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Where did all these stray cats come from? Well, some of them are probably from irresponsible pet owners who couldn’t care less if their pets reproduce litter after litter and who don’t look for their pets when they go missing.
Anyway, the Philippine Animal Welfare and Society (Paws) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) have teamed up to implement a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program for stray cats on the Quezon City campus.
PAWS has conducted the TNR program in several areas. However, this is the very first time that it’s been conducted inside a school.
Since last week, PAWS has been capturing the stray cats at Ateneo campus in Barangay Loyola Heights. As the program directive mandates, the felines are spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian and then given an anti-rabies vaccination before being released to once again roam the school grounds.
According to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report by Jaymee T. Gamil, Ateneo is also in charge of conducting an inventory of the stray cats and manage the cat colony by setting up feeding areas away from areas frequented by people.
