Trap, Snip, Repeat: Cat Overpopulation and Gendered Labour in a Feral Sterilisation Programme

• Authors: Kirsten L. Grieve , Stephen L. Muzzatti

Title variants

PL

Złapać, wyciąć, powtórzyć – rosnąca populacja kotów i praca uwarunkowana płcią w programie sterylizacji dzikich zwierząt

RU

Поймать, отрезать, повторить – рост популяции кошек и гендерный труд в программе стерилизации диких животных

Abstracts

RU

Рост популяции кошек в Торонто в Канаде становится проблемой. Небольшие и часто разрозненные группы волонтеров, работающие на различных должностях, предлагают помощь в борьбе с огромным количеством пометов бездомных и одичавших кошек. Одной из таких организаций является Toronto Street Cats. Эта группа волонтеров работает с помощью Общества защиты животных в Торонто (англ. Toronto Humane Society) для реализации ежемесячной программы отлова/кастрации/выпускания (англ. trap/neuter/ release, TNR). Группы смотрителей ухаживают за зарегистрированными колониями диких кошек и отлавливают кошек репродуктивного возраста. Раз в месяц этих кошек стерилизуют, вакцинируют, обрабатывают от паразитов и чипируют в рамках так называемого вечернего марафона. Волонтеры с ветеринарной квалификацией (зарегистрированные ветеринарные техники [англ. registered veterinary technicians, RVTs], ветеринарные ассистенты и ветеринары) – это медицинский персонал, который обеспечивает лечение и проводит множество операций, как на заводском сборочном конвейере. После операции кошки доставляются волонтерами в реабилитационный центр, а затем, после полного выздоровления, их отпускают обратно в зарегистрированные колонии. Волонтеры, входящие в группы по уходу, почти исключительно женщины, как и медицинский персонал, который проводит операции и помогает до и после операции. В статье, основанной на этнографических данных и вспомогательных источниках, дается представление о трудовой жизни женщин, которые заботятся о диких кошках, живущих среди нас в Торонто. 

EN

Cat overpopulation in Toronto, Canada, is a serious and growing problem. Small, and frequently isolated, groups of volunteers work in a variety of capacities to help mitigate the large numbers of litters produced by stray and feral cats. One such organisation is Toronto Street Cats. This volunteer group works with the help of the Toronto Humane Society to operate a monthly trap/neuter/release (TNR) programme. Groups of caretakers look after registered feral cat colonies and capture cats of breeding age. Once a month these cats are sterilised, vaccinated, treated for parasites, and microchipped in an evening-long marathon. Volunteers in veterinary medicine (registered veterinary technicians [RVTs], veterinary assistants and veterinarians) comprise the medical staff who provide treatment and perform the assembly-line surgeries. Post-surgery, the cats are taken by the volunteers to a recovery facility and

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: Veterinary Social Work. Numer specjalny
• Pages: 1-23

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Kirsten L. Grieve

author

Stephen L. Muzzatti

• Ryerson University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.S.07

Biblioteka Nauki

21150520