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Perhaps we should turn the focus (and your suggested punishment, Darrell) to=
the real cause of the problem - cat owners who are so irresponsible and ign=
orant that they let their well-fed cats out into the streets to do what cats=
do.=20
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind!
Wake up, people! It's your pet - it's YOUR responsibility!
And here I'm going to anger a lot of people...why isn't anyone talking about=
how much of a pest we humans are? Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Love Canal,=
every open pit & strip mine, Ft. McMurray & the tar sands, BP in the Gulf o=
f Mexico...need I go on?
Stop blaming the executioner and fix the problem of the facilitators.=20
Sent from Ian's iPhone
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> On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:50 AM, darrell@abolitphotos.ca wrote:
>=20
> All cats found in the wild or loose should be killed, a law should be made=
that no pet must be allowed to roam free, which is so for all except cats n=
ow I believe.
> =20
> Any animal or insect can become a pest and has to be dealt with accordingl=
y.
> =20
> Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
> =20
> Darrell
> =20
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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> On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 10:16:37 -0300, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.=
com> wrote:
> hi folks,=20
> Here is third attempt at sending this. First two attempts did not make it t=
hrough, maybe related to links I had included. I've taken those out and desc=
ribed how to get to links by Google search terms (sorry that's inconvenient,=
and apologies if this gets posted multiple times)
>=20
> ---
>=20
> Hi folks,
>=20
> On information morning, cape Breton, this morning there was a news story a=
bout the number of domestic cats in Kings County, NS, that are impounded and=
the proportion of those that is subsequently euthanized. (Google:"Euthanize=
d cats in Kings County upset animal activists")
>=20
> At the end of the article above there is a statement suggesting that money=
should be invested in trap, neuter, release programs and education about be=
nefits of spaying/neutering.=20
>=20
> This story comes on the heels of a recent article released in the Canadian=
journal Avian Conservation and Ecology estimating that the number of birds k=
illed annually in Canada by owned and feral cats is probably somewhere aroun=
d 196 Million (Google: "Estimated Number of Birds Killed by House Cats (Fel=
is catus) in Canada") - a number that puts mortality by cats far above any o=
ther anthropogenic source of bird mortality.
>=20
> For some context on how many birds this represents see Partners In Flight e=
stimates of bird species populations in Canada (Google: "PIF Population Esti=
mates Database welcome" and click on "To begin querying the database, click h=
ere" halfway down the page). For example, there are estimated to be approxim=
ately 20 million Black-capped Chickadees, 140 million American Robins, and 1=
3 million Chestnut-sided Warblers in Canada.
>=20
> Given that the negative impact of cats on bird populations is becoming inc=
reasingly measurable and NS's cat overpopulation crisis is receiving more an=
d more attention (is it), the search for solutions to both is not that far o=
ff (is it?)
>=20
> As a resident of Kings County, myself, i am concerned that if there is not=
attention brought to the plight of birds (and other wildlife) at the hands o=
f cats, then we will soon begin to see support sneak in for initiatives that=
attempt to improve welfare of cats but without consideration for the well b=
eing of our native bird (and other wildlife) populations.=20
>=20
> This is not a call to arms against cats or those who devote themselves to c=
at welfare; animal welfare is paramount to any naturalist. Just a call to a=
rms about promoting fact- and science-based decision making and doing our be=
st to make sure that the nature story makes the news too (how?).
>=20
> I imagine that the above news article on cat euthanasia will spark a signi=
ficant amount of opinion and anger - and maybe prompt a change in where thos=
e cats end up. What would be our position?
