{"id":6099,"date":"2023-10-18T15:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www8.honolulu.gov\/csd\/?page_id=6099"},"modified":"2023-10-24T08:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:41:04","slug":"free-roaming-cat-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www8.honolulu.gov\/csd\/free-roaming-cat-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-Roaming Cat Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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free-roaming cat MANAGEMENT<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The City and County of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Humane Society are moving aggressively to keep in check the free-roaming cat population on Oahu.\u00a0<\/p>

The strategic partnership calls for significantly controlling the city\u2019s population of stray cats that can carry diseases, kill wildlife and be noisy nuisances when they are seeking a mate.\u00a0<\/p>

Among strategies being deployed to help decrease the city\u2019s stray cat population is working with colony caregivers and volunteers to trap, neuter and then return sterilized cats to the colonies they came from.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a Free-Roaming Cat?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

A Free-Roaming cat is any domesticated cat,\u00a0felis catus<\/em>, that is not confined in a home, including outdoor, stray and abandoned pet cats; colony cats, and feral cats. Some are highly social, and others are very timid. Oahu has a large and visible population of Free-Roaming cats, mostly living in colonies near or within human populations. Managing and monitoring these colonies is critical in order to reduce the population gradually and humanely.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The city has partnered with the Hawaiian Humane Society by supporting two initiatives to control Free-Roaming cats:<\/p>