Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
—Sir Walter Scott
Wind turbine near Walnut, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Bill Whittaker.
Two stories from New York Times writer Elisabeth Rosenthal caught my eye this past Monday. The first, “Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird’s No. 1 Enemy”—the latest recounting of [...]
Browsing the archives for the Stanley A. Temple tag
26 Mar 11
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
12 Aug 10
Whether the latest iteration of reality TV— Animal Planet’s Confessions: Animal Hoarding—is more education, entertainment, or exploitation is a matter of debate. But it’s a safe bet that by streaming “an unflinchingly honest look at a human condition that affects people and animals” into living rooms across the country, a problem too rarely acknowledged (not [...]
27 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 [...]
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Posted in Population Estimates, Research Protocol, The Cat Debate, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged Christopher A. Lepczyk, Cole Carlson Hawkins, Conservation Biology, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Kays and DeWan, Nico Dauphiné, Stanley A. Temple, Travis Longcore
Tagged Christopher A. Lepczyk, Cole Carlson Hawkins, Conservation Biology, Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return, Kays and DeWan, Nico Dauphiné, Stanley A. Temple, Travis Longcore
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
20 May 10
Three months after my letter to Conservation Biology was rejected, it’s become apparent what they were really looking for: applause, not criticism.
Of course it probably doesn’t help that I’m not a member of the club; I don’t even know the secret handshake. (Michael Hutchins, writing for the Wildlife Society Blog, “Making Tracks,” has accused me—an [...]
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