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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. On the one hand, it’s better than doing nothing with a feral cat colony. But I don’t agree with the supplemental feeding that happens with feral cats–if you’re gonna call them wildlife, treat them as such.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat 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. Which would be even worse.

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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

Critter News

Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base. If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. We do not support or promote feral animals on the base,” flatly stated Bruce Frizzell, head of the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs office. They’re a big impact on wildlife.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

10,000 Birds

And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. No such association was formed on behalf of the ear mites.)

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

Our first rescue mission was at a business park in Redmond where we saved 650 feral rabbits from the ultimate fate of the arriving bulldozers. They also sell supplies for your pets, the proceeds of which support their rescue efforts. Over 1,000 rescued rabbits have roamed the 4.5

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

Sasha, adopted at approximately nine months old, has taken roughly thirteen years to trust humans enough to be stroked while she’s standing on the floor. In literature as well as life, the ideal is the safely rescued animal finds the perfect home and becomes the perfect pet. Sasha spent about five months under Alison’s bed.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. Once gregarious and outgoing, she withdrew from her family and friends, from everyone except her pet cats. They tell pets their secrets; they speak in a different tone to them.”.

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