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$1.5 million DC Cat Count: useful, make-work, or compiling a hit list?

July 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Counting cats in Washington D.C. & how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall             WASHINGTON D.C.––For $1.5 million,  one could catch,  sterilize,  and microchip all of the approximately 7,000 free-roaming,  not-yet-fixed cats who may be at large in the 68.34 square miles of Washington D.C.,  at an average cost per cat of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Becky Robinson, Edward Howe Forbush, George Fenwick, Howard & Clara Trumbull, John Marbanks, Louise Holton, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine, Peter Marra, Tyler Flockhart

“Vagrant” or “feral” cats: part 2 of What to Call Cats & why it matters

June 18, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part 2 of a four-part series.  See also:   What to call cats,  & why it matters: evolving terms;  Feral cats & street dogs;  and “Community cats” vs. community health. Krazy Kat,  alley cats,  & strays In the beginning of the mass media era,  before George Herriman introduced the 1913-1944 Krazy Kat cartoon series,  depicting a much-abused […]

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