“Evidence continues to pile up,” writes Michael Hutchins, Executive Director and CEO of The Wildlife Society, in yesterday’s blog post, “that Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by a parasite (Toxoplasma gondii) that lives in the guts of cats, may be responsible for serious human health problems.”
Hutchins was referring to a recent study in which researchers found “Infection [...]
Browsing the blog archives for July, 2011
28 Jul 11
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Posted in In the News, Toxoplasma
Tagged brain cancer, Kevin Lafferty, Michael Hutchins, Proofiness, T. gonddi, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, USGS
Tagged brain cancer, Kevin Lafferty, Michael Hutchins, Proofiness, T. gonddi, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, USGS
18 Jul 11
Northern mockingbird. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Ken Thomas.
“I thought the cats probably really hammered them when they were fledglings,” said former University of Florida doctoral student Christine Stracey in a press release about her study of Northern mockingbirds, “but when they were in the nests, I didn’t really expect the cats to [...]
14 Jul 11
On Tuesday, Illinois Valley Cat Taxi, Inc., located in Mendota (about 100 miles southwest of Chicago) put out a plea for help.
“Last week we were called to assist the cats living in and outside of a home where a lady with a serious hoarding illness resides. Neighbors were concerned about sick cats, dead cats, foul [...]
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Tagged donations, Facebook, hoarding, Illinois Valley Pet Taxi, Spay It Forward
Tagged donations, Facebook, hoarding, Illinois Valley Pet Taxi, Spay It Forward
13 Jul 11
By now, many—perhaps most—readers have already seen the segment of Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in which correspondent Aasif Mandvi satirized the cat-bird debate (described all too accurately, I’m afraid, by Mandvi as an “intractable war”).
Interviewed for the piece were American Bird Conservancy president George Fenwick and Alley Cat Allies [...]
13 Jul 11
Just three days after the Columbia Heart Beat reported that Nathan Voris may have had a financial stake in Columbia, Missouri’s new animal control ordinance, Voris is denying any conflict of interest.
Voris, the former chair of the Columbia-Boone County Board of Health—now an employee of Pfizer Animal Health—was instrumental in crafting the ordinance, which requires [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged Columbia, Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Heart Beat, FeLV, FIV, Nathan Voris, Pfizer Animal Health
Tagged Columbia, Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Heart Beat, FeLV, FIV, Nathan Voris, Pfizer Animal Health
12 Jul 11
In my previous post, I criticized proposed revisions to Columbia, Missouri’s animal control ordinance, arguing that its onerous provisions “suggest either a lack of input from TNR practitioners, or a lack of good-faith negotiation on the part of those responsible for drafting the proposal. Or both.”
Later that same day, the Columbia City [...]
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Tagged Columbia, Columbia Heart Beat, Daryl Dudley, FeLV, FIV, Fred Schmidt, least terns, Mike Martin, Nathan Voris, Pfizer Animal Health, piping plovers, SNAP
Tagged Columbia, Columbia Heart Beat, Daryl Dudley, FeLV, FIV, Fred Schmidt, least terns, Mike Martin, Nathan Voris, Pfizer Animal Health, piping plovers, SNAP
5 Jul 11
When the Columbia, MO, city council meets July 5th, they’ll be voting on “Amending Chapter 5 of the City Code relating to animals and fowl.” Many of the proposed amendments are found in Article VI, which addresses issues related to feral cat colonies and the numerous requirements being proposed for their caretakers—including two-year permits and [...]
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Tagged caretaker permits, Columbia, Feeding bans, FeLV, FIV, Julie Levy, Linda Lord, Missouri, Nancy Peterson, ordinance, SNAP
Tagged caretaker permits, Columbia, Feeding bans, FeLV, FIV, Julie Levy, Linda Lord, Missouri, Nancy Peterson, ordinance, SNAP
1 Jul 11
Mother Jones, according to its Website, “is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting.”
“…smart, fearless journalism” keeps people informed—“informed” being pretty much indispensable to a democracy that actually works. Because we’ve been ahead of the curve time and again. Because this is journalism not funded by or beholden to [...]
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