Short documentary offers a glimpse at the lives of feral cats

Mike Foltz of Humane Society Silicon Valley talks about a kitten’s adoptability in Cats Without a Home.

If feral cats are a controversial issue in your community, or if you’re working to get these critters a better life and more support from local citizens, you may find a recent documentary produced by Humane Society Silicon Valley helpful in making your case. While Cats Without a Home focuses on feral cats in a specific area of the country, the issues it raises are not unique to California. The 30-minute film can help build community support for feral cat trap-neuter-return programs while also showing the relationship of spay/neuter and adoption rates to a community’s euthanasia figures.

Through interviews with animal control officers, feral cat caretakers, and others involved in the feral cat issues of Santa Clara, California, the film provides a unique look at colony management.

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