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Browsing the archives for the Vox Felina category
30 Jan 12
9 Jan 12
“I don’t want to be sort of a poodle dog when I’m out there, and a friendly sort of presence in people’s lives,” explained New York Times reporter David Carr in an October 2011 interview with Fresh Air host Terry Gross, “and then come back and do something that’s really mean or aggressive.”
“And if [...]
30 Dec 11
Referring to a particularly poor piece of journalism, a friend of mine suggested—recalling the irreverent moniker her late husband had given their own local paper—the newspaper in which it had appeared was perhaps best used for lining birdcages.
Twenty months into this blog, I’ve encountered my share of yellow journalism infecting both small-town weeklies and, with [...]
22 Dec 11
The holiday season offers us the opportunity (all too rare, it seems) for some much-needed reflection—to take stock of our lives and all that gives our lives meaning. It’s also a time to express our gratitude through generosity.
Among the organizations I’m supporting are FixNation and Save the Animals Foundation, each of which is making significant [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged feral cats, FixNation, Save the Animals Foundation, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged feral cats, FixNation, Save the Animals Foundation, Trap-Neuter-Return
6 Dec 11
Apparently, the video I embedded in yesterday’s post did not come through in the e-mail version—something I realized only too late. My apologies!
The video can be found either on the Vox Felina site here, or on the FixNation site here.
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 [...]
20 Oct 11
I’m off to Las Vegas for the 2011 No More Homeless Pets National Conference! Not sure I’ll have time (not to mention the typing skills) for any live blogging, but I’ll be posting photos and occasional updates on the Vox Felina Facebook page.
Looking forward to the informative workshops, inspirational speakers, and—best of all—catching up with [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged Best Friends Animal Society, Facebook, No More Homeless Pets Conference
Tagged Best Friends Animal Society, Facebook, No More Homeless Pets Conference
26 Sep 11
Today would have been my mother’s 83rd birthday.
Among the many lessons I learned from my mother was activism (naturally, I came to this realization too late to acknowledge her gift). I can recall (unfortunately, only hazily) a period when I was a boy, when she spent weekends picketing the local A&P, supporting the United Farm [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged A&P, grape boycott, The Michigan Catholic, United Farm Workers
Tagged A&P, grape boycott, The Michigan Catholic, United Farm Workers
12 Sep 11
I thought I’d use this post—my 100th!—as an opportunity to create a (long-overdue) press page. My sincere thanks to the various writers, reporters, editors and bloggers who have helped spread the word about Vox Felina—your support is greatly appreciated!
20 Jun 11
My sincere thanks to Animal Wise Radio hosts Mike Fry and Beth Nelson for having me back on the show—this time to discuss the recent arrest of National Zoo researcher Nico Dauphine on charges of attempted animal cruelty and the Smithsonian’s subsequent reaction.
If you missed it, you can check out the complete show in podcast [...]
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Posted in In the News, Vox Felina
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, National Zoo, Nico Dauphiné, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, National Zoo, Nico Dauphiné, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
8 Jun 11
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Webinar, “Impacts of Free Roaming Cats on Native Wildlife,” originally scheduled for today, has been postponed.
It’s still not entirely clear whether or not the Webinar, put on by the USFWS’s National Conservation Training Center, is/was open to the public. What is clear is that people are interested; indeed, it was [...]
23 May 11
Later this week, I’ll be joining Kate Benjamin, the woman behind Moderncat and Moderncat Studio, and Jackson Galaxy, cat behaviorist extraordinaire and host of My Cat From Hell, for this month’s Meow Mingle Cat Social at Pussy & Pooch pet boutique.
If you’re in the Los Angeles area, please stop by and say hello!
When: [...]
2 May 11
Save the Animals Foundation, Inc. and the Animal Protection League of New Jersey—working closely with other cat rescue and wildlife groups—are relocating a colony of feral cats from their current South Jersey location to nearby farms, horse stables, wineries, and the like. (Both STAF and APLNJ support TNR as the most effective means to reduce [...]
21 Apr 11
…though I am certainly in the “pro-cat” camp, I am not at all “anti-wildlife.” I’m far more interested in finding common ground than I am in further polarizing the parties involved. That said, I will not stand idly by while opponents of feral/free-roaming cats—and TNR in particular—mishandle, misconstrue, and misrepresent the research for PR purposes.
…effective [...]
14 Apr 11
In her recent attempt to “respond to recent comments and misinformation voiced by concerned citizens,” Anne Morkill, Refuge Manager for the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges, misrepresented both the rationale for, and implications of, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s indefensible Predator Management Plan. My response to Morkill’s opinion piece was published in [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues, Vox Felina
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Anne Morkill, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Jonathan Franzen, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Mesopredator Release, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Anne Morkill, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Jonathan Franzen, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Mesopredator Release, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
11 Apr 11
My sincere thanks to Animal Wise Radio hosts Mike Fry and Beth Nelson for giving me the opportunity to talk about Vox Felina on Sunday’s show. I highly recommend tuning in each week, or adding the show to your list of favorite podcasts.
If you missed it, you can check the complete show in podcast format [...]
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Posted in In the News, Vox Felina
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, Beth Nelson, Mike Fry, podcast
Tagged Animal Wise Radio, Beth Nelson, Mike Fry, podcast
1 Apr 11
Evidence of cats as pets? In Cyprus, 9,500 years ago (left) and, 3,500 years ago, in Peru (right).
As reported in yesterday’s New York Times, the history of the domestic cat is being rewritten—yet again. (Whether this piece gets the same attention as Elisabeth Rosenthal’s “Tweety Was Right” story remains to be seen—and I, for one, [...]
3 Feb 11
Below is a slightly reformatted version of the comments I submitted in response to the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan/Draft Environmental Assessment. A PDF version is available here.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing to comment on the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues, Vox Felina
Tagged Coleman & Temple, David Jessup, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Key Largo Cotton Mouse, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Pamela Jo Hatley, silver rice rat, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Urban Wildlands Group, Wisconsin Study
Tagged Coleman & Temple, David Jessup, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Key Largo Cotton Mouse, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Pamela Jo Hatley, silver rice rat, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Urban Wildlands Group, Wisconsin Study
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
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