Wednesday, August 26, 2009

PRINCETON: 56 feral cats removed from neighborhood

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According to Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson, Princeton Borough has a cat problem. Following repeated reports of songbird slayings on...
Friday, August 7, 2009

Kitty on a plate (Down under)

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Take environmental author and artist Kaye Kessing, she reckons you should never boil a cat because they are far better roasted. I’d never co...
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Holyrood battles cats

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"While it was agreed the cats probably help with containing vermin," Scientific studies have shown: “Cats at artificially high de...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

How can I help homeless cats in the Tampa Bay South Shore area?

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My post: You may have heard of Dr. Christine Storts, the vet who appealed to the Florida Wildlife Commission several years ago to end the ki...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Arivaca gets help with feral cats

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My post: Rodent control? Did you know house mice are more prevalent in areas WITH cats? Don't believe me? East Bay Regional Park Distric...
Friday, July 31, 2009

TNR for Feral Cats is Horribly Cruel and Only Makes People Feel Better

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My second post: Corinna, your cats are nowhere near so successful as the feral cats my neighbor feeds. After I lost a pair of Mockingbirds a...

Wild cat problem

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"We're inundated with cats," said Bishop, who serves as the cruelty investigator for the OSPCA of S, D and G. "On a bad d...

Who would think cats are controversial?

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Another post: My last sentence was, "Does this sound compassionate, non-lethal and humane?" Your counting mechanism lied to me. Mr...

Rabid skunks in Norfolk put spotlight on management of feral cats

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My post? The method of pet control called euthanization completely eliminates more risks of rabies transmission from them to people. It is a...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bob is still barking about animal overpopulation

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My post: That was touching, Mr. Phinny. I would suggest in your next blog about feral cat colonies you may want to add a kind word about the...

Cats Running Wild In Biloxi

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More from me: What is humane, compassionate, or non lethal about feeding and enabling a domestic pet species to kill what many estimate as u...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Keep cats indoors for their own safety and wildlife's

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Mr. Shalaway is a straight shooter for certain. Pets running loose in our ecology is a runaway catastrophe, if you will pardon the pun. When...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Trap-neuter-return effort making headway on feral cat

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My post: These people think they're making headway? Putting them back on the street is no way to do that! All they're doing is enabl...
Monday, July 20, 2009

The mule spins a new yarn

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(This one is off topic) My comment: That French talking mule reminds me of the time Boudreaux sold raffle tickets on his mule, but that'...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

What should I title this, crying for the birds?

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It's been a while I've been blogging here and we are that much closer to the extinctions of many of our Lone Star States, and worlds...
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It’s Not About Your Cat, It’s About MY Birds!

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This is an important blog about conservation I just read at "My Purple Martin Blog." The blog master there is a very well informed...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Should you feed feral cats?

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Another reply from me: OH, MY DOG! THE RODENTS ARE COMING! My home had a cow pasture behind it when I moved here, now it's a subdivision...
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Feral cats feed flea outbreak

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Her trailer home and yard, she said, are constantly being reinfested by the many feral cats in the neighborhood, cats that are being provide...

How do you ask a neighbor to control their wandering cat?

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How do you ask a neighbor to control their wandering cat? I had this problem nearly forty years ago, and told the neighbor I was concerned a...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Beverly Hills City Council puts off feral cat issue until August

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Excuse me, Peter, but if I had worked hard enough or had been lucky enough to have inherited money to own that property, I would have guards...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Raining cats and ... more cats Feral feline population exploding

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...Whatever the TNR groups are trying to do matters not! What they accomplish is perpetuating the predation of an unwanted pet on our alread...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Middlebourne tackles cat issue

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My post: I am so glad to see officials who act responsibly and decisively on the environmental problem of unwanted pets! I was recently told...

Feral cat program advances in city

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A second post: Los Angeles could easily be called the birthplace of TNR roughly two decades ago. I was told a few weeks ago by a TNR backer ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Rehoboth’s feral cats: helpless animals or menace to society?

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“One we call Meatloaf. He has no hair on his back; it’s just all open sores and red. I mean, it’s just pathetic that animals are allowed to ...
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Feral cats in Beverly Hills get a reprieve, but one caretaker could face jail time for feeding them

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Katherine Varjian obviously adores those cats, her neighbors don't. Her rights to attract and feed unwanted pets ends where her neighbor...
Monday, July 13, 2009

"Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But Murder All Day."

