Outdoor Cats Ready For Duty

By: Shelley Rizzotti

We’ve all seen the signs ‘Will work for food.’ Feral Cats at the Burbank Animal Shelter literally will.

Cats that have not been socialized around humans can not be adopted out as house pets, therefore, when trapped and brought to the shelter, they have only one option-Relocation.

The Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter (VBAS) fund a program wherein we will transport our undomesticated cats to places where they will be cared for.  Suitable homes include barns, stables, industrial sites and residential yards.

Outdoor cats require minimal care. They must be fed once a day and have some form of protective housing in which to escape from inclement weather and predators such as coyotes.

The VBAS provides support and advice as to how to keep the cats safe and healthy.

In return the cats provide an invaluable service to their adopters by keeping rodents at bay. Having cats on your property is a natural deterrent to rats and mice.

Keeping cats around your home is a much safer solution to pest control than poisons, and is a much more humane choice than traps. With a low adoption fee of $58, cats are also a much less expensive option.

For more information on how to work together with the VBAS to help feral cats please contact: Anne Macleod 818-469-3937 cal-mac@pacbell.net or visit our website www.basv.org

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