10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2015
I have been a wild bird rehabilitator for 25 years. I have received countless numbers of wild birds mangled and/or killed by outdoor/feral cats, such as the Orange-crowned Warbler pictured here. No: it is the fault of their owners, their former owners, or the Trap-Neuter-Release crowd. Is it the fault of the cats?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
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.” An organization that used to have staff willing to face armed opposition is now afraid of keyboard commandos writing mean things on a Facebook wall.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. It is pf particular benefit as it targets mammals more effectively than birds, and New Zealand is the world’s largest user of the poison, accounting for 80% of the world’s market.
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