My sincere thanks to the folks at the Portland Tribune for publishing my letter to the editor, written in response to their January 19 story, “Fowl play: birders clash over wild-cat spaying.”
Why doesn’t anybody pin down Steve Holmer or anybody else at the American Bird Conservancy when they make their indefensible claims? Hundreds of millions [...]
Browsing the archives for the Steve Holmer tag
24 Feb 12
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 [...]
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
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, [...]
8 Apr 11
“SF Weekly is San Francisco’s smartest publication. That’s because we take journalism seriously, but not so seriously that we let ourselves be guided by an agenda.”
At least that’s what the paper’s Website says.
Now, as somebody who reads SF Weekly only rarely, I want to be careful not to generalize. But if last week’s feature story [...]
19 Mar 11
To hear The Wildlife Society’s staunch opponents of TNR tell it, the media’s just not interested in stories about “the impacts of free-ranging and feral cats on wildlife.”
“This January when thousands of blackbirds fell from the sky in Arkansas, articles about mass extinctions and bird conservation were a dime-a-dozen. When the Deepwater Horizon oil [...]
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Posted in In the News, The Cat Debate, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged Christopher Lepczyk, David Jessup, Feral Cats and Their Management, Melissa Miller, Michael Hutchins, Nico Dauphiné, Pamela Jo Hatley, Robert J. Cooper, Steve Holmer, The Wildlife Professional, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Travis Longcore
Tagged Christopher Lepczyk, David Jessup, Feral Cats and Their Management, Melissa Miller, Michael Hutchins, Nico Dauphiné, Pamela Jo Hatley, Robert J. Cooper, Steve Holmer, The Wildlife Professional, The Wildlife Society, Toxoplasma gondii, Travis Longcore
1 Mar 11
After a while, I suppose, such things will no longer surprise me.
A couple weeks ago, the American Bird Conservancy released a statement in support of the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan/Draft Environmental Assessment proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS):
“American Bird Conservancy, the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Feral Cats and Their Management, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Nico Dauphiné, Steve Holmer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wisconsin Study
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, Feral Cats and Their Management, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Integrated Predator Management Plan, Key Largo Woodrat, Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Nico Dauphiné, Steve Holmer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wisconsin Study
30 Apr 10
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is among the most visible organizations to oppose TNR—and put PR ahead of the relevant science (which ABC has been doing for years now).
ABC was one (along with the L.A. Audubon Society and Urban Wildlands Group) of several petitioners in the case that eventually led to an injunction against publicly [...]
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