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Feral Cats in American Cities

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. … 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. Feeding bans don’t stop cats from “multiplying”; neutering does.

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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

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No: it is the fault of their owners, their former owners, or the Trap-Neuter-Release crowd. If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them? I have received countless numbers of wild birds mangled and/or killed by outdoor/feral cats, such as the Orange-crowned Warbler pictured here. Is it the fault of the cats?

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McKee Project Expands Work into Guatemala and Other Latin American Countries

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At the end of 2007, the World Society for the Protection of Animals selected the McKee Project to work on spay/neuter programs in Guatemala. Tags: spay and neuter latin america. Although they are best known for their work in Costa Rica, they also work in Mexico and Panama.

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National Dog Bite Prevention Week

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Your dog’s instinct is to protect the family. Spay or neuter your dog. Neutered dogs are less likely to bite. When a carrier comes to your home, keep your dog inside, away from the door in another room. Don’t let your child take mail from the carrier in the presence of your dog.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

10,000 Birds

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.” An organization that used to have staff willing to face armed opposition is now afraid of keyboard commandos writing mean things on a Facebook wall.

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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. That said, I have not been impressed by a New Zealand economist, Gareth Morgan, calling for New Zealand to wipe out cats.

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What To Do If You Find a Pit Bull

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It may feel threatened, and animals that feel threatened instinctually protect themselves. For example, the petting a dog’s tail; an abuser may have done something violent to the dog’s tail, and the dog may try to protect itself when you touch it there. That same action may have been an aggressive act by their former abuser.

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