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Why is Hawaii “moving at a hurried pace” to kill cats at boat harbors?

September 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

New policy allows waterfront cats to be killed “by any means deemed necessary”             MILILANI, Hawaii––Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources chair Suzanne Case “is moving at a hurried pace to kill cats with a lead pellet fired from a high powered pellet rifle to the head or heart,”  alleges Carroll Cox––who is not […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Pacific islands & other, Population control, Population control, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Brigitte Nameta, Bryan Kortis, Carroll Cox, Edward Howe Forbush, Merritt Clifton, Richard Pough, Suzanne Case

“Rabies roulette” in Tampa: the odds favor TNR

June 16, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

You are 32,250 times more likely to hit double zero than to meet a rabid cat in Hillsborough County          TAMPA,  Florida––With the 2016 final numbers yet to be reported by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,  the lowest annual total of rabid cats ever found in the U.S. came in 2015,  the second lowest […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Christy Layton, Don Thompson, Ellen Alence, Gary Richter, Katie Thompson, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sherry Silk, Steve Andrews

Talking about cats in Holy Week

April 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 visits with Stacy LeBaron of Community Cats podcast Yes,  it is Dog Bite Prevention Week,  according to the U.S. Postal Service,  and Easter week according to the world’s 2.2 billion Christians,  and Friday is Passover,  celebrated by about 17.4 million Jewish people. But somewhere in the vicinity of 400 million people worldwide worship […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feral animals, Other cat topics, Population control, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, Stacy LeBaron

Street dogs in the U.S.?  Nathan Winograd has gone barking mad.

February 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton Among the most vociferous critics of ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist Jeff Young’s essay We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & cat overpopulation! was No Kill Advocacy Center founder Nathan Winograd. Winograd’s own recommendations in response to the homeless dog and cat problem have long been a hodgepodge of wishful […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Beliefs, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats, Editorials, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Opinions & Letters, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Blue Cross of India, F.X. Meslin, Friends of Fethye Animals, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd

Aussie feds inflated feral cat population 3 to 10 times to push cull policy

January 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

New study reports the findings but ignores their meaning          BRISBANE,  Australia––Normally,  if a major study discovers an alleged ecological problem to be just 10% as bad as was previously imagined,  one might expect celebration to follow. The researchers,  other experts,  nonprofit organizations,  and every politician who ever addressed the issue,  however transiently,  might be expected […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Barry Pullen, David Paton, Emily Hanna, Greg Hunt, Gregory Andrews, Merritt Clifton, Ric Nattrass, Sarah Legge

What if an island has no cats?

December 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Birds on remote islands are sometimes better off with cats than without them Part II of a two-part series.  See also When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits. Gough Island,  also in the South Atlantic,  never had any cats. “Today, the British-owned island,  described as the home of the most […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Pacific islands & other, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Babs McHugh, Clive Cookson, Dirk Hartog, Gregory Andrews, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf

When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits

December 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Purging cats from South Atlantic islands often harms birds more than helps them (Part I of a two-part series.  See also What if an island has no cats?)          LONDON,  U.K.––Fourteen years after declaring victory over feral cats on remote Ascension Island,  on behalf of sooty terns,  the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Other species, Pacific islands & other, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ben Dilley, Clive Cookson, Henry Fountain, Jim Reynolds, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sarah Knapton

The animal issue that made Donald Trump a presidential candidate

September 25, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  what is bio-xenophobia? (Part I of a four-part series.  See also How an ant doctor came to be driving public policy; How the Twin Towers fell on animals too;  and Questioning the claims of “crisis.”) With just six weeks left of the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign season,  xenophobia,  the fear of foreigners,  has thus far […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Central Europe, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Food security, Germany, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Insects, Isles, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Other animals & science topics, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, Sheep & goats, The Americas, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Donald Trump, E.O. Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Merritt Clifton, Ted Cruz

Cats on the air everywhere!

September 17, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Half an hour with Stacy LeBaron of the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society          NEWBURYPORT,  Massachusetts––North American awareness of human impact on natural habitat is sometimes traced back to Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 essay A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,  which preceded his much better known essay Civil Disobedience by a matter of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior & health, Beliefs, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Henry David Thoreau, Merritt Clifton, MRFRS, Stacy LeBaron

How “secondary poisoning” kills your outdoor cats

August 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Threat to both ferals and indoor/outdoor pets by Merritt Clifton Asked one of the most dedicated of the multitude of “cat ladies” of my acquaintance,  “Do you know if there’s truth to the idea that if cats eat rats who have been into bait stations,  the cats will also get the effects of the warfarin?” The […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Canada, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Shelters, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Duane Titus, Judith Hollebone, Merritt Clifton, Nala Rogers, Stella McMillin

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