10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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. She said she has a cat that stays indoors — unwillingly.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

A new study conducted in Athens, Georgia, by National Geographic and the University of Georgia put cameras on house cats allowed outdoors. Thirty percent of the cats killed wild animals, an average of two kills per week. Also, the cats tended to do dangerous things, like cross roads and eat and drink things that they found.

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Los Angeles Cats Georgia Killing 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

Photo courtesy Kimm Schroeder She also has some serious cats. Not just any type of house cat, she has Bengals. The kitten Venus is an F4 Bengal meaning she’s four generations (F4) removed from the Asian Leopard Cat which is a small wild cat from Asia. Lorraine even bought them a running wheel.

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Cats Leopards Kittens Unwanted 232

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

After careful consideration of all of the enlightened arguments that have been made by those in favor of Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats in recent blog posts , we here at 10,000 Birds have been completely convinced by their well-thought-out, logical, and airtight conclusions.

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Rats Trap Neuter Return Feral Cats Neutering 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

That’s quite the list of charismatic and unique wildlife to add to your potential list of sightings. Giant anteaters are just one of the wildlife highlights of the Rupununi. Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt.

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Guyana Otters South America Colombia 277

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” Gratefully, we now acknowledge that was wrong.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base. Frizzell explained that a large population of feral cats is ultimately detrimental to the overall environmental health of the base, its native species and ecosystems. They’re a big impact on wildlife. Whiskers" or "Frisky?"

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Compassion 100

Critter News

MAY 10, 2010

Here's an interesting perspective on the practice of some religious groups' (such as Buddhist monks') practice of purchasing birds from pet stores and then releasing them. This writer contends that the birds are not suited to the wild and actually end up starving or being eaten by cats. Tags: birds buddhism wildlife asia.

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Asia Animal Wildlife Cats 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien. People walk in and hand you a box, which you know will contain the wildlife and some bizarre food item. Baby birds/wildlife and milk is another entire blog, there are so many. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If it is an emergency and since I get calls and texts from all over the country (even a few out of the country), I direct people to Rehabber Search or Wildlife Rehabber. Use the wildlife rahbber links at the top of this page to find a licensed pro near you. Try to get it too another family group or contact a wildlife rehabber.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 264

Critter News

OCTOBER 10, 2008

He'll be donating it to a zoo or a wildlife preserve. In August, Putin had occasion to pet a full-grown female Ussuri tiger after shooting her with a tranquilizer gun. Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. He told journalists that Koni has not met the tiger cub.

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Russia Tigers Animal Zoos 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Our members are pet owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers, fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists. The membership roster of NAIA includes some of America's most respected animal professionals, advocates and enthusiasts.

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Animal Welfare Wayne Pacelle Welfare Groups 100

Animal Person

JULY 7, 2009

I have wildlife/nonwildlife rescue paraphernalia in my car. I've never seen a dead dog in the road but I have seen cats and I always check for a tag, then call Animal Care and Control (or a local shelter) if I can't take the animal myself and have her scanned for a microchip.

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Opossums Raccoons Cats Squirrels 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Just as the ranger was telling us that we might see wild cats – well, not wild cats, but rather, Wildcats , the wild version of the domestic cat, Felis silvestris lybica , one of those cats popped its head out of the brush about 50 feet beyond her. The most interesting thing about this cat was lack of kitty-cat-ness.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. Now, he lay frightened and ruffled in my hands, his tail tattered, his feathers damp from the maw of a cat named Puck. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

As anyone who follows this blog knows, outdoor cats are a veritable holocaust for wild birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and even insects. Almost every single outdoor pet cat, feral cat, or stray kills other animals , no matter how well fed the cat is through other sources.

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Cats Feral Cats Litter Ohio 195

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

I'm quite the joke among my friends, who worry that their pets are going to drop dead after spending time with my lethal self. I placed her in one of my injured wildlife boxes and drive the couple of miles to Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. It wasn't a cat who was the culprit. As for "and. " I'm sorry, honey.

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Los Angeles Sanctuary Colorado Vet 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 6, 2007

To the Editor: “ Should Most Pet Owners Be Required to Neuter Their Animals? ,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Editorial Observer, July 30), is right: “The rate at which dogs are purchased and euthanized in this country is not a sign of our affection for them. It’s a sign of our indifference.” Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,

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New York Times New York Neutering Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. It started with donation requests for spay and neutering cats but then quickly transferred to a trap, neuter and release organization. On the one hand, it’s better than doing nothing with a feral cat colony.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 176