Do they hold and re-test? Cats with FIV can live a normal lifespan.
Ethically, killing cats who test initially positive or even confirmed positive but who are not suffering is wrong on so many levels. Maybe they need to look up the definition of euthanasia. We had a Cat Management Forum last September and a volunteer took some pretty good notes from Dr. Christine Wilford of the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project in Washington State - check it out here: http://www.pawsofpa.org/new/join_the_team.php?p=72 And the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project website here: http://www.feralcatproject.org/ Any reasonable person/people should be willing to listen to the most reputable veterinary scientists on this subject - not only does it include Dr. Wilford but Dr. Julie Levy - whose articles are referenced in Dr. Wilford's presentation. Dr. Julie Levy has a site here: http://www.ufsheltermedicine.com/meetTeam_Levy.html She runs Operation Catnip at the University of Florida at Gainesville. You can do a Google search on the subjects or even contact the veterinarians and ask their advice to medical information. Anita "Every year shelters kill almost 5,000,000 cats, dogs, puppies & kittens. Most were beautiful, loving creatures (even feral cats!) that died simply because they did not have a home. Every puppy or kitten born costs a shelter animal its life. Save lives, spay-neuter, support Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) & adopt for life!" Visit http://www.castawaycritters.org/info/display?PageID=153 for information on Spay/Neuter in Mid-Central PA Visit http://www.alleycat.org and http://www.neighborhoodcats.org for info on humane control of free roaming cats Visit http://www.pawsofpa.org for information on spay/neuter clinics and resources in south-central PA Join the Yahoo! Group for feral & free roaming cats http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feralcatsinsouthcentralpa/ _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
