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[brytlea]

Feral cats should be eradicated, they are a nuisance and they are hell on native birds. And, if people let their cats roam, and they get caught up and eradicated too, I give them my condolences, but if you love your pet you will not let it roam. There are far too many things that can happen to them.

susie

[flintsilver7]

Feral cats should be trapped and euthanized regardless of whether they affect an endangered bird species or not. They aren’t part of the natural ecosystem and they don’t belong there.

[MizSterious]

They need to “target” dogs, too. We keep our cats indoors (so they won’t be coyote snacks), but when we had our dog here, he was a bird killing machine. No way to discourage him, either. Everyone is quick to blame cats for bird deaths and maulings, but dogs are just as bad.

[nuconvert]

Who, Me?

[nuconvert]

We wouldn't hurt a fly

[nuconvert]

I prefer ice cream to birdies

[To Hell With Poverty]

Ping!

[Calpernia]

Related:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1875233/posts
Jersey has tunnel vision for wildlife

[Calpernia]

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[Calpernia]

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[Scotsman will be Free]

I don’t think that having domestic and feral cats running all over is “letting nature take it’s course.”
What is this nonsense of trapping, neutering and releasing feral cats back into the wild. What utter stupidity. Kill all feral cats. They are bad news.

[Calpernia]

Related:

Animal task force shows claws
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280305/posts

[Hacksaw]

....white-and-brown fuzzball of a bird that has closed beaches and stopped development projects in the interest of protecting their habitat.

Sounds like they need more feral cats, not less.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I got Cat traps from the city and they would take them to the SPCA.
If someone’s property was caught, they could retrieve them.

A nutty neighbor started opening the traps to let the cats out.
I started shooting them!

[meyer]

I'd comment but I don't have a dog in this race. ;-)

OK, really, I guess one has to choose their favorite of the two. I have to choose the cat over the bird, because I've yet to have a cat fly over my car and release droppings on it. Birds do this all the time.

[SAMS]

“And with bird watching and related expenditures bringing in nearly $2 billion a year to New Jersey’s economy, the feathers may win this fight.”

Translation: “We really don’t give a rats a$$ about the stupid bird - we just don’t want to see any of that lovely money leave our state”

[Biggirl]

Bookmarked for latter reading. =^..^=

[DancesWithCats]

OK. I can see both sides of this issue. What if the lovely little plover is eradicated, extincted by all the roaming kitty cats and then we discover it had the cure for cancer in it’s feathers, which now are no more? I mean ... could happen. Aside from the fact that it is an adorable, lovely little bird (and maybe it keeps the hermit crab population under control?) who knows? So, if it’s numbers are so low that it’s a concern, don’t we have conservation areas in which we could ship many couples of birdies and let them do what comes natural until the numbers are again up there? Feral cats yes are not a good thing. I am NOT in favor of allowing kitties to roam at will, even though here it IS the law that they be allowed to, (as many of you have said, there are just too many dangers). But ferals IMO should be trapped, fixed and released back into their own territory and eventually they will die out. If in the process of TNR they are found to be ill with contagious disease, then yes it is justified to euthanize. Just IMHO.

[Fawn]

I can’t even read the article. The title alone shows how much ignorance there is about it. Now I understand why Democrats keep winning elections...total ignorance.