Cats of the Urban Wild

[@nhemeter]

I am a cat trapper in New Orleans. I trap 25 cats per week and get them spayed or neutered so they don't have babies... They survive here because it is warm but they must be neutered.... it is the law here. It actually helps control rodent population and decreases animal shelter intake and resulting euthanasia. Shelter intake has drastically decreased in areas where Trap Neuter Release occues... I am a volunteer... I do this because I love cats and all animals. If you want to help cats, don't just feed... trap and neuter them... it saves lives.

[@vintageb8]

release them in NYC

[@morethem2192]

^

[@melissam597]

Mario Salinas sure Jan 🙄

[@melissam597]

Kudos to New Orleans, everywhere should do this rather than just ignoring the problem and allowing the number to spiral out of control. Not good for cats, wildlife or humans,

[@How2KillACop4C4B]

@Mario Salinas then you're nothing but a spineless coward

[@gerardinecizmar]

This is the fault of humans and humans only. Keep your animals inside and have them fixed. Also, stop dumping them when the novelty has worn off. They're sentient beings, not toys. 1.7 million cats are euthanized in kill shelters yearly because of idiots.

[@qjtvaddict]

With the rat and mouse problem in NYC why the hell would people want the cat population to drop,?

[@detectiveexpressking4078]

John Vee most cat diseases cant spread to humans. It stays with them. Also, sick cats are easily told and have visible signs

[@Ujoshuatree-iu4hc]

John Vee because rats and mice don’t lololol

[@bademoxy]

because outdoor cats kill 3 billion wild native species animals per year-besides rats and mice!

[@graciegj63]

@@bademoxy You do know that it's just an excuse to kill cats,right? Like during the black plague they killed them because they thought were witch's familiars.

[@graciegj63]

@Mario Salinas So did dogs, but you don't hear of any stories of big massacres of them except during the black plague.

[@rafarga1980]

I have a feral cat hanging around outside my house. I feed it only once a day. Haven’t seen a single rat ever since that cat arrived 🙂

[@sukieBoo66]

I wish there were more stories about urban wild cats and maybe a study on the lives of these cats. We do so much research on other animals in urban areas. It would be nice to know how these cats change and ultimately are changed by the urban landscape they call home.

[@JlMMOTHY]

Read Warriors. Trust me, you'll know soon enough.

[@LeChatPhotographe]

bonjour can you tell me your opinion about my vidéo of stray cats in Asia kzbin.info/door/-eP5MSpQRz1c0mR5T7w8fQ

[@nmartell1007]

Bro they eradicated life, and kill animals and disrupt the eco system. They do nothing fantastic and are a pest. This is feral cats I’m referring to. Cats should be kept inside like dogs.

[@lucasart328]

@@nmartell1007 humans too so who cares

[@jclar3565]

Same w small wild cats.. very little known

[@shogged]

Cats are cool but it's really tough to talk about them and not sound crazy lol

[@paulrevere2379]

Unless your name is Jackson Galaxy 🐈

[@bicyclist2]

It's so good to see these people doing things like this for so many cats. Thanks.

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@belmum1689]

@@PusaKapeatBisikleta What a good person you are. Do you TNR them too?

[@hotjoshsauce1194]

If this were a full show, with this kind of brisk pacing and ability to avoid the manufactured drama of reality shows, I'd watch.

[@User_39sankyu]

The most powerful creature is not the one who has physical power, but it is the one who has the best ability to adapt... Cat has an outstanding ability of adaptation.

[@v.dargain1678]

coyotes adapt to semi-urban areas as well as cats in big cities .

[@LaBambaCL]

10:13 "i always encourage people to get more than one, three is the ideal number.." :)

[@JennysHere]

Me too 💕

[@ganktuh]

Crazy cat lady

[@2_572]

Kitty cats!:3

[@brandonstewart9341]

your work saving kitty is really inspire thanks for all you do

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@frederickamador430]

I have one that i found in the streets as I was doing garbage, I brought her into my small humble place but some how I managed to make it happen and i love her i can't imagine my life without her.

[@jesscac]

that lady is so happy with her trio of cats in NYC. bless her

[@kerfee7776]

feral cats are best for controlling pest especially in big cities it can lessen the population of pest rodents

[@IoNessunoMolti]

Some one should tell to Susan Elbin that very often mammals=rats and birds=pidgin and anyway NYC is neither Catskill or Amazon forest.

[@kingnamor777]

I disagree of euthanizing cats. It's not part of nature or right for mankind to do such thing in my opinion and if you want to judge me. First understand that in my culture and way of life it wrong in my opinion thank you.

[@ja1416]

King Namor 777 it's not "part of nature" to have domestic animals that are obligate predators running around killing what little wildlife is left. Is it okay for my dog to kill your cat if that's just him acting "on instinct"?

