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. This got me wondering what other cities were doing.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 207

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.” He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

The elimination of vultures had its own knock on effects, such as the increase in feral dogs (now that there was more meat available for them) and corresponding increase in rabies. This can be a very good thing, for example bring my late ass up to date on the EU’s idiotic attitude to diclofenac.

Lions 150

Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Portraits of John Gould and Elizabeth Gould, for example, are in the public domain and plates from Gould’s books, including depictions of hummingbirds, have been digitized by universities and are available online. In the Epilogue, he places the hummingbird’s place on the precipice within the larger issues of climate change.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Also, in relatively natural, or wild, lands in much of the US the feral cat population will be limited by a healthy wild predator population. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example. In other words, cats may be a very severe problem in some places, but in other places not a factor at all.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Birds 274