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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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” By the very next day they were calling on their mindless followers to email the National Audubon Society’s CEO, David Yarnold, and Chairman, B Holt Thrasher, to call for Williams’ dismissal because he ”just published a major newspaper editorial calling on the public to kill millions of cats by poisoning them with Tylenol.”

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. Free-roaming cats will hunt and kill birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, resulting in wildlife mortality. The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. Rahrig was forbidden to own an animal for five years, but he was subsequently seen at an adoption event in California. The current bill’s sponsors are Rep.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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Soon after, Williams retired and moved out of state, and Eric was arrested by the Texas Rangers for a combination of credit card fraud (something about a fake field school for high schoolers in Orange Walk Town) and child abandonment. So that was the first argument for a scavenging phase. Photo by Mikebaird.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

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If appropriate, the pet would also be part of adoption events where the general public can visit the pet. She was on the kill list in NYC and was pulled by A Pathway to Hope Rescue, after Rock & Rawhide advocated for her life. It is always helpful if the foster also promotes the pet to their contacts.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. In any event, by mid summer or so, the babies are not so small and more or less do OK on their own and hang around the nest. Then it would reappear way far away and they’d stay apart for a while. Then one day they are gone.

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Should We Take the “Christmas” out of the Christmas Bird Count?

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Kirtland’s Warbler wouldn’t go extinct, birders wouldn’t abandon their favorite winter activity in droves, and the birds wouldn’t even notice. Dropping the $5 fee to encourage more participation is great but naming the event in a way that everyone feels welcome would be too.