Rome’s Street Cats Get a New Look
For the homeless street cats of Rome, tipped ears are becoming all the rage! A tipped ear means that the free-ranging cat 
has been spayed or neutered. As we know, this means less fighting and roaming, fewer cancers, fewer sickly kittens and, most important, a stabilization and eventual reduction of the homeless cat population.
has been spayed or neutered. As we know, this means less fighting and roaming, fewer cancers, fewer sickly kittens and, most important, a stabilization and eventual reduction of the homeless cat population.For the last two and 1/2 years, Friends of Roman Cats has been helping bring about this new look. We have had a very successful partnership with Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, providing money for a voucher program by which poor cat caretakers all over Rome cat bring their cats to an approved veterinarian to be spayed or neutered at little or no cost. We have also been supplying Torre Argentina as well as other cat refuges with humane cat traps that people can borrow to catch their cats to get them sterilized (see story below).
It is really paying off in Rome. Even cats on the outskirts of Rome are joining in. However a lot more needs to be done. Please send a donation to help us expand the voucher program, both in Rome and elsewhere in Italy, and give all Italian street cats a new look. Here's how.
