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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
This is our motivation, and this is why we need your help!
In Hillsborough County...
- According to the United States Humane Society here are about 92,000 feral cats in Hillsborough County.
- A single female cat can have up to 36 kittens per year which creates a major problem for the Tampa Bay Area.
- 20,000 feral cats were euthanized in one year, and as the feral cat population increases, so does the amount of euthanizations.
- Because cats are not native to Florida, they hurt some of our natural wildlife when they hunt, such as birds.
- When they roam freely, they are easily susceptible to different diseases, predators, and getting run over by cars.
- In just our county, over 30,000 animals are "put to sleep" each year.
In the United States...
- 2,000 dogs and 3,500 cats are born every hour in the US compared to only 415 human babies.
- One unsprayed female cat, her mate, and all their offspring, producing only two litters per year, with 2.8 surviving kittens per litter can produce 370,092 cats in just 7 years.
- Millions of animals are slaughtered each year. This is more than 85,000 tons of death which equals the weight of both the Titanic and her sister ship.
- Annual cost of disposing of the dead bodies is 600 million dollars, enough to send 120,000 students to college for 4 years.
- U.S taxpayers pay an estimated 2 Billion Dollars every year to round up, house, kill, and than dispose of the animals body.
These are the Sad Facts.
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