Less than two weeks after the “Community Cat Act” received unanimous approval from Florida’s House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, the bill (SB 1320) is scheduled to be heard and voted on by the Senate’s Agriculture Committee Monday afternoon.
As I reported in my previous post, the Florida Veterinary Medical Association came out in opposition to [...]
Browsing the archives for the TNR tag
31 Mar 13
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged Community Cat Act, Florida SB 1320, PETA, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged Community Cat Act, Florida SB 1320, PETA, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
17 Mar 13
It’s been a turbulent few days for Ted Williams. First, the editors at the Orlando Sentinel—who, it seems clear, were previously asleep at the switch—revised his op-ed, pulling the comment about Tylenol and changing his affiliation from “editor-at-large for Audubon magazine” to “independent column[ist] for Audubon magazine.” They also added a disclaimer: “His views do [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, In the News
Tagged National Audubon Society, Orlando Sentinel, poisoning, Ted Williams, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged National Audubon Society, Orlando Sentinel, poisoning, Ted Williams, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
14 Mar 13
Armed with the recently published “killer cat study” from the Smithsonian Biological Conservation Institute and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TNR opponents are calling for increasingly extreme measures.
Travis Longcore was among the first, telling KCET reporter Judy Muller that “managing and controlling unowned, free-roaming cats will require euthanasia. There are not enough shelter spaces, there [...]
12 Dec 12
Putting on any conference is a tremendous undertaking. But the challenges involved in pulling together The Outdoor Cat: Science and Policy from a Global Perspective went far beyond the logistics of wrangling 20-some speakers and 150 or so attendees. For starters, there was deciding who should (and should not) be invited to present. (More on [...]
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Posted in In the News, The Cat Debate, Vox Felina
Tagged Audubon Society of Portland, Best Friends Animal Society, ethics, FoundAnimals, Humane Society of the United States, population modeling, predation, The Outdoor Cat: Science and Policy from a Global Perspective, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, zoonotic diseases
Tagged Audubon Society of Portland, Best Friends Animal Society, ethics, FoundAnimals, Humane Society of the United States, population modeling, predation, The Outdoor Cat: Science and Policy from a Global Perspective, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, zoonotic diseases
5 Nov 12
When officials in Polk County, Florida, contributed nearly $50,000 to SPCA Florida’s TNR program, they probably expected to take some heat. But maybe not from some of their local veterinarians. According to a story in Friday’s edition of The Ledger though, the “controversial stray cat program is drawing complaints from local veterinarians who question its [...]
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Posted in In the News
Tagged Dr. Jerry Rayburn, Dr. Joseph Ertel, Jeremy Maready, Polk County, SPCA Florida, The Ledger, TNR, Tom Palmer, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged Dr. Jerry Rayburn, Dr. Joseph Ertel, Jeremy Maready, Polk County, SPCA Florida, The Ledger, TNR, Tom Palmer, Trap-Neuter-Return
3 Oct 12
National Feral Cat Day is just around the corner—October 16th. And to mark the occasion, Tomahawk Live Trap and Tru-Catch are offering special discounts.
Receive a $10 discount on Tomahawk’s model 606NC Neighborhood Cats Trap (regularly priced at $60) by using coupon code NFCD12.
The Tru-Catch Light Duty Animal Trap 30LTD is on sale for $50 (regular [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged Alley Cat Allies, feral cats, humane traps, National Feral Cat Day, TNR, Tomahawk Live Traps, Trap-Neuter-Return, Tru-Catch
Tagged Alley Cat Allies, feral cats, humane traps, National Feral Cat Day, TNR, Tomahawk Live Traps, Trap-Neuter-Return, Tru-Catch
4 Sep 12
Complaining of the impacts of free-roaming cats on wildlife and the environment, along with a range of public health threats, dozens of veterinarians in Hillsborough County, Florida, have banded together to fight TNR. Evidence suggests, however, that their real concern has nothing to do with the community, native wildlife, or, indeed, with cats. What the [...]
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Posted in In the News, Policy Issues
Tagged American Veterinary Medical Association, Animal Coalition of Tampa, AWAKE!, Don Thompson, feral cats, Free-roaming Abandoned and Feral Cats, Hillsborough Animal Health Foundation, Hillsborough County, Humane Society of Tampa Bay, Sanctuaries, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged American Veterinary Medical Association, Animal Coalition of Tampa, AWAKE!, Don Thompson, feral cats, Free-roaming Abandoned and Feral Cats, Hillsborough Animal Health Foundation, Hillsborough County, Humane Society of Tampa Bay, Sanctuaries, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
6 Aug 12
In a joint media release, the American Bird Conservancy and The Wildlife Society team up to misrepresent the results of a recent predation study, decrying the “ongoing slaughter of wildlife by outdoor cats.” Meanwhile the University of Georgia researcher contradicts her previous position that “cats aren’t as bad as biologists thought.”
“To be persuasive we must [...]
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Posted in Cats and Birds, In the News, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, feral cats, George Fenwick, Kerrie Anne Loyd, KittyCams, Michael Hutchins, Nico Dauphiné, Sonia Hernandez, The National Geographic and University of Georgia Kitty Cams Project, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, feral cats, George Fenwick, Kerrie Anne Loyd, KittyCams, Michael Hutchins, Nico Dauphiné, Sonia Hernandez, The National Geographic and University of Georgia Kitty Cams Project, The Wildlife Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
26 Jul 12
“Bird lovers have just derailed a plan to save some alley cats from death at the hands of animal control,” writes Bruce Leshan in a WUSA-9 TV story that aired Tuesday. “When Prince George’s County Council woman Mary Lehman proposed to order animal control to release” TNR cats, “she ran into a storm of criticism [...]
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Posted in Policy Issues, The Cat Debate
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, feral cats, Prince George's County, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, feral cats, Prince George's County, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
11 Jul 12
The witch-hunt against free-roaming cats—promoted by USFWS and others—is doing nothing to protect the threatened and endangered species in the Keys (and elsewhere). Neither is the sloppy reporting that allows the agency to mislead policymakers and the general public.
Monday’s Tampa Bay Times reported that a captive breeding program aimed at saving the [...]
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Posted in In the News, Threats to Wildlife
Tagged Anne Savage, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park, Disney Animal Kingdom, feral cats, Key Largo Woodrat, Ocean Reef Club, ORCAT, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tagged Anne Savage, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park, Disney Animal Kingdom, feral cats, Key Largo Woodrat, Ocean Reef Club, ORCAT, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
16 Jan 12
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 [...]
5 Dec 11
I’ve been a big fan of FixNation since contacting them, nearly a year ago, to clear up bogus allegations made in the Toronto Star by documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer, who’d visited the clinic while filming Cat Crazed. The response I received was prompt and professional. And, it turns out, the beginning of an ongoing conversation.
Last [...]
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Posted in The Cat Debate
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, California Environmental Quality Act, Endangered Habitats League, feral cats, FixNation, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Moderncat Studio, Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society, PetSmart Charities, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Urban Wildlands Group
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, California Environmental Quality Act, Endangered Habitats League, feral cats, FixNation, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Moderncat Studio, Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society, PetSmart Charities, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Urban Wildlands Group
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 [...]
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, [...]
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!
29 Aug 11
For more than 20 years now, Gill’s classic text has been required reading for ornithology students. While the book’s attention to conservation issues has expanded over its three editions, its treatment of the impact of cats on bird populations reflects an unsettling shift away from science.
The hoards of students descending upon college campuses this fall [...]
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