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Shooting cats to save lizards, or to please billionaire birders?

December 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Cayman Islands may have more billionaires’ mansions than rock iguanas,  but cats are not to blame             GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands––If free-roaming cats were really a significant threat to iguanas––of any subspecies––one might expect most of Florida to be devoid of iguanas. Florida,  after all,  has reputedly the most optimal habitat for feral cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Caribbean, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Reptiles, Sea turtles, The Americas, Turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, Cayman National Trust, Cayman Turtle Farm, Darwin Plus, David Fleshler, Fred Burton, Merritt Clifton, Tamlin Magee

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

New NACA “Guideline” on shelter intake overlooks why animal control exists

March 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Focus on keeping animals out of shelters means more dogs and cats will be left to run at large             LINDSBORG, Kansas––The words “wildlife” and “rabies,”  and the phrases “public health” and “running at large” never appear among the 1,688 words comprising the new National Animal Care & Control Association [NACA] “Guideline on Appointment-Based Pet […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, dogcatcher, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, National Animal Control Association

D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets

September 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Birder claims about feral cats hugely exaggerated             WASHINGTON D.C.––Three years & expenditure of $1.5 million after it started,  the D.C. Cat Count results are in,  if not yet formally published in scientific media. The D.C. Cat Count findings demonstrate chiefly what ANIMALS 24-7 has argued for decades:  both birder and cat advocacy organization claims […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Alley Cat Rescue, George Fenwick, John Marbanks, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine, Tyler Flockhart

Audubon writer allegedly recommended poisoning cats

September 17, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Editor-at-large Ted Williams suspended, then reinstated WASHINGTON D.C.––National Audubon Society president David Yarnold on March 26,  2013 announced that Audubon magazine editor-at-large Ted Williams had been reinstated after a 10-day suspension for allegedly urging the use of the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen to poison feral cats. Though the alleged recommendation was later withdrawn,  it received […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: David Yarnold, George Fenwick, John Marbanks, Merritt Clifton, Mike Lafferty, Peter Wolf, Ted Williams

Shooting war: cats win, feeders lose in East Bay Regional Park District

June 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

East Bay Regional Park District agrees to ceasefire if cat rescuers remove cats from sensitive wildlife areas             OAKLAND, California––Histrionic headlines and activist alerts aside,  what the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors really did at a heated June 15,  2021 meeting over cat policy was to: Permanently reassign staff biologist David “Doctor […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Population control, Spay/neuter, Uncategorized, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Alley Cat Allies, Becky Robinson, Cecilia Theis, David “Doctor Quack” Riensche, Merritt Clifton

San Diego showdown: trap-neuter-return advocates sue vs. return-to-field

May 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Court case hinges on the difference between a truly feral cat and a tame, friendly cat found at large SAN DIEGO, California—A lawsuit brought against the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA by the Southern California animal rescue charities Pet Assistance Foundation and Paw Protectors seeks to establish,  for the first time,  a clear legal […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Betsy Denhart, Claire Tregesser, Gary Weitzman, Merritt Clifton, Pet Assistance Foundation, Pet Protectors, San Diego Humane Society & SPCA, Sharon Logan

Cat killer “Doctor Quack” paid well by East Bay Regional Park District

April 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Shotgun-wielding biologist took home $182,951,  left dead cats in dumpsters             OAKLAND, California––East Bay Regional Park District biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche may have been paid more per feral cat he allegedly killed than the $3,000 that “Joe Exotic” paid to Frank Allen Glover in his foiled plot to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Cecilia Theis, David “Doctor Quack” Riensche, Edward Howe Forbush, Joe Exotic, Laura Anthony, LittleBuddytheCat, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine Arcilla

Will Australia learn that “When the cat is away, the mice will play?”

April 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Be careful what you wish for” also pertains to mouse plague,  floods,  & infestations of snakes & spiders MELBOURNE,  SYDNEY––What stops a mouse plague? Driving 40,000 Australians from their homes in Victoria and New South Wales states,  while filling many of those homes with spiders and snakes seeking high ground,  the worst flooding in decades […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Invertebrates, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Leonie Thorne, Lucy Thackray, Matilda Boseley, Merritt Clifton, Sophie Riley, Steve Henry

Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021

April 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks             LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette,  the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II,  has announced her retirement,  effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Ed Boks, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Richard Bonner

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