Denial of their own incorrect and irresponsible behavior is what is at the heart of this. In addition it is illegal in Mpls. for one's cat to be free roaming. I wonder how many of those peoples cats are even licensed. Really sick of the subject as it has been proven in many research articles that the damage caused by free roaming cats is immense. The stronger the denial and the so called ignorance by cat owners, the more I think we should push for tougher enforcement and penalties. I do not blame the cats, the ignorant and selfish cat owners carry 100% of the blame.
Peter Schmidt ________________________________ From: Liz Stanley <l...@lizstanley.com> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [mou-net] Cats and birds articles It's exactly this sort of ignorance that perpetuates the problem, and it's unfortunate that these members of the media are participants in that. All they need to do is spend some time with any local wildlife rehab organization to see the reality of the situation first hand. > Kare 11 news team members commented after reporting the cats and birds > story at 5 p.m. One of the team advised that she lets her cats roam and > that neighbors sometimes objected. The other noted that he had never seen > a cat kill a bird. Both speculated that most of the killing is probably > being done by feral cats and that in the absence of cat predation, birds > might become overabundant. One also mentioned that some people believe > the study and its numbers are biased in the birds' favor. > > Bob Bystrom > > > Test Your Nature Knowledge: > nature puzzles http://robertbystrom.com > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Liz Stanley Bloomington, MN l...@lizstanley.com Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
