Comments on: Endangered birds or feral cats? Which do we save? http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bird Advocate http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Bird Advocate Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:10:17 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/#comment-1185 Karen: "Sounds like a problem of matching up feline resource managers with excess rodent resources." Unfortunately cats do not differentiate between other destructive pests and endangered species of animals. Karen: “Sounds like a problem of matching up feline resource managers with excess rodent resources.”

Unfortunately cats do not differentiate between other destructive pests and endangered species of animals.

]]> By: Bird Advocate http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 Bird Advocate Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:44:12 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/#comment-1184 It should be clear ethically, morally, and lawfully which animal we have a duty to protect. It should be clear ethically, morally, and lawfully which animal we have a duty to protect.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Maggie Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29:34 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/#comment-1181 I think a compromise is to invest money to build an enclosed area for the feral cats to live - a large area that they cannot get out of. Have then all spayed and neutered. If any are already pregnant, remove the kittens as young as possible and they can become socialized and be adopted out as pets. I love cats - I have three rescued ones, but we have to protect the birds, especially endangered species. We must find the most humane way possible to do this - humane for the cats I mean...It is not ok for those cats to be killing Snowy Plovers. We have the same problem on the beaches here in the Bay Area, only it's from people allowing their dogs off-leash on the beaches where the plovers nest. These are ground nesting birds, they don't stand a chance against cats, dogs, or humans! I think a compromise is to invest money to build an enclosed area for the feral cats to live – a large area that they cannot get out of. Have then all spayed and neutered. If any are already pregnant, remove the kittens as young as possible and they can become socialized and be adopted out as pets. I love cats – I have three rescued ones, but we have to protect the birds, especially endangered species. We must find the most humane way possible to do this – humane for the cats I mean…It is not ok for those cats to be killing Snowy Plovers. We have the same problem on the beaches here in the Bay Area, only it’s from people allowing their dogs off-leash on the beaches where the plovers nest. These are ground nesting birds, they don’t stand a chance against cats, dogs, or humans!

]]> By: Pat in Antioch http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Pat in Antioch Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:48:06 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/#comment-1183 Sadly, if the cats don't get the birds, it's probably only a matter of time before the piping plover meets the same fate as the wolves of a few columns ago....brought back from the endangered list only to be added to the list of things that can now be hunted. As humans, the powers that be seem to make it a lose/lose situation. Pat Sadly, if the cats don’t get the birds, it’s probably only a matter of time before the piping plover meets the same fate as the wolves of a few columns ago….brought back from the endangered list only to be added to the list of things that can now be hunted. As humans, the powers that be seem to make it a lose/lose situation.

Pat

]]> By: Karen http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Karen Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:46:55 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2008/02/25/endangered-birds-or-feral-cats-which-do-we-save/#comment-1182 Where might we welcome feral cats? My parents lived in a rural area of the San Joaquin Valley, and welcomed any critter who might hunt gophers or mice. True, there were birds about, but not endangered ones, and the rodents kept the cats very busy indeed. Everything costs, but if the funding were to be found, can't the feral cats be located to areas where humans will find them helpful? I've seen a semi-feral cat kill and eat a mouse; the mouse's demise was certainly as quick as being caught in a trap, and much less painful than being poisoned. (That cat always had access to cat food, but she'd ignore it unless the hunting had been unusually bad.) Sounds like a problem of matching up feline resource managers with excess rodent resources. :-) Where might we welcome feral cats? My parents lived in a rural area of the San Joaquin Valley, and welcomed any critter who might hunt gophers or mice. True, there were birds about, but not endangered ones, and the rodents kept the cats very busy indeed.

Everything costs, but if the funding were to be found, can’t the feral cats be located to areas where humans will find them helpful? I’ve seen a semi-feral cat kill and eat a mouse; the mouse’s demise was certainly as quick as being caught in a trap, and much less painful than being poisoned. (That cat always had access to cat food, but she’d ignore it unless the hunting had been unusually bad.)

Sounds like a problem of matching up feline resource managers with excess rodent resources. :-)

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