Community Cats: A Journey Into the World of Feral Cats - Softcover

Beall, Anne E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 179685719X ISBN 13: 9781796857191

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

It all started when a rat ran over a family member's foot and Dr. Anne E. Beall began a journey into the world of feral cats. Beall had experienced rat problems for a long time. Then a neighbor told her about a program called Cats at Work, where one could get feral cats that would take care of the rat problem.In Community Cats, she tells how she entered the world of feral cats when she signed up for the Chicago Cats at Work program with Tree House Humane Society. Tree House practices TNVR (trap-neuter-vaccinate-return), and they trapped, neutered, vaccinated, and relocated a feral cat colony to Beall's home. She narrates what she learned about the unique world of feral cats and about the people who are involved with feral cats and who advocate for them.Community Cats shares the story of what initially began as a creative solution to a rat problem and became a journey that led her to reach out to others in the feral-cat world. Beall interviewed other colony caretakers and leaders in the TNVR movement and learned about how feral cats live, how they relate to one another, and how they relate to their caretakers. She also conducted survey research on Americans attitudes toward stray cats, TNVR programs, and spaying/neutering.Beall learned that feral-cat programs have a huge impact on the caretakers of the colonies, on the neighbors, on the community, and on the cats themselves, and she details those findings in Community Cats.

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About the Author

AnneE. Beall, PhD is a researcher and author who has published several books. She is ananimal advocate and has written extensively about the bond between animals andhumans. Her books include: Heartfelt Connections: How Animals and People Help One Another, Cinderella Didn't Live Happily Ever After:The Hidden Messages in Fairy Tales, and StrategicMarket Research: A Guide to Conducting Research that Drives Businesses. 

Shereceived her M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Social Psychology from YaleUniversity. 

Anne is CEO and founder of Beall Research, a strategic marketresearch firm in Chicago, Illinois.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 179685719X
• ISBN 13: 9781796857191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160