Presenter: Bill Bruce, City of Calgary Animal & Bylaw Service Manager
Trying to legislate cat licensing in your community? Here's hope... and help!
After years of effort, on January 1, 2007, The City of Calgary began licensing cats. The program has been a resounding success.
"To date, over 48,000 responsible cat owners have licensed their cat(s)," explains Bill Bruce. "Within the first two years of the program, return to owners statistics for cats at the City’s shelter has increased to 56% and there has been a reduction of cat euthanasias to 18%."
Bruce's presentation will look at the process of implementing cat licensing with a high degree of public acceptance, working with partnerships on managing cats in the community and future steps to increase the level of responsible pet ownership with cat owners and reduce the number of unwanted cats in shelters across the City.
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