Last week, the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel and Loews Royal Pacific Resort reversed its position on TNR and on-site managed colonies, citing what the Orlando Sentinel calls “liability reasons.” According to the paper, Orange County Animal Control considered Loews’ past efforts a “model program”—exactly what one would expect from a chain of “18 distinctive luxury [...]
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16 Jan 12
14 Dec 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
More than seven months after she was charged with attempted animal cruelty—and six weeks after her eventual conviction—former Smithsonian researcher Nico Dauphine was sentenced today to a $100 fine and 120 hours [...]
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Posted in In the News, Legal Issues
Tagged Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Tagged Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
12 Dec 11
Song Sparrow, Whitby, Ontario. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons and Mdf.
New study attempts to demonstrate how the presence of predators alone can reduce songbird reproduction by bombarding birds with round-the-clock audio recordings of predator noises. One co-author of the study goes further, attempting to implicate cats.
The purpose of scientific inquiry (am I wrong about this?) [...]
24 Nov 11
It’s always good to see the Humane Society of the United States supporting and promoting TNR. After all, it wasn’t all that long ago when HSUS was on the other side of the issue. In 1997, when the American Bird Conservancy launched its Cats Indoors! campaign, the organization was “singled out as its ‘principal partner [...]
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Posted in In the News, The Cat Debate, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged Alley Cat Allies, American Bird Conservancy, Becky Robinson, Hawaii, Humane Society of the United States, New Jersey Feral Cat & Wildlife Coalition, Nico Dauphiné, The Wildlife Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wayne Pacelle
Tagged Alley Cat Allies, American Bird Conservancy, Becky Robinson, Hawaii, Humane Society of the United States, New Jersey Feral Cat & Wildlife Coalition, Nico Dauphiné, The Wildlife Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wayne Pacelle
21 Nov 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
Having been found guilty of attempted animal cruelty on October 31st, Nico Dauphine was scheduled to be in court today for sentencing. According to court records, however, the hearing has been postponed [...]
11 Nov 11
The American Bird Conservancy takes its plea for anti-TNR policies and feeding bans to the mayors of the country’s 50 largest cities. Just when cities are struggling to pay for essential services, animal control expenses would skyrocket.
Desperate times, it’s said, call for desperate measures.
Hence, the American Bird Conservancy’s latest stunt: calling “on the mayors of [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Darin Schroeder, feral cats, mayors, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Darin Schroeder, feral cats, mayors, Trap-Neuter-Return
7 Nov 11
On yesterday’s Animal Wise Radio show, hosts Mike Fry and Beth Nelson and I discussed the guilty verdict handed down last week in Nico Dauphine’s attempted animal cruelty case, as well as the implications for future cat-related research at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and elsewhere.
If you missed it, you can check the complete show [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
2 Nov 11
According to the National Zoo’s Twitter feed and a comment posted on its Facebook page, “[Monday] the Smithsonian accepted Dr. Dauphine’s resignation; it was effective immediately.” I haven’t seen a statement anything more official looking from the National Zoo or the Migratory Bird Center.
Indeed, official statements seem to be remarkably scarce following Monday’s verdict. Where [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged National Zoo, Nico Dauphiné, The Wildlife Professional, The Wildlife Society
Tagged National Zoo, Nico Dauphiné, The Wildlife Professional, The Wildlife Society
31 Oct 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
After more than five months of delays, Nico Dauphine was, this afternoon in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, found guilty of attempted animal cruelty. (Sentencing hearing is scheduled for November [...]
27 Oct 11
Testimony wrapped up Wednesday afternoon in Nico Dauphine’s attempted animal cruelty trial. Among the witnesses for the Defense: Peter Marra, Dauphine’s advisor at the Smithsonian’s Migratory Bird Center—who’s previously described TNR as “essentially cat hoarding without walls.” [1] Dauphine took the stand as well, and, as I understand it, did herself no favors career-wise (even [...]
26 Oct 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
It looks like Ed Clark won’t have the opportunity to, in the words of the government’s Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony of Defendant’s Experts, offer “testimony regarding ideological debate and the environmental [...]
