1. Kennedy Airport is taking action to address overcrowding of feral cats on its premises that are descendants of escaped pets. 2. Animal activists allege that Port Authority workers are misleading the public by claiming feral cats being removed from JFK will be adopted, when most will actually be euthanized as they are unsuitable for adoption. 3. Trapping of JFK cats has been suspended while discussions continue between officials and animal groups, with 24 cats trapped so far and 24 saved by a TNR program, though tens of thousands of calls support implementing TNR fully.

1. JFK
Created by: Renee Smith

2. Fur Flies at JFK
New York Post written by James Fanelli, dated October 26, 2007
Kennedy Airport is finally doing something about
overcrowding of feral cats on its premises.
Many feral cats are descendants of pets that escaped their
cages upon arriving at the airport.
Co-workers feed the feral cats by leaving canned foods around
the grounds.
By leaving food around the airport this will attract birds and rodents.
This is also a safety hazard among passengers when the birds fly through the
jet engines trying to reach the food.

3. Frequent 'Liars' at JFK Cat Doom
New York Post written by Bill Sanderson, dated October 27, 2007
Port Authority workers are misleading cat lovers into believing the
felines being evicted from Kennedy Airport will be placed in caring
homes, outraged animal-adoption activists charges yesterday.
Jane Hoffman of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals said the
airport is lying to the public by saying these animals will somehow
be miraculously adopted.
Animal Care and Control of New York City admitted that most will be
euthanized.
quot;Typically, feral cats are unsuitable for adoption, so they are put down when
they come in,quot; said ACC spokesman Richard Gentles
quot;We don't have the resources to rehabilitate them, even if they are
rehabilitatable,quot; Gentles added.
Hoffman want the Port Authority to trap the cats, neuter them, and return
them to quot;inconspicuous shelters.quot;

4. Board of Commissions of Port Authority
Investigates JFK Cats
Written by Neighborhood Cats the feral cat experts, dated January 16,
2008
Trapping of the cats have been ordered suspended while discussions
continue between Port Authority officials, representatives of the
Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and Neighborhood Cats.
To date, 24 cats have been trapped by Port Authority and 24 have been
saved by the NYC Feral Cat Initiative program..
Tens and thousands of phone calls and emails from around the
country and the rest of the world have been sent protesting the cruel,
ineffectual campaign and urging Port Authority to allow TNR program
to be implemented.
What you can do:
Keep fighting by calling, emailing, send letters and faxes to support the
TNR cause.

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Board of Commissions of Port Authority Investigates JFK Cats
Written by Neighborhood Cats the feral cat experts, dated January 16,
2008
Port Authority Kills Cats and the Truth
Lies: Truth:
1. quot;The cats will all be adopted into good 1. Feral cats are wild and unadoptable usually
homes.quot; are immediately euthanized when brought
2. quot;Feeding the cats attracts seagulls and to animal control shelters.
the birds are an aviation threat.quot; 2. Seagulls are at the airport because JFK is
3. quot;A cat will go onto the runways and near the ocean and because there are trash
cause a plane to crash when it hits the strewn about the airport's grounds.
cat.quot; 3. The cats are not located anywhere near the
4. quot;We can achieve a cat-free airport.quot; runways.
5. quot;We only recently learned about the 4. You can't wipe out the presence of feral cats
presence of the cats at the airport and of in a 5000 acre area in which new,
the risk they pose-that's why we're unneutered cats are constantly being
acting now.quot; abandoned or lost and then reproducing,
and where there are plentiful food sources.
5. Email correspondence with the general
manager proves they knew about the cats at
least by 2004.