As they return to the streets after winter, researchers collected more than 3,500 pictures of the felines.
Dan Herrera, 24, left, and Justin Belsley, 50, both D.C. Cat Count field technicians, place a camera in the woods at the National Arboretum. By Justin Wm. Moyer Justin Wm. Moyer Reporter covering breaking news Email Bio Follow April 5 at 11:01 AM On a sunny spring day at the National Arboretum, Daniel Herrera is crawling around on all fours.
Cats photographed in 2018 by a motion-triggered game camera used in a $1.5 million dollar, three-year effort to document the lives of the cats in the District. Nine months ago, Herrera helped to launch the D.C. Cat Count, a $1.5 million, three-year effort to document the lives of feral cats that roam Washington.
“We really can’t pretend to have data-driven policy for how we are going to support and manage the outdoor cat population,” she said. “There are a lot of questions that a baseline cat population will help us attempt to answer.” Herrera said officials need to capture 70 percent of the feral cat population each year to keep it under control. Many cats are neutered and released, while social cats are put up for adoption.Grant Sizemore, director of invasive species at the nonprofit American Bird Conservancy, said cats are “among the world’s most harmful invasive species.” Outdoor cats kill 2.
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