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How Many Stray Cats are in the
United States?
United States is country where we find a lot of
people petting cats in their home. Almost every
second home will be found with either a cat or a
dog. There are different breeds of cat that
Americans like to pet, starting from the feral cat
to Florida stray cats. Approximately there are
millions of stray cats found in United States. The
number is going on increasing as people are unable
to provide food and basic veterinary treatments to
their pets. According to a survey done by National
Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
(NCPPSP) it was found that approximately 62% of
the total population has a pet in their house. Out
of which around 86.4 million cats are found in
United States of America.
Stray cats are basically cats that are left
abandoned in the street and don’t have a home. Out
of the total population of the cats around one
third are considered to be stray cats and don’t
have a specific home or a particular owner. These
cats are found generally in the streets and are
homeless. Apart from stray cats also there is
another common kind of cat that is found in
America that is called Florida feral cats. Feral
cats are cats that fall under the wild category of
cat and are not usually regarded as pets. Stray
cats after proper neutralization process can be
taken as a pet. Cat’s population is rising at an
increasing rate and is becoming overpopulated with
each passing day. Cats are animals which fall
under the category of carnivorous mammal and has a
high breeding rate compared to other carnivorous
mammals. Also cats are considered to be friends
for human beings and also have the ability to kill
household termites and insects.
They can reproduce as early as starting from
5months old and can become pregnant almost 2 to 3
times in a year. This is a very common syndrome
that has been seen in a cat which doesn’t restrict
their population increase. Cats generally prey on
small sized animals and are kept in the house to
keep away house mites and don’t require any care
to reproduce. Nowadays with recession hitting
every sphere of life, people are no longer petting
any animals and are abandoning them. An
approximate calculation undertaken by pet experts
showed that on an average around $600-$800 are
being spent on the welfare of cats like medicines,
vaccines, treatments and their food. An increasing
population of cats led to one deadly practice by
the human which is called euthanasia. This is a
method by which the cat is injected a medicine
which will eventually kill the Florida cat. This
was a very inhuman practice that was practiced
widely to control the rising population of cats.
After considerable period of time a much better
policy was launched to control the increasing cat
population, this was called neutering. It was done
on a cat to stop their ability to reproduce so
that the population can be taken under control and
had no side effects.
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