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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

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Dear Outdoor Cat Owners/Feral Cat Supporters, Does the photo above sicken you? I have been rescuing animals, both wild and domestic, since I was a child. I’m allergic to cats, but in my lifetime I’ve rescued five of them. Is it the fault of the cats? It sickens me. It’s natural.”).

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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What do you do when you – a citizen whose rights are protected by the U.S. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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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. Does it solve it? No,” he said.

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Calling all animal lovers!

4 The Love Of Animals

Erubbermaids “Roughneck” homes create the perfect winter sanctuary for feral cats Opossums, raccoons and skunks. Feral cats are exposed to cold temperatures, wind and freezing rain in the winter. Erubbermaid “Roughneck” homes offers protection from the elements. It’s as easy to make one home, as it is to make two.

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

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That was one of his cats. He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. One day he said, of domestic cats, “Yeah, if those particular cats were scaled up to lion size but with the same attitude, we’d all be cat food.” Smaller and larger animals (if there are any) are taken by other creatures.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? Change in Law.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

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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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