounded. All dogs and cats impounded shall be given proper care and maintenance.C.

Each stray dog or any cat impounded shall be kept and maintained at the county pound for a minimum of seventy-two hours unless claimed by its owner. Any person may purchase such a dog or cat upon expiration of the impoundment period, provided such person pays all pound fees established by the county board of supervisors and complies with the licensing and vaccinating provisions of this article. If such dog or cat is to be used for medical research, no license or vaccination shall be required.D.

Any impounded licensed dog or any cat may be reclaimed by its owner or such owner's agent provided that the person reclaiming the dog or cat furnishes proof of his right to do so and pays all pound fees established by the board of supervisors. Any person purchasing such a dog or cat shall pay all pound fees established by the board of supervisors.E. If the dog or cat is not reclaimed within the impoundment period, the county enforcement agent shall take possession of and may place the dog or cat for sale or may dispose of the dog or cat in a humane manner.

The county enforcement agent may destroy impounded sick or injured dogs or cats if destruction is necessary to prevent the dog or cat from suffering or to prevent the spread of disease from http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusazst11_1014.htm#s11_1013 Sources: various and cited..

There definitely should be such a law. The problem is with the enforcement. I don’t do this, but many cats are allowed to roam free.It would be very difficult for animal control to differentiate from someone’s pet running free, a feral cat and an abandoned one.

God help the poor animal control officer who captures a pet that was chasing a bird. From what I’ve read, the best solution is to capture and sterilize feral cats. If you capture enough, the stray problem will go away significantly.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_cat feralcat.com/ alleycat.org/ There are a number of groups locally that catch, neuter or spay feral cats and then provide them with clean, comfortable homes for life. It hasn't solved the problem, but it has reduced it significantly. Sources: personal opinion and cited above Snow_Leopard's Recommendations Urban Tails: Inside the dden World of Alley Cats Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $5.04 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 13 reviews) The Stray Cat Handbook (Howell Reference Books) Amazon List Price: $12.95 Used from: $5.00 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) Community Approaches to Feral Cats: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations (Public Policy Series) Amazon List Price: $22.50 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 reviews) Shadow Cats: Tales from New York City's Animal Underground Amazon List Price: $9.95 Used from: $4.49 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 6 reviews) Maverick Cats: Encounters With Feral Cats Amazon List Price: $12.95 Used from: $9.953 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) .

Cats should be tagged like dogs, with an embedded chip. This way, if a cat is left out, the owner can be traced. All cats except those breed for show should be spayed or neutered.

Locally there are animal shelters that take in a lot, and I mean a LOT of stray cats.

Most of these cats are not abandoned pets AgentOrange: Most of the cats you see out on the loose are probably feral (born in the wild, never pets). For every one pet cat someone in America has, there are 15 stray ones that live outside (in abandoned buildings, parks...) Cats are pretty good at surviving in the wild, that is, in cities, but they do face much more stress than a pet cat. To give you an example of how resilient they can be, I went to a park once with a friend of mine, and as we were parking by the edge of the parking lot, where there was this line of trees in front of us, and we noticed something way up in one of the trees, say 50 feet up.

This was a big old oak tree that had no lower branches. I thought at first it was a raccoon. I went and looked as closely as I could.It turns out it was a black cat with a bunch of kittens that had made its home in the lower most branch.

How they got up there I'll never know, but they seemed perfectly content where they were, and well fed. Rounding up all the stray cats in the country would be a very difficult proposition...

1 NanoNano, regarding your answer "most of these cats are not abandoned pets":The sad situation started with abandoned pets and they continue to be abandoned.

NanoNano, regarding your answer "most of these cats are not abandoned pets":The sad situation started with abandoned pets and they continue to be abandoned.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.