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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. They would be made up of people who are sick and tired of government-protected species being slaughtered by domestic cats.

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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. ” Wait, what?

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Fifty Shapes of Grey

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We are bound to suffer. Now, some species don’t require the sun as they always look the same. A decisively non-ruddy Ruddy Duck, a rare winter visitor from nearby feral populations. Shapes of grey count = 12. The master bedroom of Mr. Grey: A lake on an overcast day. Like Tufted Ducks, or coots. Shapes of grey count = 19.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, these goats ate the flora of the island: unique species of Indian paintbrush and woodland star, bushmallow and wirelettuce and morning glory. And so, the U.S.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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“I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. “I’d Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species?

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The End of Ezra

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Only a little for Ezra, whose suffering was quickly ended, and certainly not for Red-tailed Hawks as a whole – the species is numerous, widespread, adaptable, and not in a position to be devastated by the loss of a single breeding individual. The deceased hawk was definitively identified as Ezra, who had been banded in 2006.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. on a daily basis, both legally and otherwise.