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FLORIDA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION OK'S KILLING CATS
On May 30th, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission adopted
a policy to REMOVE AND KILL ALL FERAL CATS AND KITTENS on any land where the commission deems the cats to be a threat of any kind to native wildlife. A 30 page Feral Cat Issue Assessment prepared by commission staff, and used as a basis of this policy, states that "...poisoning is not an option in Florida for numerous reasons. However, cats can be eradicated through shooting or trapping and euthanasia." The commission adopted this policy without even considering a large body of sound scientific evidence refuting the biased and incomplete research that the commission used to base its decision, and despite the testimony of Alley Cat Allies, other feral cat experts, and Floridians from throughout the state. Alley Cat Allies is now endeavoring not only to fight Florida's decision, but to educate policy makers about Trap-Neuter-Return programs so that policies like this will not be passed in other states. Please visit http://www.alleycat.org Click on "Action Center." From there you'll be able to send emails directly to Florida's policy makers and state tourism agency. Thanks, Dee |
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So, I've got a question here. Why is it so important to save the cute
little kitties but ignore the issues of the strain they put on the wildlife population (which may not have the advantage of being cute)? I love cats and I don't like them being needlessly put to sleep, but let's be honest here. There are way more cats than homes, and those cats do put strains on wildlife populations and catching, spaying, and releasing sounds nice but you still have those cats out there killing the wildlife plus you'll never be able to spay/neuter them all (it's easier and quicker to just shoot them therefore you would rpobably be able to get more of them that way). It sounds cruel but sometimes it is the best option. You're better off trying to spend your energy trying to convince people to spay/neuter their pets and be dedicated to the pets they take in so you don't have them releasing their cats to the wild when they are tired of them. Address the overpopulation problem and maybe one day we won't have this large amount of cats putting strains on the wildlife that we have to kill. Alice -- The root cause of problems is simple overpopulation. People just aren't worth very much any more, and they know it. Makes 'em testy. ...Bev |\ _,,,---,,_ Tigress /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ http://havoc.gtf.gatech.edu/tigress |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat by Felix Lee. |
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wrote in message ... So, I've got a question here. Why is it so important to save the cute little kitties but ignore the issues of the strain they put on the wildlife population (which may not have the advantage of being cute)? I love cats and I don't like them being needlessly put to sleep, but let's be honest here. There are way more cats than homes, and those cats do put strains on wildlife populations and catching, spaying, and releasing sounds nice but you still have those cats out there killing the wildlife plus you'll never be able to spay/neuter them all (it's easier and quicker to just shoot them therefore you would rpobably be able to get more of them that way). It sounds cruel but sometimes it is the best option. You're better off trying to spend your energy trying to convince people to spay/neuter their pets and be dedicated to the pets they take in so you don't have them releasing their cats to the wild when they are tired of them. Address the overpopulation problem and maybe one day we won't have this large amount of cats putting strains on the wildlife that we have to kill. Alice That was the entire point of my letter to them, but exactly what I don't see going on in their "campaign". They are just going to have perpetual cat hunting season if they don't fix the actual problem. Native Floridians have told me how there old boy conversations have been recorded about how fun "cat shooting" is going to be. These have been reported in major FL newspapers. So, the main point I guess is fix the problem and second, shooting cats for fun doesn't sound very damn humane to me. Karen |
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In article ,
Dee writes snip What has this to do with feline obesity? Why not start your own thread instead? -- Five Cats |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Five Cats wrote:
In article , Dee writes snip What has this to do with feline obesity? Why not start your own thread instead? Me? I did start this thread. Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about, the topic doesn't say anything about feline obesity. Dee |
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Dee wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Five Cats wrote: In article , Dee writes snip What has this to do with feline obesity? Why not start your own thread instead? Me? I did start this thread. Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about, the topic doesn't say anything about feline obesity. Dee Over in *alt.cats* the thread suddenly changed from 'Cat Obesity' name to 'FLORIDA...' |
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