10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. Thus the decision was made to kill 3,600 Barreds, and it’s hard to fault the inescapable logic of doing so, as one Audubon Society director expressed it: On the one hand, killing thousands of owls is completely unacceptable.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. We do know this: In areas where feral cat populations exist, they are often well established. Also, feral Cats on islands seem to be a serious problem, causing the extirpation of some indigenous species.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Several members of the Audubon Society said the plan fails to answer questions about how cats will be managed and what rights neighbors will have if the cats become a nuisance. The ordinance requires caretakers to “educate” people in their neighborhoods. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200.

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