well you know how people have outdoor cats [they let the cat roam around and it comes back at night], how can anima control know the difference between a stary cat or an outdoor cat??i always wonder!
what if the owners never put a collar on the cat or the cat slipped out of it?
jen the red:well where i live animal control just drives by with noone calling them.
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free roaming pets are considered just as much a threat as strays to traffic and public and private property. Many municipalities will round these animals up along with the strays. collar no collar they don't care the animal is going in the truck and off to humane services the owner can pay the fine and pick them up. No one picked them up they will either be put up for adoption or put down. If there is contact information on the collar they will try to call the owners to come claim their pet ( And pay the fee).
where I live it's against the law to have roaming pets of any kind. Animal control makes rounds setting live traps or picking up animals.
A lot of people don't understand that cats can cause just as much damage or even more than dogs left to roam around. "Out Door" Cats are partially responsible for the decline in many song bird and small mammal species. Like the Doormouse in the UK.
Cat scratching and waste can wreck gardens.
Not all outdoor cats are friendly. Small children playing in playgrounds don't always understand that kitties don't want to play.
roaming animals cause serious trouble when they stray onto roads. They can become confused running into cars. an injured animal in a busy street can be a danger to themselves and to drivers.
Roaming animals are open to all sorts of abuse and neglect. I know a few people with out door cats that have regularly gotten locked in garages, sheds, or barns for days. the animal control officers don't want these animals roaming around where people can take them and do goodness knows what to them.
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A collar usually. Microchips.
"Outdoor" cats are friendly but strays won't let you close enough to touch them. Shelter people evaluate each animal's personality and can tell within seconds if a cat has been around people. These cats are kept for a certain amount of time in hopes an owner will show up, then they're put up for adoption.
Strays look a little "rough". They can be skinny, scraggly looking, injured. Their fur isn't as shiny, and they don't let humans near them. Then again, housepets that live wild for a few days don't look so hot either, so it's just a matter of wait and see.
Infiniti
They dont any outdoor cat is considered a stray. They have leash laws no dog or cat can be let free to roam. They may not take the animal if it has a collar and a tag on.
Jen the Cat Captain
Haha, very interesting question. =)
Well, Animal Control only gets involved if they specifically get a complaint call. If people are calling in, it's usually a stray.
If the cat is better-behaved, more calm, clean (for the most part), has clipped nails, and shows signs of being taken care of, it's usually someone's pet.
Also, cats who have owners are usually micro-chipped, so that when animal control, or a different shelter picks them up, they can scan the cat's back, and the owner's information will pop up on the scanner.
Or of course, if the cat has tags, it's not a stray. =)
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First of all if an owner wants the animal control to not take his pet he will put a collar the the cat. Any cat witha collar belongs to soemone and the animal control knows that.
They can also tell by the health and physical aspect of the cat: if it's badly fed and has flees and is sick then it most probably doesn't belong to anybody.
If by mistake the naimal control takes your cat all you have to do is call them and tell them it was a misunderstanding.
Best of luck!