How to help stray cats?
There are several solutions to help stray cats. Which ones are they ? Our answers.
The Stray cats i’m homeless. Often sick and hungry, they can quickly infect other pets during food fights. What can we do to help them?
Check if the cat is a stray
To help a stray cat, it is important to check if it is stray, abandoned or lost.
If your pet lets you get close to it, you can take it directly, using a transport crate, to a vet. He will proceed to identify you (tattoo or necklace).
If the animal won’t let you approach it, contact the town hall, the gendarmerie or the police station of the municipality where you saw it to report it. Generally, the stray animal is taken from the kennel and the latter is obliged to identify it (article L. 212-10).
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Ask for help from an association
You can also contact an animal welfare organization to find out if they can come and care for the animal or check if it is identified.
If the found animal does not belong to anyone, you have the right to adopt it. If you don’t have the opportunity, entrust her to a shelter or an association. The SPA, the Second Chance site or even 30 million friends will take care of this feline and will take care of finding him a adoptive family.
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Ask your town hall
The first instinct when you meet a stray cat is to offer it croquettes or other food. But beware: according to article 120 of the Health Departmental Regulation (RSD): “it is forbidden to throw or deposit seeds or food, in any place or public establishment, likely to attract stray animals”.
However, in some municipalities, the feeding of “free cats” is authorised, ie cats that have been captured, sterilized and then released into the wild.
Indeed, according to article 211-27 of the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code,“the mayor can, by decree, on his own initiative or at the request of an animal protection association, have unidentified cats, without owners or without keepers, living in groups in public places of the municipality, captured. , in order to make them sterilized and identified in accordance with article L. 212-10, before releasing them in these same places. This identification must be carried out in the name of the municipality or the aforementioned association. »
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Several municipalities in France have already implemented this sterilization plan. This program slows down the proliferation of cats and reduces premature fights and meows during hot spells.
Build a shelter for stray cats
A shelter allows stray cats to take refuge in bad weather, to protect themselves from the cold or from predators.
To do this, use a shipping crate, bin or large plastic box and place straw and/or plastic sheeting inside to insulate everything well. You can add blankets, old pillows or sheets for the comfort of its future occupants. It is also possible to build a shelter with wooden pallets or buy one commercially.
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Finally, choose a suitable place. Preferably on level and stable ground. This should be accessible to stray cats, but not too close to a passage frequented by humans.
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