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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. It’s not just the effect of cats on wildlife that should be alarming, “Cat Wars” says. Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic.

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What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?

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A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats. Birds raptors turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators' Did I have an answer for him.

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Witch Hunt or Just Prosecution?

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An online lecture by Dauphine is entitled “apocalypse meow – free ranging cats and the destruction of American wildlife.” ” Prosecutors argued in March that the woman put rat poison and antifreeze in food dishes meant for the neighborhood cats.

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