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Update: I found one source for the quote, The Onion. It's only funny because it's so true. Seen on the internet(s), I've forgot...

More of "The Truth When It Comes to Cats"

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My reaction to a comment about catbibs: I have never had the inclination to buy a catbib, put it on a cat, seek medical help and blood trans...

Feral cat policy amended for consistency

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Can anyone say, MEOW! The cat orgs have spoken? Well I say let's all have a word with our local vet, hmm? Background information provide...

An ongoing conversation on a cat gurus blog and here...

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This is an answer of mine to a response to Anonymous at LA Animal Watch The owner of that blog, Ed Muzika, and I have exchanged our views ...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Welcoming Birds Back to a Remote Alaskan Island

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My post? I first became interested in Alaska’s Aleutian chain in 1968 when I was issued orders to the Alaskan Air Command’s radar site at Sh...

Cat Fight

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My post: The cat enablers easily forget their pets are exactly that, a domestic pet species. There should be laws against their abandonment ...
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"The Proposed Ordinance to Criminalize Feral Cat Colony Management"

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My post has been allowed and answered: Please remember feral cats are domestic animals and it seems unconscionable to me you support their a...
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How Do I Get My Cat To Stop Killing Birds?

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My Comment: Please do the responsible and adult thing and keep your pets indoors! This will stop the bird killing and protect your pet from ...

The Truth When It Comes to Cats

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“Hunting behavior in cats is very controversial, especially if the prey is songbirds or endangered rodent species. Some cats hunt, some cats...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching: Ducks Like Rain Showers (Surprise, Surprise)

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BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching: Ducks Like Rain Showers (Surprise, Surprise)

News from Tony Peacock

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Ever wonder how the war against ferals is going "Down Under?" Visit "News from Tony Peacock" CEO-Invasive Animals Cooper...

Group sterilizes feral cats, releases them

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Another comment from me: Logically speaking, if we proceed thinking clearly about the priorities in this which is an environmental emergency...
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Cat vs Dog?

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I have often warned cat owners before about exposing their feral or roaming pets to the dangers outdoors. I have usually had guard dogs conf...
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One solution to the feral cat problem

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My response: I was raised with a strong respect for our wildlife and our responsibility to manage and protect it. My dad was raised soon aft...
Friday, July 10, 2009

The felines invade

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The Georgetown Homeowners Association has asked McDonough County Animal Control to set traps for at least four feral cats that apparently wa...
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Anderson woman fights littering citation for feeding feral cats

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My response: I have a cat fancier living two doors down from me. He refills the food bowls in his garage often, consequently there are alway...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Disputes claims that studies show TNR to be successful

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TNR groups are quick to say that studies show it to be effective, but they never cite the names of the actual studies and the groups that pe...

Ozzy 'Devastated' As Pet Dog Eaten By Coyote

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Kelly, 24, told her online followers that the Black Sabbath rocker was upset by its demise. "My dad's dog Little Bit was eaten by a...

Coyote killed after attack on Port Coquitlam toddler

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Conservation officers have euthanized a coyote after it attacked a toddler in Port Coquitlam. The two-year-old girl suffered bites to her he...

Is Feral Cat Predation on our Fauna Sustainable?

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Is feral cat predation on our fauna sustainable? I'll answer that question with another. Is there a valid reason we should risk the exti...

Feral cat problem prompts trapping plans in Freetown

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My post there: This illustrates what can be done when we react to the cat issue with a united front! Destructive pets of any kind should nev...

On Feb 3, 1999, Executive Order 13112 was signed establishing the National Invasive Species Council.

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On Feb 3, 1999, Executive Order 13112 was signed establishing the National Invasive Species Council. The Executive Order requires that a Cou...
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Feral cat outbreak in Freetown

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Residents are warned not to feed the felines My comment? There should be no tolerance for pets loose in the wild! The cat lovers create a pe...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What you can do to help feral cats.

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My post: Pets loose outdoors in our environment is not a problem of helping feral cats, but one of ending their destruction of our native fa...
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One more go round with Kristy Winfrey

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My post: You will never convince me the life of millions of unwanted domestic pets is worth the cost of one of our natural fauna, much less ...