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Witch Hunt or Just Prosecution?

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” Prosecutors argued in March that the woman put rat poison and antifreeze in food dishes meant for the neighborhood cats. But this does beg the question – What is an acceptable approach for a private citizen to take when their neighborhood is inundated with feral cats?

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The Whistle Blowers

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The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others. Between 1985 and 1991, the ducks suffered a further drastic decline with fewer than 100 birds estimated from Grand Cayman.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Yet, think a bit about what our world would be like if the Passenger Pigeon still existed.

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