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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. Let’s start with Minneapolis, because that is what sparked my interest. From the Star Tribune : Feral cats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. From the Star Tribune : Feral cats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. Does it solve it?

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It was the same day George Floyd was killed. Eight years later, Christian Cooper birding Central Park became a very different kind of media image: the black man falsely accused by a white woman of threatening her life after asking her to leash her dog in the Ramble, an area where unleashed dogs are not allowed. I remember that day.

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