Among the many news stories, research studies, and government reports brought to my attention last week was an article in Monday’s Toronto Star (thanks, once again, to the good folks at Alley Cat Rescue, who routinely put Google Alerts to shame!). What I find compelling about the article is not its central story (another community [...]
Browsing the blog archives for January, 2011
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13 Jan 11
The draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan (download PDF), released last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), aims to eliminate free-roaming cats in the Keys. Not that this is anything new—FWS (along with USDA, and some state agencies) has been trying to [...]
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Posted in In the News, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged 2009 State of the Birds, CatBib, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Florida Keys, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Florida Keys SPCA, Gary Patronek, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, Julie Levy, Key Largo Cotton Mouse, Key Largo Woodrat, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Mesopredator Release, Monroe County animal control, Nathan Winograd, National Key Deer Refuge, ORCAT, South Florida Multi-Species Recovery Plan, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tagged 2009 State of the Birds, CatBib, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Florida Keys, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Florida Keys SPCA, Gary Patronek, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, Julie Levy, Key Largo Cotton Mouse, Key Largo Woodrat, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Mesopredator Release, Monroe County animal control, Nathan Winograd, National Key Deer Refuge, ORCAT, South Florida Multi-Species Recovery Plan, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
10 Jan 11
Last Monday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) released a draft environmental assessment associated with its Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, giving the public 30 days to comment.
Just days later, the document became remarkably difficult to locate, as links to the PDF posted on the FWS website all seem [...]
5 Jan 11
“Reassessment: A Closer Look at ‘Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return’” has been revised and expanded!
This paper, a brief review and critique of the essay “Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return” by Travis Longcore, Catherine Rich, and Lauren M. Sullivan, now includes sections [...]
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Posted in The Cat Debate, Vox Felina
Tagged Cole Carlson Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, compensatory predation, Conservation Biology, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, David A. Jessup, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Gary J. Patronek, Gary Meffe, Kays and DeWan, LASC BS115483, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fitzgerald, Nico Dauphiné, Stanley A. Temple, Toxoplasma gondii, Travis Longcore, Wisconsin Study
Tagged Cole Carlson Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, compensatory predation, Conservation Biology, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, David A. Jessup, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Gary J. Patronek, Gary Meffe, Kays and DeWan, LASC BS115483, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fitzgerald, Nico Dauphiné, Stanley A. Temple, Toxoplasma gondii, Travis Longcore, Wisconsin Study
1 Jan 11
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