[@kingnamor777]

J A No. I just think it's wrong to euthanize cats, dogs or whether animal to tell you the truth. But their nothing I can say or do to change all that.

[@helloly]

Oh my!! How dare those cats have animal instincts and act like a cat!! Only humans can kill

[@jms6605]

They should kill them, if owners are not taking care, then kill them.

[@elizabethencalada5600]

Applause for that old lady w/ the white hair! She got it right! Humans should take full responsibility for the deaths of the other birds & critters & not blame it on the cats. It's cruel to keep kitties inside all day on nice days.

[@saraallison9469]

Elizabeth Encalada no it’s not. It’s cruel to let cats kill wildlife

[@thallium6754]

Sara Allison Humans kill wildlife, wtf.

[@paolofurfaro8592]

we shouldnt blame it on the cats, but we shoudnt let them outdoors in nyc, that would increase the possibility of your cat getting deseases and getting run over

[@laceycatz5315]

Sara Allison I want to see research in urban areas. I already seen one in open landscapes, but haven’t seen one in urbanization.

[@quailjailss]

That old lady is cool af. she gets it.

[@milk2percent416]

StuckinTheCity yeah she's legit!

[@cjc-eg2cl]

I was looking for this comment

[@coalcupcake4659]

Here in autria the bird population goes down because the birds dont find enought food (insects). But nobody is willing to let a few wild flowers in their garden for the bees and other insects. Its easyer to blame cats than change something i guess....

[@TheCandiceWang]

:(

[@et7992]

I love the cat lady

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@wombatlittle1]

I love the smart old lady I want to adopt her.

[@2qlrn273]

I have a suggestion for the trappers . . . put the cover over the trap BEFORE you leave it open to trap a cat. That way they are already in hiding when you walk up to the trap. You're unecessarily frightening them by leaving the cover off until after they've tripped the trap. . . . That's how I've done it, and it worked fine for me.

[@markfairbanks3533]

I used to do it that way, and was surprised my a raccoon in the trap that had shredded the towel, and brought the remaining part of the towel into the cage. I have trail cameras on my traps and cats really only panic for a minute, if at all.

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@deek4515]

Are you going to start doing this to squirrels, too?

[@Yehoshua1278]

Him saying “trapping” and my hood side of myself thinking of hustlin

[@diane9247]

Wonderful program, wonderful people!

[@lpsbee6639]

Im really good with feral cats. I have 1 used-to-be feral cat in my home.

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@bakiguher]

send them to istanbul.

[@AyubuKK]

Urban street cats have always been so cool to me. Like the difference between city kitties and comfortable kitties.

[@jclar3565]

Why is it so hard to find a cat during these times

[@happywanderer2874]

These people are angels

[@melissam597]

6:47 poor birb 😢😢😢

[@gtas321]

No let the cats multiply please. Love strays

[@jazzisforpainting4928]

Anitra Frazier: You Rock! ✌😎 Thank You for being such a lovely friend & advocate to the cats💕

[@cjc-eg2cl]

The woman who starts off this video is so incredible...I just...am left so inspired

[@manbearpig2164]

I love cats

[@v.dargain1678]

Same .

[@ByronC900]

Careful what you wish for. We had a “feral cat problem” at a prison I worked at, and it was decided that the cats would be killed. Almost overnight we noticed an uptick in rats and mice. To this day, that prison has a rodent problem...

[@a.j.f3899]

Omg I love the older lady, 3 is the perfect number!

[@v.dargain1678]

Still doing her errands on a bike instead of a car too . Cool .

[@PaleMist]

@2:37 that cat didn't even notice that it was trapped until he turned around, funny.

[@wilburmcbride8096]

The old lady makes the most sense out of all of them. People forget that our modern lifestyle also impact bird population( bird crashing into glass, run over, eaten by other preditors) cats are the only ones attacking birds. And people need to be more responsible with their pets. I hate to hear so many in the comment section hating on cats, just don't understand them.

[@melissam597]

I know right - I understand concern over wildlife but there are civilised ways to deal with cat overpopulation..,

[@suzyq172]

Beautiful film.

[@develentsai3215]

You want feral cats or feral rats?

[@diegoquezada3193]

Well feral cats don't have a big of an impact on rat populations

[@paulrevere2379]

@@diegoquezada3193 They do in the country, so maybe the city dwellers need stop thinking that a multi-fascetted problem is fixable with a single solution or otherwise not fixable. Besides that, rats as a problem would be an even bigger problem without the cats.

[@joeomalley2835]

You guys do some great work. Thanks!

[@rayc512]

We should get rid of people in New York city and get the cats back and rat problem will dissapear

[@maximum411]

Let’s be real, the only birds these city cats are killing are pigeons and other invasive species. The threat to urban bird populations is the city itself, not the cats in it.

