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Oct 16 is National Feral Cat Day!

post #1 of 15
9/28/09 at 8:42pm
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Support TNR Education & All feral cats! - please make this your avatar for the next couple of weeks!


Help promote TNR awareness!

Here are ideas:
http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=388
http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=390

We're putting up the posters at all the local vets and supermarkets (all the places where they have bulletin boards for announcements - maybe it's a rural thing?) around here tomorrow, and the library will host us having educational materials for people to pick up.

Here are a list of events and clinics around the country:
http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=481

Sacramento is having a Walk-a-thon! (On Oct 11)

Educational video is available here: http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/

More educational materials available here: http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/

Care banners available here: http://www.straypetadvocacy.org/html/care_banners.html



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post #2 of 15
9/28/09 at 8:58pm
I´ll do it!...
Nice education Laurie...
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post #3 of 15
9/28/09 at 9:11pm
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Excellent Rigel!

...and for those of you who are not premium members of TCS, here is an avatar that is the correct size!

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post #4 of 15
9/29/09 at 4:21am
We dont have a day here but the major humane societies and Alley Cat Allies always use Oct 16th too
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post #5 of 15
9/29/09 at 6:52am
Thanks Laurie! I think I'll volunteer at the spay/neuter clinic that day!
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post #6 of 15
9/29/09 at 2:10pm
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Eithne - there has been a lot of discussion as to why it wasn't called International Feral Cat Day. But I think the current thinking is that it is National Feral Cat Day in any country that chooses to observe it. So it would be National Feral Cat Day in any country that has organizations or individuals that choose to do something about it.

So we got posters out to all the local vets, the local supermarkets (they all have "community" bulletin boards) - and we decided to include all the local pet stores. In about a 12-mile radius with a couple 20 mile spikes, including the WalMarts and Targets (that have large pet sections), we could think of 27 pet stores we know of offhand! Don't know if WalMart and Target will put them up - but the local ones did.
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post #7 of 15
9/29/09 at 5:03pm
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Rigel - that's a great idea!

...so for those of you who don't want to replace your avatar, using the image in your siggy works too!
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post #8 of 15
10/2/09 at 1:17pm
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I just wanted - on behalf of feral kitties everywhere - to say THANK YOU to everyone who has adopted the banner in their avatar or siggy this year!
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post #9 of 15
10/4/09 at 1:15pm
Ummm...I don't want to sound stupid, but how do I add it to my siggy?
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post #10 of 15
10/4/09 at 3:22pm
Just as an FYI for those who don't venture into the Cat Lounge or Fur Pics, the October Photo Contest is "From Wild to Mild" or before and after pictures of feral/wild/stray cats in our lives. The top three entries will be featured in TCS's 2010 Calendar.

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=205426
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post #11 of 15
10/4/09 at 3:35pm
I just added banner to my siggy
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post #12 of 15
10/4/09 at 4:12pm
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To add to your siggy, you can paste this into your signature line:

(IMG)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...atDay.jpg(/IMG)

....but the IMG tags around the link don't use parantheses - you have to replace those with brackets.

Your signature you adjust in User CP.
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post #13 of 15
10/16/10 at 4:52pm
Are you on Facebook and can I add this to Facebook?
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post #14 of 15
10/16/10 at 7:05pm
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Sorry, kind of late getting back to you. I know you can via Alley Cat Allies (http://www.alleycat.org). I don't use FB so don't know how that stuff works, I saw it mentioned on the Alley Cat Allies website.
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post #15 of 15
9/5/11 at 5:16am
How fitting... National Feral Cat Day is on my birthday!! I my feral family! And now they are ALL spayed and neutered..
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