You may not have any. It depends on your local laws, which I would check into.
Our local high kill shelter can kill "owner surrenders" right away. Strays have a 3 day hold time mandated by law (they may consider feral cats "strays" - I really do not know their feral cat policy and I should. If a cat has a registration tag it gets 10 days. I really, really would never take a cat or dog to a kill shelter under any circumstances whatsoever. But that's just me. On 8/9/07, Stray Cat Alliance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what your shelter's policies are regarding feral cats, usually > open admission shelters kill feral cats right away. Check out > www.alleycat.org for information on Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and the humane > and viable solution to controlling the feral cat population. Alley Cat > Allies and animal welfare advocate Nathan Winograd > (www.nokilladvocacycenter.org) recommend shelters not accept feral cats into > the shelter since they cannot be adopted and recommend trap-neuter-return. > > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:18:00 -0700 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: OT: Exactly what are my rights here? > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > > Hello everyone, > > Several of you here know my story about trapping an > > orange and white cat , whom I named Marmalade. The cat > > was trapped this last Sunday night in my personal > > trap. The cat was then transported to our local > > shelter by a policeman. When the cat was turned over, > > he became the property of the county shelter...He was > > trapped at my friend's house, together we decided to > > call the officer... > > The shelter decided Monday morning he was a > > wild"feral" cat and told me he was put in with the > > wild kitties and would have to be put down. They did > > say they would wait 3-days to see if anyone came > > forward to claim him. I went in Monday morning to see > > the kitty and get my trap back...I was told I could > > not see him. I asked if I could take him to be > > tested.After some discussion, I was told I could. I > > made the appt. for that Monday. I was then told I > > could not test him until Thursday, after the 3-day > > waiting period. I went to the shelter yesterday > > morning to visit the kitty. I just wanted to see him , > > see if he might talk back to me, show some sign of > > wanting me to work with him. I was told by a worker > > ,because he was in the wild kitty section, I was not > > allowed to see him...I was told the reason being they > > were worried about liability...I tried to understand > > their point and did not want to be too much of a thorn > > in their behind, because at least they had given me > > permission to have the cat tested on Thursday morning. > > I had an appt. for 9:15 am. The shelter opens at > > 9:00am. I was using the same vet they use... > > Last night I was heading down to the shelter after > > work and had decided to bring up some points about if > > this kitty tested negative for the FeLV and FIV and I > > decided to neuter this cat...after all I already had > > an investment in the cat and if the cat were > > young...looked under three years old...was there maybe > > someone who might enjoy the challenge of working with > > a feral...if indeed this cat was a feral...Things like > > that...I called my friend on the way home and decided > > one more day would not hurt that much and at least > > after the test I'd have one important plus to work > > with if the cat tested clean...Us cat people do tend > > to rattle people enough as it is... > > Well, I got home tonight and there was a message on my > > phone from the director of our shelter...It was: Hi > > Glenda, I have some good and bad news for you. If you > > get this before 7:00pm give me a call @....Otherwise > > call me in the morning...I got the message after > > 9:00pm. > > Well guys, nothing like suspense...I hate to jump to > > conclusions , but I bet they put the cat down...and > > they will tell me he tested neg. > > I will be on the computer to tell everyone the rest of > > the story in the morning... > > The fact the beginning of the story is a story in > > itself, should hold everyone until morning...I > > seriously wonder what the wild cat area is like??? I'd > > like to know what they do with ferals after they are > > caught here...? I am going to be talking to feral cat > > people in other neighboring areas to see what type of > > programs they have...Thanks for reading this. > > Glenda > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. 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