It is definitely a people problem. We are both birders and cat breeders of Burmese cats. Our cats are always inside where they live wonderful comfortable lives watching the birds through the windows or on TV. Cats we have bred and sold are always spayed or neutered and sold ONLY to homes that will keep them inside. We have turned down a number of families who have stated that "cats need to be able to roam outside" There is nothing further from the truth than that but it seems to be a very popular misconception.
Mike Henry -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Williams Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:13 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Cats and birds articles 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
