A few follow-up items related to my past couple of posts: the first sheds some additional light on the Santa Ana typhus scare, while the second provides a little historical context to The Sacramento Bee’s recent reporting on Wildlife Services.
1. Typhus, Fleas, and Cats
Somehow I missed press releases from both Stray Cat Alliance and Alley [...]
Browsing the blog archives for May, 2012
30 May 12
30 May 12
“In an effort to combat a potential typhus outbreak,” reports today’s Los Angeles Times, “city officials zeroed in on two schools in [a] densely packed [Santa Ana] neighborhood and set a dozen traps to catch feral cats and other animals that might carry disease-bearing fleas.” [1]
“The hope is that by trapping and testing animals caught [...]
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Posted in In the News, Public Health Threats
Tagged fleas, Michael Hutchins, rats, Santa Ana, typhus
Tagged fleas, Michael Hutchins, rats, Santa Ana, typhus
29 May 12
An editorial in Sunday’s Sacramento Bee provided yet another opportunity to use the quote from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (to which I referred in my inaugural post, and several times since): “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants, electric light the most efficient policeman.”
It seems all the sunlight two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged The Sacramento Bee, Tom Knudson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wildlife Services
Tagged The Sacramento Bee, Tom Knudson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wildlife Services
25 May 12
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor). Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Darkone.
According to a recent story in The Charleston Gazette, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has, in recent years, made great strides in stopping the westward spread of the raccoon variant of the rabies virus. And a promising new vaccine, typically distributed in packets dropped [...]
24 May 12
In a story posted online Tuesday evening, the L.A. Times reports that a mountain lion was shot and killed after wandering “into the heart of Santa Monica.”
“With news choppers circling overhead, Santa Monica police managed to corner the 3-year-old lion in the courtyard of the [office] complex. Police said they made several attempts to calm [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged euthanasia, Nathan Winograd, Shirley Thistlethwaite, YesBiscuit!
Tagged euthanasia, Nathan Winograd, Shirley Thistlethwaite, YesBiscuit!
17 May 12
Have you registered yet for Best Friends’ No More Homeless Pets National Conference? Vox Felina readers can save an additional $25 off the early-bird rate of $275!
Simply visit the conference website, and click on “Register Now.” When asked for payment information, enter the discount code “Wolf.”
Among this year’s speakers are Becky Robinson, co-founder and president [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged Best Friends Animal Society, No More Homeless Pets Conference
Tagged Best Friends Animal Society, No More Homeless Pets Conference
9 May 12
If you’re in the Phoenix area, please join me on Thursday, May 17th when Cat Daddy Jackson Galaxy will be here for two special events promoting his new book Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love and Coming Clean.
Lunch with Jackson: Special Fundraiser for Spay/Neuter Hotline’s TNR Program
Duck & [...]
7 May 12
Despite the evidence that non-lethal methods can be effective, Wildlife Services continues its killing. Indeed, the greatest change at the agency seems to be its increased interest in targeting “invasive” species with “traditional” techniques.
Preview of Wild Things, produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council, to be released early this summer. (Video not displaying properly? Click [...]
4 May 12
Wildlife Services’ killing campaigns are not only brutal, costly, and ineffective—they may actually contribute to an increase in the population of the coyotes targeted by the agency.
In the second part of The Sacramento Bee’s three-part series investigating Wildlife Services, published Tuesday, reporter Tom Knudson sheds some light on the dubious rationale behind the agency’s methods. [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged Animal People, Merritt Clifton, Sacramento Bee, WildEarth Guardians, Wildlife Services
Tagged Animal People, Merritt Clifton, Sacramento Bee, WildEarth Guardians, Wildlife Services
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