National Feral Cat Day 2013

Today is National Feral Cat Day. This day was launched by Alley Cat Allies, a national advocate for feral and stray cats and the foremost authority on Trap-Neuter-Return, in 2001 to bring attention to the unnecessary killing of cats in animal control pounds and shelters.

Feral cats are descendants ofa domesticated catthat have returned to the wild. Feral cats are born in the wild, as opposed tostray cats, who areusually catswho have beenlost or abandoned. Most animal shelters across the United...