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A Non-Lethal Solution for Both Wildlife and Feral Cats

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What can be done to solve the intractable problem of wildlife and feral cats? Peter, who lives in New York State, noticed two feral cats living near his house. But they are healthy, content, and they are safe. Peter, who loves cats, has saved two of them from the normally short and brutal life of a feral cat.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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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.” Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR.

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

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I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders.

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Pied Oystercatcher nesting

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The main problem appears to be feral cats, but there is also predation from birds of prey and the parent Pied Oystercatchers do their utmost to protect their young. The male Pied Oystercatchers generally make the nest scrape and once the female Pied Oystercatcher is content with his work she will lay one egg.

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Invasive Species Week Wrap-Up

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– Greater Rheas : Germany’s new Big Bird – Feral Pigeons World Wide – New York City’s First Eurasian Collared-Dove – The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You! To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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Excuse the sudden and random departure from the typical self-aggrandizing and narcissistic ornithophilic content. That will return next month. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. Obviously its perfectly fine to concentrate on one particular problem (i.e. there is actually a group dedicated to saving lobsters!)

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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When people say “my cat can’t be inside,” that’s sometimes what they mean. She lived to contented age 19, still catching wisps of wind on her face on the balcony catio we set up for her. It took some dedicated months of not giving in, and gently helping her over that hump. But she had a room with a view only.

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