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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

10,000 Birds

This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Instead of Special Weapons and Tactics, think: Sealed With A Trap. Neighbor A’s private property and peace of mind are both suffering because of the cats, which are killing government-protected species.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

10,000 Birds

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* I love puffins.