There’s quite a bit of peer reviewed literature that finds that, although counterintuitive, TNR is rarely successful at decreasing feral cat populations. This is going to start a firestorm on the ebird list. I suggest further conversation be off the list.
From: bounce-119370553-10774...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119370553-10774...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Glenn Wilson Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:23 PM To: Jane Ross Cc: nysbirds cornell Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] feral cat bill in Albany Thank you for this email. My favorite cat came to us as a ferrel cat. He has now been neutered and is well fed with purchased cat good. Simply neutering ferrel cats instead of killing them will achieve the se goal in an average of 6 or 7 years. During this time, I personally think they eat many more rodents than birds. Yes! I LOVE birds Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com<http://www.WilsonsWarbler.com> On Jun 11, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Jane Ross <janefr...@hotmail.com<mailto:janefr...@hotmail.com>> wrote: In addition to opposing this bill, it would be good to find a sympathetic state legislator (or two) who could propose a bill that would make it possible for feral cats to be taken to animal shelters. At the moment, cats fall in a grey area in New York State where they cannot legally be "removed", and most animal shelters or rescue organizations will not accept them because they cannot be adopted. "Feral dogs" are of course removed to pounds where they are either destroyed or put up for adoption, raccoon are destroyed, but cats are both protected and abandoned under current state laws. Jane F. Ross ------------------------------------------- Forwarding for Gerry Rising: The feral cat bill is to come up within hours. Please call Senate majority leader John Flanagan at 518-455-2071 to oppose it. Just say you oppose Senate 1081. It will take a few seconds to do this and opposing this bill is VERY important to birds and other wildlife. Having never made such a call before, I was very hesitant to do so myself, but I found it very simple. A young woman answered and asked for my message. I said that I opposed Senate 1081. She thanked me and promised to pass my message on to the senator. I thanked her and we hung up. That was it. Numbers count in this world. Please help. Gerry Rising insr...@buffalo.edu<mailto:insr...@buffalo.edu> Thank You Mike & Sylvia Galas michael.gal...@gmail.com<mailto:michael.gal...@gmail.com> 716-345-5419 cell -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
