JETTY CATS
2017
On a rocky seaside jetty in San Diego, California, a colony of feral cats has survived for decades between ocean, tourism, and human care. Jetty Cats is a feature-length documentary that uses this colony as a lens onto contemporary animal rights debates to ask: what do humans owe to animals who live outside the boundaries of home, shelter, and wilderness?
The film focuses on the conflict over trap-neuter-return, or TNR, a practice in which feral cats are trapped, sterilized, vaccinated, and returned to their outdoor colonies. Supporters understand TNR and no-kill sheltering as humane alternatives to mass euthanasia; opponents argue that euthanasia may be more humane for the cats and more protective of surrounding ecosystems. Rather than treating this debate as abstract policy, Jetty Cats follows caregivers, advocates, critics, and animal welfare leaders whose convictions turn feral cat colonies into charged public questions.
Featuring an exclusive interview with Richard Avanzino, widely known as the “Godfather” of the no-kill movement, the film situates the jetty colony within a national shift in animal shelter ethics and policy. At its center is a question that extends beyond cats: when animals survive in spaces shaped by human abandonment and care, who has the authority to decide their fate?
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/216685663
JETTY CATS IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON:
The Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Channel
https://www.cinemaverde.org/film-archives/jetty-cats
Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/532984325
(As the primary feature of The New York Cat Film Festival Vol.1)
Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Film-Festival-Vol-1/
dp/B0G2J3P55J
Tubi
https://tubitv.com/movies/545573/cat-film-festival-vol-1
SELECTED SCREENINGS
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/movies/the-ny-cat-film-festival-is-here-and-no-ones-allergic-to-movies.html
The film focuses on the conflict over trap-neuter-return, or TNR, a practice in which feral cats are trapped, sterilized, vaccinated, and returned to their outdoor colonies. Supporters understand TNR and no-kill sheltering as humane alternatives to mass euthanasia; opponents argue that euthanasia may be more humane for the cats and more protective of surrounding ecosystems. Rather than treating this debate as abstract policy, Jetty Cats follows caregivers, advocates, critics, and animal welfare leaders whose convictions turn feral cat colonies into charged public questions.
Featuring an exclusive interview with Richard Avanzino, widely known as the “Godfather” of the no-kill movement, the film situates the jetty colony within a national shift in animal shelter ethics and policy. At its center is a question that extends beyond cats: when animals survive in spaces shaped by human abandonment and care, who has the authority to decide their fate?
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/216685663
JETTY CATS IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON:
The Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Channel
https://www.cinemaverde.org/film-archives/jetty-cats
Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/532984325
(As the primary feature of The New York Cat Film Festival Vol.1)
Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Film-Festival-Vol-1/
dp/B0G2J3P55J
Tubi
https://tubitv.com/movies/545573/cat-film-festival-vol-1
SELECTED SCREENINGS
- New York Cat Film Festival, NYC, New York, 12/9/2017.
- Glendale International Film Festival, Glendale, California, 9/20/2017.
- Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival, Jacksonville, Florida, 2/9/2017.
- Kolkata Wildlife and Environmental Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 9/2/2016.
- "Compassion Award," Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival.
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/movies/the-ny-cat-film-festival-is-here-and-no-ones-allergic-to-movies.html
