Posted on 10/05/2005 2:26:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I hope the Powers That Be develop procedures that protect birds in migration from the ill-effects of these towers. Surely something can be done that is of minimal cost but also environmentally friendly.
Paging KFC, paging KFC,please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Of course I do. I enjoy sarcasm and easy jokes... I come with a personality. I should hope nobody mistakes my joking for serious policy preference - as you can see I am fully prepared to answer serious concerns, such as yours, with an appropriate level of seriousness.
SO many birds died because the bird population is growing so fast.
Good environmental news or bad environmental news?
At least it wasn't the bird flu passed from humans to birds.
I posted it. Lighten up!
This can't be right....according to Wildlife officials in Florida and Wisconsin----only feral cats kill birds.
What kills most birds is chemicals and urban sprawl....not a cat.
That doesn't take into account that they probably left triple that number on the side of the road to rot.
Well, the propaganda on either side doesn't seem to be working to anyone's benefit. Wisconsin still won't let me shoot the feral cats that kill my chickens for fun (they don't eat them, just kill them) and rape (if they're cooperative) or kill (if they put up a fight) my spayed (at my expense) female barn cats employed as professional mouse exterminators. Or is that wrong, too? Should I just let nature be and let her overrun my farm with mice and rats?
Can you give me some data links proving that chemicals and urban sprawl kill more birds than do cats? Got any data on how many feral cats kill domestic or farm cats if they're off the hook for killing songbirds?
Thanks in advance. :)
I think this hints to the real issue here. I live in Wisconsin and about 10 years ago I lived in Madison. In the early 90's The University Of Wisconsin Board Of Regents built a big tower at the west edge of town. The idea was that all the other towers in the city would come down and everyone would migrate to the new, taller one. Well, WMTV (NBC Channel 15) declined to join the others and kept thier older, shorter tower, which is right next to thier studios on Forward Dr.
My suspicion is that someone wants this land and is using this as an opportunity to force WMTV to migrate to the other tower. The fact that the new tower is owned by the University Of Wisconsin is probably no coincidence...
Oooo! Good Freepin' there, Blue! :)
When I get some time, I will look up the articles that show how chemical spraying in ponds, air and landscapers are killing the birds off.....not to mention urban sprawl. In the meantime let me tell you that I too feed feral cats. I also feed birds. Since I 'feed' the cats....they don't wan too or even try to 'kill' the birds. Perhaps if you left some food....they would cherish any amount you provide...then they won't have to go after your chickens. I find it hard to believe a cat can kill a chicken....but if hungry enough maybe they can. I hope you get your barn cats fixed? That will also help with your feral cat problem.
"Perhaps if you left some food....they would cherish any amount you provide...then they won't have to go after your chickens. I find it hard to believe a cat can kill a chicken....but if hungry enough maybe they can. I hope you get your barn cats fixed? That will also help with your feral cat problem."
You obviously don't know a thing about making a living on a farm. A hawk, a rat, a feral cat, an owl, wild mink...many things kill chickens. Even I kill chickens when it's suppertime, LOL!
But I'm NOT going to feed feral cats! You're feeding wild/feral cats? You're part of the problem then, not part of the solution. I doubt we'll find any middle ground on this one. Trust me, feeding feral cats does not stop them from killing small livestock and songbirds. Killing is what they do. Food, sex, killing things. That pretty much sums up a feral cat's day.
And yes, as I posted above, my dogs and cats, inside and out, are all fixed. :)
Feeding feral cats (while getting them fixed) has been a hobby of mine for 20 years now.....look up TNR. It's proven to be true. I don't believe in letting a cat that was left behind from a careless person starve to death for no reason. And like I pointed out...I feed the ferals around my house and they have yet to kill any cardinal, bluejay, pidgeon or any other bird that come to my feeders. It's because they are not hungry. Killing is not what cats do....it's what anything would do when hungry.
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