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Posted in In the News, Legal Issues
Tagged Ed Clark, Nico Dauphiné, Wildlife Center of Virginia
Tagged Ed Clark, Nico Dauphiné, Wildlife Center of Virginia
25 Oct 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
After months of delays, Nico Dauphine went on trial yesterday, charged with attempted animal cruelty. And according to court documents, she’s got plenty of help.
Ed Clark, president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, [...]
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Posted in In the News, Legal Issues
Tagged Billy Martin, Ed Clark, Nico Dauphiné, Wildlife Center of Virginia
Tagged Billy Martin, Ed Clark, Nico Dauphiné, Wildlife Center of Virginia
24 Oct 11
Thanks once again to Animal Wise Radio hosts Mike Fry and Beth Nelson for having me back on the show Sunday.
Among the topics we discussed were The Wildlife Society’s position statement on Animal Rights Philosophy and Wildlife Conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s upcoming Influencing Local Scale Feral Cat Trap-Neuter-Release Decisions workshop, and the [...]
12 Oct 11
As many of you are no doubt aware, Sunday is National Feral Cat Day, a holiday created 10 years ago by Alley Cat Allies “to raise awareness about feral cats, promote Trap-Neuter-Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them.” This year, there are more than 320 events planned across all 50 states.
Even so, [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged Anne Morkill, Christine Stracey, Christopher Lepczyk, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Frank B. Gill, Kiera Butler, Matt Smith, Michael Hutchins, National Feral Cat Day, Nico Dauphiné, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, Peter Marra, Shannon Fredebaugh, Steve Holmer, Timothy O'Hara, Tom Will, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tagged Anne Morkill, Christine Stracey, Christopher Lepczyk, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Frank B. Gill, Kiera Butler, Matt Smith, Michael Hutchins, National Feral Cat Day, Nico Dauphiné, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, Peter Marra, Shannon Fredebaugh, Steve Holmer, Timothy O'Hara, Tom Will, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
7 Oct 11
The Wildlife Society’s final position statement on Animal Rights Philosophy and Wildlife Conservation pits wildlife conservationists against animal rights advocates, further hampering an already difficult debate about free-roaming cats and TNR.
Last week, The Wildlife Society released its final position statement on Animal Rights Philosophy and Wildlife Conservation (PDF), declaring “that the philosophy of animal rights [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged animal rights, Etienne Benson, feral cats, Michael Hutchins, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged animal rights, Etienne Benson, feral cats, Michael Hutchins, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
30 Sep 11
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under fire for proposed roundups of free-roaming cats in the Florida Keys, an out-of-control burn on National Key Deer Refuge land, and participation in anti-TNR workshop.
Many U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel are, I suspect, looking forward to October—or at least putting September behind them. For those involved with [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged Alley Cat Rescue, Anne Morkill, Best Friends Animal Society, Chad Anderson, Christopher Lepczyk, feral cats, Forgotten Felines, National Key Deer Refuge, Open Spaces, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Tom Will, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tagged Alley Cat Rescue, Anne Morkill, Best Friends Animal Society, Chad Anderson, Christopher Lepczyk, feral cats, Forgotten Felines, National Key Deer Refuge, Open Spaces, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Tom Will, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
24 Sep 11
Once again, the American Bird Conservancy is using scare tactics to gain support for their long-standing witch-hunt against free-roaming cats, this time suggesting a connection between TNR and rabies exposure. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrate no such connection.
Maybe the folks at the American Bird Conservancy were simply feeling left out, [...]
19 Sep 11
Over the past few months, I’ve heard from several people familiar with Nico Dauphine’s cat-trapping activities in and around Athens, GA, during her days as a PhD student at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Three years ago, in Athens-Clarke County Magistrate Court, Dauphine referred to her roundups as “community service.”:
“Oh, I do [...]
5 Sep 11
After cancelling its public webinar in June, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service takes its tax-funded witch-hunt against free-roaming cats on the road—and behind closed doors.
When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cancelled its Impacts of Free Roaming Cats on Native Wildlife webinar at the last minute, it was, we were told, due to [...]
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