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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

By the way, and for point of reference) there are some 47 million active American birders. There is evidence that toxoplasma leads, in humans, to an elevated risk of mental illness and depression. The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. Those who violate the ordinance can be fined $200. In Yuma, Arizona, they don’t take no prisoners.

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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

Animal Person

Being vegan because you want to live as nonviolently as possible and you don't want to contribute to violence and you don't want to respond to violence with violence is admirable to some, though refusing to support the defense of sentient nonhumans when you probably would if they were humans bothers me. Not that I'm giving you a deadline.