10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

TNR has repeatedly been shown to fail to reduce free-ranging cat populations,” the authors say (perhaps because the rate of sterilization in a discrete population has never been close to one hundred percent); and, in any event, neutered or not, feral cat lives are nasty, brutish and short.

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Feral Cats Cats Tnr Trap Neuter Return 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While cats do not fill a specific niche normally held by a native carnivore, there are reasons to believe that some of those birds would have been eaten by a wild predator had the cats not been in play. In other words, cats may be a very severe problem in some places, but in other places not a factor at all.

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Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. From the Star Tribune : Feral cats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

Before the recent events you had to really dig around on the National Audubon Society’s website before you finally got to this page on cats. Pretty standard. I’ve spent a lot of heartbeats on this issue. And we won’t see change without some real $ and a stronger stomach and political will to take on this problem.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 272

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Cheetah is part of the network’s highest rated week, Big Cat Week premiering Friday, Nov. This global initiative actively supports on-the-ground conservation projects and education to help stem and eventually reverse the rapid disappearance of big cat populations. Nat Geo WILD’s Man v. 29, at 9 pm et/pt.

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Cat Population Chicago Cats Tennessee 100