Yes, it's a people problem first. Jim Williams Orono birding blog at www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.html
On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:37 AM, peter schmidt <peterschmidtphotogra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I know many responsible cat owners. Unfortunately they are the minority. > Further education is obviously still needed. > > > > Peter Schmidt > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Cleone Stewart <cle...@visitdetroitlakes.com> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:09 AM > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Cats and birds articles > > A program that would immensely help would be to make spay/neuter affordable. > I know people in our area who cannot afford to do this and so the problem > exponentially increases. Some people also think that they don't need to get > a male cat fixed as they won't end up with kittens (someone else does). We > live in area where cats are frequently dumped to "survive on their own." > We enjoy our cats in the house and watching the birds come to our outdoor > feeders. > C. Stewart > Frazee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of peter > schmidt > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:55 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Cats and birds articles > > 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 > > ---- > 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
