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But this does beg the question – What is an acceptable approach for a private citizen to take when their neighborhood is inundated with feralcats? Here’s hoping that Dauphine has her name cleared.
On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.” Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feralcat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR.
After all, there is no hunting and while I watched the turkeys they routed a feralcat that dared come near the flock of twelve which consisted of two tom turkeys and ten hens. There is a flock of Wild Turkeys that strut around like they own the place and they might very well be right.
In addition to historic habitat loss and hunting, Nenes face introduced predators such as mongoose and feralcats. With help, the Nene population has increased to around 2,000 individuals. Still, these geese face significant population threats.
Their impressive speed is used for hunting, and roadrunners will eat almost anything that moves. Car collisions, feralcats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer. Not so much, as the above photo demonstrates.
I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feralcats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feralCat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders.
I am so sick of the feralcat colonies that infest so many locations that I like to bird. And while I am sick of the cat colonies I am even more sick of the deluded people who believe that by feeding feralcats they are somehow helping them. Outdoor cats live short, ugly, violent lives.
This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feralcats have become above the law. Neighbor A asks neighbor B to contain his cats. What birds need is their own SWAT team.
European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. Feralcats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. Feralcat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.
The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feralcat ordinance. So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of FeralCat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. From the Star Tribune : Feralcats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. What would success look like?
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