[@iam_tanyaball]

I've posted a comment comparing the similarities between humans and cats, and it's been deleted three times. It is obvious what they are doing. I hope other people pick up on this.

[@MrBignick88]

leave the cats alone let them feast on New York's rats

[@diegoquezada3193]

Cats aren't really good at killing rats, nor do they hunt them to a degree as they hunt native species.

[@lennarthagen3638]

I have a catlady next door and i love her cats, i love all cats small and big.

[@OriginalLappen]

Wow, great work. You are all great guys - except Susan Elbin (sorry). I really love your work! Thank you for doing this :') Great little movie by the way :)

[@HolyDiverBronco]

We found a kitten in the walmart parking lot ( 2020).............I named her Wally........lol....funny your cat was named Wally, i never really heard that name before for a cat

[@lyndaslocs]

You're such a good person.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

"hunters in the forest primeval" but the look on my floof's face when i asked him about that. he yawned and went back to sleep

[@mememay9440]

"New york is a cat city... people need the animals to stay sane." My cats are so awesome. I love watching them chew on fish. They sleep most of the time, but when they're up, they are awesome.

[@wintrykiss]

thank you for all you do

[@CostlyChris]

Humans kill way more bird than cats ever could and most do it without trying. Shaming cats that eat to live is just pathetic. Learn to respect nature not kill it.

[@ja1416]

CostlyChris cats are one of the ways that humans contribute to wildlife loss and biodiversity decline, idiot. They're a domestic animal. Nothing natural about them.

[@mememay9440]

Neutering makes a male cat less aggressive. After they neuter the male cat, i wonder how this will affect his ability to hunt and protect his self when they release him

[@naturebehindglass6512]

meme may neutered tomcats are actually better hunters than unneutered because they now have time to kill instead of chasing females and fighting other tomcats... there are studies on this matter...

[@saraallison9469]

meme may no cat should be outside period

[@laceycatz5315]

Nature behind glass interesting. Can you please help me find this research?

[@DestroyNations]

@@saraallison9469 what? Are you insane?

[@itsbrittnaybittchh8809]

Aren't the Cats good for controlling the rodents

[@AndrewDickinson]

too many in one house is crazy cannot imagine 15 cats in one house

[@cicadianrhythm]

But what about all the insects that birds kill everyday? Shouldn't we doing something about that, by which I mean murdering all the birds? And you know, humans are the ones that are really driving all these animals to extinction, so... Gret logic, A+, denouttaden.

[@milk2percent416]

I don't think birds in big cities eat the roaches! They all have fresh garbage full of food to eat... why eat a roach when there's bread

[@kidnyce3773]

it's easier to catch a cat than a bird or mice or squrrills plus if you do they will try attack and wanna be alone catching stray cats they won't attack not much

[@wethepeoplehi883]

There haven't been hundreds of thousands birds released onto the streets to have more birds who will eat more and more insects. Cats are different...

[@martapetrosyan7499]

So mankind, your way to help this situation is a cat genocide... Don't you think they also have a right to live.

[@stand4liberty522]

Don't the feral cats keep the population of vermin like mice and rats in check?

[@valentinaalvarez4119]

+Stand4Liberty yes, but also birds and other animals. There must be a balance

[@sickend2578]

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[@tamarathiebaux-heikalo1547]

This is a great video, BUT. Do NOT buy the stats about numbers of birds killed by cats. HUMANS have always far surpassed bird (and all other species) demise. Blaming cats for such high numbers is a convenient way to avoid taking any responsibility for own foolish activities.

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@JH-zr8lo]

Humans are an invasive species

[@ladyvictoria8]

Spay and neutering will stop the suffering of baby kittens..Wonderful thing to do!I love them..

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

Question: isn't it possible/ probable in the long run that some cats will escape trapping, neutering, and over time completely return to a wild state, and even maybe create a "new" species ?

[@beehappyj3089]

cats killing other animals is not their fault. its in their blood to kill in order to survive; it's their instincts to hunt other animals in order to survive. just how we need food and water to survive, its in their instincts to survive.

[@lisalasoya2898]

This cat woman is cool, Wally the Persian cat can't seem to get enough of her brushing the feline hairs.

[@meanbattleship]

Bushwick has the cutest street cats hands down

[@HODATKHO]

they said study found millions of birds killed by there feral cats a year and we also want to know how many birds were born a year and also how many feral cats got hit by car and killed and died of something else a year

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

I❤️🐱

[@crisitansardina9595]

Lol only the crazy car lady could come up with a come back like that😂😂

[@nadinebrown7644]

The cat lady had more brains and logic than the bird brain. The bits brain who thinks New York is New Zealand or a pristine island.

[@paulrevere2379]

Feral is not wild, but feral cats can produce wild offspring. To oversimplify, the ones you don't see are likely to be wild. The feral ones typically have aversion to humans, but they co-exist at a distance.

