Stop Mogadore, Ohio, from Targeting and Killing Cats

Mayor

Mike

Rick

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Mayor Rick:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

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Councilman

Michael

Raddish

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Councilman Raddish:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

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Councilman

John

Tonsic

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Councilman Tonsic:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

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Councilwoman

Kathy

Miller

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Councilwoman Miller:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}

Councilman

Chris

Yoho

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Councilman Yoho:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

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Assistant Clerk-Treasurer

Rachel

Osborne

THE VILLAGE OF MOGADORE

Dear Assistant Clerk-Treasurer Osborne:

I am reaching out to ask that the Village of Mogadore immediately cease its cruel and unnecessary attempts to round up community cats (unowned cats who live outdoors). The Village’s agreement to pay the $25 fee for residents to surrender “feral” cats to Summit County Animal Control is placing a bounty on the heads of innocent cats and kittens.

At least a dozen cats have been needlessly killed since June based on municipal billing records from Summit County Animal Control. Owned cats are also at risk of being killed, as any cat may exhibit “feral” behaviors out of stress and fear when impounded in a shelter. These “feral” behaviors determine which cats live and which cats die at Summit County Animal Control. This is incredibly disturbing and unacceptable. Mogadore cats and community members deserve policies rooted in humane values and evidence-based science.

Rounding up community cats and killing them will not benefit Mogadore or make cats outdoors simply disappear from the Village. Due to a well-documented phenomenon called the Vacuum Effect, new cats will move into the area to take advantage of the resources that sustained the original cats. The population will rebound, leading to an endless cycle of impounding and killing cats.

The Village must also understand that community cats do not pose major threats to the health, wellbeing, and peace of the public in any respect. Community cats have equally low rates of disease as the cats in our homes, extremely rarely spread illness to people, and thrive in their outdoor homes.

If the Village is interested in humanely and effectively addressing the community cat population, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only answer. Through TNR programs, community cats are humanely trapped; brought to a veterinary clinic to be spayed or neutered, eartipped (the universal sign that a cat has been spayed or neutered through a TNR program), and vaccinated; and then returned to their original outdoor homes.

TNR is proven to stabilize community cat populations by stopping the cycle of reproduction; improve the cats’ health and public health through vaccinations; and benefit animal control agencies and shelters by reducing cat intake and calls of concern.

Please treat community cats and their caregivers with respect and stop this targeting. I ask that you reject Mogadore’s current payment of fees for surrender of trapped cats to the shelter and support community volunteers and TNR instead.

Sincerely,

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