Note: the following has been turned into a downloadable flyer that animal shelters and rescues can use to hand out to people who want to help people determine if a cat they find needs help. Download the flyer here. Every day in animal shelters across the USA, so-called “stray” cats pour into animal shelters, most of them picked up by well-meaning animal lovers concerned for the welfare of the felines being scooped up. More often than not, however, taking an otherwise healthy

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in 2011. By popular request, we are republishing it here. To borrow a phrase from Peter Wolf over at VoxFelina.com, "desperate times call for desperate measures". Wolf used that ageless idea to describe a recent letter published by the American Bird Conservancy. Sent to 50 mayors in cities around the United States, the letter was the latest in a series of stunts designed to dissuade municipalities from participating in Tr