[@rareosts5752]

These people are interfering with nature as well. What a horrible experience for the cats.

[@JetSetDiva]

Millions of songbirds and small mammals are not fans of the Trap-Neuter-Release method.

[@CosmicBlast-te1mw]

There has actually been a feral cat going around my neighborhood and people keep going to others doors asking if the cat is theirs. There is a gated in are behind my house with a pond and j saw it by the pond once. It still wonders the neighborhood but no ones seen it for a while.

[@CosmicBlast-te1mw]

*area * I

[@sawyervance8134]

That first cat that got caught was shook

[@FoxtrS2]

so if you dont see them so how can you ''count'' them .... and mice and rats are increasing - how to reduce rats or do you want them every where ?

[@TheUplink777]

1:39 anyone know what kind of shoes those are?

[@ruchpat1]

The Cats Meow.

[@lucasmckenzie8525]

I keep thinking of Varjak Paw.

[@RoniAlush]

The ones who want to control cat population will lose control of mice and rats population, let them be.

[@laceycatz5315]

Roni Alush why ants?

[@rorog5892]

I live in the city I feed rescue trap-neuter- but I find homes for them

[@joannasherwell1433]

Interesting quarantine and infection control didn't seem to be a focus for the trappers, putting baby kittens with a mum and other kittens without quarantine could be a death sentence for all.

[@annmcneal7582]

More birds than all mammals on earth combined.

[@kidnyce3773]

with all those cats should the rats population should be low😂

[@nadinebrown7644]

There's millions of people and rats in New York.Cant expect every rat to be killed.

[@nadinebrown7644]

If you've ever had cats then you'd know that not all cats are good hunters.Also if you've ever had cats and rats then you'd know that even the mere presence of a cat around,rats will hide in their burrows, or.in the case of New York in the subways.

[@aniviaswag1394]

nadine brown then why do cats manage to kill billions of birds every year and make many species go extinct

[@Shinnyuu2]

I think this is animal abuse.

[@sickend2578]

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[@plumeria66]

Shouldn’t rats be a problem not cats?

[@diegoquezada3193]

Cats don't hunt rats that commonly, due to rats evolving alongside cats which gave them many countermeasures to deal with cats, meanwhile native species on the other hand are easier prey to catch due to them having less countermeasures which has lead to their populations decreasing in areas with lots of cats.

[@CheckmateFlips]

So each cat on average kills at least 10 birds per year?

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Cats!

[@fitbowl]

Talking bout the perfect cycle

[@HQA0]

0:10 "he was peeing all over the place, persians can have these problems." Same goes for their human men too.

[@nadinebrown7644]

What that woman said about cats causing bird extinctions left out was. 70% of bird extinctions are happening on Island habitats. New York isn't a bird habitat and I'm so sick of cat haters conflating the two.

[@spiritfire4308]

I found 5 stary cats a cought one but and it wouldn't let me go but my grandma and my mom are elergic 😪😞😭

[@6ix6ixx4]

Those ppl wanting the cat population down is gana bring about the modern day black plague 😩😩

[@JennysHere]

Exactly 💯

[@PusaKapeatBisikleta]

[@oluhamilton2121]

I am confused about this. What about the so-called feral cats that actually seek out humans to adopt them. I know this because I have had TWO of them do that to me.

[@betadad7029]

Olu Hamilton that’ll be most likely stray cats. They used to have owners and will seek out human affection. Feral cats have never been with humans and will avoid them all together.

[@beholdenages]

Feral means wild. If they were friendly when they came, they were stray, sure, but not feral. And yes, feral cats can be tamed, and then they won't be feral anymore. Even feral cats will seek people to feed them, all cats are opportunists and people often mean free easy food, it just takes a long time, if ever, that they will let you touch them.

[@Spring_32]

Gattini!

[@AtomicEy]

3:15 then they're returned 👈Australia says that's dumb

[@iam_tanyaball]

What happened to the ticker on the dislike button? I bet more people disliked this video than liked it. Such a sad attempt to divide people who stand in their truth!

[@jajones-ford2226]

God bless all of the people who are helping and looking out for the Feral Cat colonies. October 16th, is National Feral Cat ! Please do what you can to help these wonderful kitties. We are ALL God's Creatures !

[@saraallison9469]

J A Jones-Ford feral cats should be killed

[@laceycatz5315]

Sara Allison before you do help so research the suburbs firstly

[@chrisrichfield8906]

Is there any reason to have wild birds and mammals in the city anyway? Surely no mammals live exclusively in the big city, and wouldnt it be smart to scare them away so the humans dont kill them? We outnumber cats 10 to 1. An estimated 900 million birds die by flying into windows every year, at least the birds can see the cats.