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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3 Feb 11
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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
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
13 Dec 10
For years now, the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has been promoting erroneous and misleading information in their tireless effort to vilify free-roaming cats. No organization has been more effective at working the anti-TNR pseudoscience into a message neatly packaged for the mainstream media, and eventual consumption by the general public. Speaking to the Wall Street [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, In the News
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Animal People, Ascension Island, Christopher Lepczyk, Cole Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, Daniel Lebbin, Feral Cats and Their Management, George Fenwick, Macquarie Island, Marion Island, Merritt Clifton, Michael Parr, Nico Dauphiné, Stephens Island wren, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Animal People, Ascension Island, Christopher Lepczyk, Cole Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, Daniel Lebbin, Feral Cats and Their Management, George Fenwick, Macquarie Island, Marion Island, Merritt Clifton, Michael Parr, Nico Dauphiné, Stephens Island wren, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wisconsin Study
1 Dec 10
“Have you seen this already? This is awful.”
That’s what somebody posted on the Vox Felina Facebook page late last night—along with a link to an MSNBC news story. The headline was an attention-getter, no doubt about it: “Report: Kill feral cats to control their colonies.”
But beyond that, MSNBC had practically no details. A little digging [...]
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Posted in In the News, Research Protocol, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Christopher Lepczyk, Cole Carlson Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, Crooks and Soule, Feral Cats and Their Management, Linda Winter, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fitzgerald, Pamela Jo Hatley, Paul Leyhausen, Stephen Vantassel, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Christopher Lepczyk, Cole Carlson Hawkins, Coleman & Temple, Crooks and Soule, Feral Cats and Their Management, Linda Winter, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fitzgerald, Pamela Jo Hatley, Paul Leyhausen, Stephen Vantassel, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis
26 Sep 10
Results from the American Pet Products Association’s 2009–2010 National Pet Owners Survey suggest that cats in this country are spending more time indoors than ever before. Although the proportion of owners keeping their cats inside at night has remained relatively steady since 1998 (at approximately 66%), their has been a 14% increase in daytime confinement [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, In the News
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, American Pet Products Association, birds killed by cats, Cats Indoors!, Christopher Lepczyk, Coleman & Temple, compensatory predation, free-roaming cats, Gary Patronek, Linda Winter, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, American Pet Products Association, birds killed by cats, Cats Indoors!, Christopher Lepczyk, Coleman & Temple, compensatory predation, free-roaming cats, Gary Patronek, Linda Winter, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, Wisconsin Study
3 Aug 10
Listening to NPR’s On the Media this weekend, I was struck by a story (first broadcast in 2006) about how certain “sticky” numbers—however dubious—find their way into the media landscape and beyond, as On the Media co-host Brooke Gladstone noted:
“Four years ago, we delved into the mysterious number, said to be 50,000, of child predators [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, In the News, Population Estimates, Research Protocol
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Audubon Society, birds killed by cats, Churcher & Lawton, Coleman & Temple, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Ellen Perry Berkeley, English village study, Mike Fitzgerald, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, stray pet advocacy, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Audubon Society, birds killed by cats, Churcher & Lawton, Coleman & Temple, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Ellen Perry Berkeley, English village study, Mike Fitzgerald, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, stray pet advocacy, Wisconsin Study
31 May 10
In April, Conservation Biology published a comment authored by Christopher A. Lepczyk, Nico Dauphiné, David M. Bird, Sheila Conant, Robert J. Cooper, David C. Duffy, Pamela Jo Hatley, Peter P. Marra, Elizabeth Stone, and Stanley A. Temple. [...]
24 May 10
In April, Conservation Biology published a comment authored by Christopher A. Lepczyk, Nico Dauphiné, David M. Bird, Sheila Conant, Robert J. Cooper, David C. Duffy, Pamela Jo Hatley, Peter P. Marra, Elizabeth Stone, and Stanley A. Temple. In it, the authors “applaud the recent essay by Longcore et [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, Research Protocol, The Cat Debate, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Cats Indoors!, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Churcher & Lawton, Coleman & Temple, Conser, David A. Jessup, Laurie D. Goldstein, Linda Winter, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, Stanley A. Temple, Travis Longcore, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Cats Indoors!, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Churcher & Lawton, Coleman & Temple, Conser, David A. Jessup, Laurie D. Goldstein, Linda Winter, Nico Dauphiné, One Billion Birds, Stanley A. Temple, Travis Longcore, Wisconsin Study
5 May 10
The second in a series of posts that breaks down my critique of the essay “Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return” (Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 4, 887–894) by Travis Longcore, Catherine Rich, and Lauren M. Sullivan.
Like so many others interested in blaming cats for declining bird [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Coleman & Temple, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Ellen Perry Berkeley, James Tantillo, Mike Fitzgerald, stray pet advocacy, Travis Longcore, Urban Wildlands Group, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Coleman & Temple, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Ellen Perry Berkeley, James Tantillo, Mike Fitzgerald, stray pet advocacy, Travis Longcore, Urban Wildlands Group, Wisconsin Study
3 May 10
The first in a series of posts that breaks down my critique of the essay “Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return” (Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 4, 887–894) by Travis Longcore, Catherine Rich, and Lauren M. Sullivan.
How many birds are killed by cats? It’s a fair question. And if Longcore [...]
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