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𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫?

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐨" 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.
𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐄. 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲:

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐇𝐘𝐆𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐄
- 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
- 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.
- 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐒
- 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.
- 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧.
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
- 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲.
- 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭.
- 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞; 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟖 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧; 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬)
- 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝.
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
https://www.weekand.com/home-garden/article/rid-roundworms-yard-18021881.php?fbclid=IwAR2hnyDIM2rAa49uT2U1v31wAVs4Yvt9_BwcVLCIqr9UHiV_fuc2NVIK1D4

https://www.weekand.com/home-garden/article/cat-feces-dangerous-vegetable-garden-18055498.php?fbclid=IwAR37IoxOncY3e_b1nCg4kW7JSB-vdUR0EmohU_iG43ihI5F80MevwkaVmXM

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽-𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲…
𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
“𝗜𝗳 𝗧𝗡𝗥 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀; 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻-𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽; 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲; 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝗡𝗥 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰.”
𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗽, 𝗗. 𝗔. (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰). 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗩𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟮𝟱:𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟵. 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗮𝘃𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.𝗮𝘃𝗺𝗮.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄/𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀/𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗺𝗮/𝟮𝟮𝟱/𝟵/𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗺𝗮.𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰.𝟮𝟮𝟱.𝟭𝟯𝟳𝟳.𝘅𝗺𝗹

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥: 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲-𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞

𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩-𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬?

"𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 $𝟏,𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 $𝟔,𝟓𝟎𝟎), 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 $𝟑,𝟖𝟎𝟎, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞."

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐢𝐬 $𝟐𝟒𝟓 𝐭𝐨 $𝟓𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫."

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐜𝐝𝐜.𝐠𝐨𝐯/𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬/𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐮𝐬𝐚/𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭.𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐥

Stray cat in north Forsyth tests positive for rabies after scratching 3 people Forsyth County Environmental Health was recently notified that a stray cat in the Briarwood Trail/Grove Park Lane area of Forsyth County bit and scratched three people and a family dog. The cat later tested positive for rabies.

𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩-𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.

Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏-𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬.

Feral cats causing chaos in La Grande LA GRANDE – Dorothy "Dory" Fleshman and her neighbors are fed up with feral cats taking over their yards and neighborhood, a problem that they wish Union County would address.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐚…𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.

“𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬.

Gerald Winegrad: Coyotes aren’t the problem, feral cats are | COMMENTARY Instead of worrying about or fearing coyotes, efforts are urgently needed to end such releases of cats into the wild and to reduce feral cat populations.