Management system
of cat population

cats are sure cute, but if its population is not managed, it can be a problem.

Cats are known to easily breed. A cat can give birth to five kittens at once and their pregnancy period is relatively short. If their population is not managed, it calls for some problems!

Al Jabr Islamic School is not an exception. As an environment that well-lit and full of students and their food with plenty of ground for doing their business, it is a haven for stray cats.
To prevent any problems that will be caused by overpopulation of the cats, Nadra, Kalila, Clea, Darryl, Darren and Farrel chose their exhibition topic to be about cat population management.

So far, the students have met with veterinarians and has documented the cats that wandered in school area. Our next step is to visit a cat pound and learn how stray cats are managed to keep them for making problems for human.
Hopefully, our learning can be applied in the school.

Our activities

First meeting together in the school library

Students are documenting stray cats in the school

the mentors

The students' group is managed by Ms. Siti Marisa (Icha), Ms. Risna Haspiani and Mr. Adi Lazuardi (Didi).

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The research

To know what are the problems of the overpopulation of the cats, we visited the experts on Pusat Pengayom Satwa, Ragunan. In there, we observed how animals are treated. Based on our interviews, the sterilization of the cats is needed to prevent the overpopulation to be happened.

We also take a stray cat from school and put it in our house to be observed. From our observation, it was clear that stray cats can be calmer if sterilized.