Not everywhere in the world enjoys the luxury of dedicated cat welfare and shelter facilities that exist in the UK.
In many places the responsibility for cat population control and homing of unwanted/abandoned cats falls to local veterinarians and other cat welfare groups, who work often without support or experience of others in the same field. This is where IFCW can help.
IFCW is already working with many specific projects in different countries (see below) as well as helping support vital research projects. IFCW will continue to work with local like-minded organisations, groups and veterinarians, while it also develops policies, recommendations and strategies that will be available and applicable to all dealing with unowned cats.
IFCW is working with Worldwide Veterinary Service to develop a training programme for vets and welfare workers involved in cat rescue, welfare and population control.
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Cats are adaptable and can reproduce very quickly, but where there are large numbers of unowned cats, many kittens will die due to disease or starvation. Large cat numbers may also be regarded as a nuisance and people may turn to culling them, often using cruel methods.
For these reasons neutering of both owned and unowned cats is vital, and is essential to control cat populations. IFCW has part-funded a neutering pain study to help improve neutering protocols and cat welfare worldwide.
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When abandoned cats go into a homing facility, it is inevitable that they will be stressed and fearful. An important part of the homing process is to identify cats that may never adapt to living in a home environment, and to identify those that are likely to adapt well.
However, this is not an easy task and IFCW are supporting a project based at the University of Lincoln to specifically look into predictors of feline behaviour that will be of real practical help in these situations.
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Behaviour of cats for homing
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