Adoption Group: Cat Invasion Due to Global Warming

LiveScience ^ | 6/6/07 | Andrea Thompson

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Droves of cats and kittens are swarming into animal shelters nationwide, and global warming is to blame, according to one pet adoption group.

Several shelters operated by a national adoption organization called Pets Across America reported a 30 percent increase in intakes of cats and kittens from 2005 to 2006, and other shelters across the nation have reported similar spikes of stray, owned and feral cats.

The cause of this feline flood is an extended cat breeding season thanks to the world’s warming temperatures, according to the group, which is one of the country’s oldest and largest animal welfare organizations.

“Cats are typically warm-weather, spring-time breeders,” said the group’s president, Kathy Warnick. “However, states that typically experience primarily longer and colder winters are now seeing shorter, warmer winters, leading to year-round breeding.”

“Basically, there is no longer a reproduction lull with cat breeding cycles, and unfortunately, it seems more people are bringing boxes of kittens into our agencies during winter now,” she added.

Studies have shown that global warming is altering the breeding seasons of other animals, such as migratory birds and penguins.

One possible solution to stem the tide of cats is to make sure pets are spayed or neutered.

[Texas Eagle]

Are you sure this isn’t the work of Scrappleface.com?

[Grizzled Bear]

From the article: ...it seems more people are bringing boxes of kittens into our agencies during winter now...

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From your post: Must be how I wound up with 5 kids.

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???!!!

[Rembrandt]

What’s the weather forecast? Let’s ask the hippy, dippy weatherman, Algore!!!

“We’re all going to die, die - I tell you. Throw away the keys to your internal combustion engines. Walk to the grocery store; better yet, raise some cows in your back yard, no, wait, plant a garden...can’t kill animules. Destroy your PC, unscrew all your lightbulbs - use candles. Don’t turn on your heating or air conditioning units because you’re killing us!!!

Auughhhhh!

Wait, I have to run to the airport to catch my private jet plane to go to Greenland and join up with the Dear Leader.

Ciao.

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

[kaehurowing]

This is an inadequately rigorous explanation of the phenomenon.

My research has conclusively shown there are more cats because there are more mice. There are more mice because there is more cheese to eat. And everyone knows that the reason there is more cheese is that there are more cows to produce it. Finally, the more cows there are, the more methane they vent, which is a cause of global warming.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Global warming caused my cat to put a run in my hose.

[Fawn]

Hey...does anyone know why the thread was pulled about emailing the soldier?

[Slings and Arrows]

It’s Da Jooz fault.

[Young Werther]

I just returned from a trip to Joisey to see my Grand Kids.

Joisey has a strange infestation. It seems that the Canadain Geese are staying and not returning to Canada. Global Warming?? I don't think so!

We need to send these cats to Joisey to take care of the Geese. 'Course there are those pesky bears and other low lifes that are rampaging.

Bada Bing!

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LSU School of Veterinary Medicine

• Cyclicity of the cat has been determined to be dependent on photoperiod.
• Cats are "long day breeders" and require 12 hours or more of light to maintain normal cyclicity.
• Normal polyestrous behavior can be induced by controlling exposure to light.
• Cyclicity stopped abruptly and folliculogenesis was inhibited in queens exposed to less than 8 hours of light.
• Cyclicity in the cats resumed an average of 16 days after returning to a 14 hour photoperiod.
• Seasonality is more pronounced in cats subjected to natural lighting especially at higher latitudes.
• Long haired breeds tend to be more seasonal than short-haired breeds, with 90% of long-haired cats experiencing a period of anestrus compared to only 39% of short-haired cats.
• In an extensive survey of 168 queens, approximately 50% of cats cycled year-round while the remainder experienced a period of anestrus from September to the end of January.

More daylight in Spring means more kittens are on their way by summer.