Feralcatsatunl

Slide 1:“I bipped over to hang out with some passionate RAs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and I forgot to ask them why the heck there are so many cats running around campus...they could open a cat safari and make some money.” Ripples v.10.02, Jan. 14, 2008: A free weekly email to 17,726 subscribers from Paul and the Ripples Project

Slide 2:Have you seen these cats on campus? Multiple colonies of feral cats live on the UNL city campus. We estimate the total population to be close to 100. We have observed cat colonies in the vicinities of Love Library, the Sheldon, CBA, Canfield, Temple, Nebraska Union, Andersen Hall, Henzlik, the Health Center, Memorial Stadium and Selleck.

Slide 3: What’s the problem? Typically, our feral cats have an average of two litters per year of four kittens each. Nearly half of the kittens will die of natural causes by the age of two months. Others d