BFAB News
Rescued cat is saved from strangling collar A young feral cat is being nursed back to health after a makeshift collar left it gruesomely injured.
Read the story from the Royal Gazette - 16 December 2011
Rescued kitten saved by Endsmeet vet. A kitten whose collar had dug so deep into its neck it had become covered over has been rescued by BFAB.
Read the story from the Bermuda Sun - 15 December 2011
Bryan Darby interviews Val Sherwood on VSB News
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Year end message from the Treasurer
We would like to take this opportunity to provide you with an update on what has been a remarkable year for the Bermuda Feline Assistance Bureau (BFAB). This spring we received all the necessary governmental approvals to realize a long-held dream of ours, i.e. a vet who would work solely on spaying/neutering Bermuda's un-owned cat population. Our dedicated vet joined us from Ireland in April and after some delays in setting up, our spay/neuter clinic is fully and successfully functioning, providing nearly 500 surgeries in the first three months of operation! We are now on target to double the annual rate of spay/neuter surgeries we had previously been able to provide.
We at BFAB are thrilled with this progress and we hope to be able to have the clinic and a dedicated vet until Bermuda?s un-owned cat population has been spayed/neutered and is under control. At that stage, one of BFAB's key objectives will have been met.
As you can imagine, the cost of providing this service is very significant. As in all corners of the globe, economic difficulties have impacted Bermuda and we have felt this recently in a decline in donations. I am sure you are aware that BFAB does not receive any government funding but relies solely on private donations to keep our charity running. Should you wish to make a donation towards our cause, it would be gratefully accepted. For example, a donation of $25 will fund the worming/de-fleaing of a kitten, $30 will feed a colony of ten fixed cats for a month, or $100 will pay for a spay/neuter surgery. We are now able to accept on-line donations. Additionally, donations may be mailed to us at: PO Box WK 91, Warwick WK BX, Bermuda.
Once again, we are so pleased that our long hoped for goal finally became a reality in 2010! We anticipate making a real difference in the lives of our furry friends in Bermuda as well as the community as a whole.
Thank you so much for your support.
What we need to know about our feline friends
Read the story in the Bermuda Sun 28 January 2011.
VSB radio news 23 August 2010. Val Sherwood talks with Bryan Darby on VSB Radio news
VSB radio news interview 17 August 2010. Val Sherwood talks to VSB Radio news
It's less than 3 minutes!
Fifteen-year-old Somersfield Academy student, Asha Caisey, is using what began as a school project to raise attention to Bermuda's feral cat population.
Read the story from the Bermuda Sun
NEW LEGISLATION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION
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Bermuda without BFAB
- No humane management of feral cat population in Bermuda
- Unchecked growth of feral cat population
- Threat of disease and injury to pet cats
- Random euthanization of feral cats, impacting on pet cats
- Aggressive behaviour of feral cats that have not been fixed
- Starving population of feral cats filtering into residential areas raiding uncovered dumpsters for food supply
- Unattractive emaciated cats in large numbers will reflect poorly on Bermuda and its reputation as a civilized vacation destination.
- BFAB is the ONLY organization in Bermuda actively controlling the Island's feral cat population through humane methods. Cessation of its work would have dire consequences and its trap/test/neuter/release programme should continue; it is the Island's only control mechanism.
- BFAB is not operating in isolation from the rest of the world, but following well-established scientific findings and operational methods surrounding the territoriality of cats, which have concluded that culling is not an effective means of controlling these populations.