>=20
> Cheers,
> James
>=20
> --=20
> James Churchill
> Kentville, Nova Scotia
> jameslchurchill@gmail.com
> (902) 681-2374
>=20
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> =20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Perhaps we should turn the focus (and y=
our suggested punishment, Darrell) to the real cause of the problem - cat ow=
ners who are so irresponsible and ignorant that they let their well-fed cats=
out into the streets to do what cats do. </div><div><br></div><div>Som=
etimes you have to be cruel to be kind!</div><div><br></div><div>Wake up, pe=
ople! It's your pet - it's YOUR responsibility!</div><div><br></div><div>And=
here I'm going to anger a lot of people...why isn't anyone talking about ho=
w much of a pest we humans are? Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, ev=
ery open pit & strip mine, Ft. McMurray & the tar sands, BP in the G=
ulf of Mexico...need I go on?</div><div><br></div><div>Stop blaming the exec=
utioner and fix the problem of the facilitators. </div><div><br>Sent fr=
om Ian's iPhone<div>This message contains 100% recycled electrons.</div></di=
v><div><br>On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:50 AM, <a href=3D"mailto:darrell@abolitphot=
os.ca">darrell@abolitphotos.ca</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
UTF-8" data-hsystem=3D"true"><style>p{margin: 0;padding: 0;}</style><p>All
cats found in the wild or loose should be killed, a law should be made that n=
o
pet must be allowed to roam free, which is so for all except cats now I
believe.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Any animal or insect can become a pest and has to be dealt with
accordingly.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Darrell</p>
<p> </p>
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>On Fri, 1
Nov 2013 10:16:37 -0300, James Churchill <<a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchi=
ll@gmail.com">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br></p>
<blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0=
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-ser=
if" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hi folks,=
</span>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here is third
attempt at sending this. First two attempts did not make it through, maybe
related to links I had included. I've taken those out and described how to g=
et
to links by Google search terms (sorry that's inconvenient, and apologies if=
this gets posted multiple times)</div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
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font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">---</div>
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font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Hi folks,</font>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On information
morning, cape Breton, this morning there was a news story about th=
e number of
domestic cats in Kings County, NS, that are impounded and the prop=
ortion of
those that is subsequently euthanized. (Google:"<span style=3D"FON=
T-SIZE: small;
FONT-FAMILY: arial" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial; font-size:
small;">Euthanized cats in Kings County upset animal activists")</span></div=
>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div><font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" face=3D"=
arial,
sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A=
t the
end of the article above there is a statement suggesting that money should b=
e
invested in trap, neuter, release programs and education about benefits of
spaying/neutering. </font><br><div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMIL=
Y:
arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size:
13px;"><br></div>
<div><font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" face=3D"=
arial,
sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">T=
his
story comes on the heels of a recent article released in the Canad=
ian journal
Avian Conservation and Ecology estimating that the number of birds kill=
ed
annually in Canada by owned and feral cats is probably somewh=
ere around 196
Million (</font>G<font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-ser=
if" face=3D"arial, sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; f=
ont-size:
13px;">oogle: "</font><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Estima</fo=
nt><font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" face=3D"ar=
ial, sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13p=
x;">ted Number of Birds
Killed by House Cats (Felis catus) in Canada") - a number that puts mortalit=
y by
cats far above any other anthropogenic source of bird mortality.</font>=
</div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div><font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" face=3D"=
arial,
sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size:
13px;">For some context on how many birds this represents see=
Partners In
Flight estimates of bird species populations in Canada (</font>Goo=
gle: "PIF
Population Estimates Database welcome" and <font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px;
FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" face=3D"arial, sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"font=
-family:
arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">click on "</font><span style=3D"FONT-SIZ=
E:
13px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; COLOR:
rgb(51,51,51); LINE-HEIGHT: 18px" _mce_style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #333333; line-heig=
ht:
18px;">To begin querying the database, click </span><font face=3D"arial=
,
sans-serif">here" halfway down the page). For example, there are estima=
ted to
be approximately 20 million Black-capped Chickadees, 140 million Americ=
an
Robins, and 13 million Chestnut-sided Warblers in Canada.</font></div><=
/div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><font face=3D"ari=
al, sans-serif">Given that the negative impact of cats on bird
populations is becoming increasingly measurable and NS's cat overpopula=
tion
crisis is receiving more and more attention (is it), the search for solution=
s to
both is not that far off (is it?)</font>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As a resident of
Kings County, myself, i am concerned that if there is not attention bro=
ught to
the plight of birds (and other wildlife) at the hands of cats, then we will s=
oon
begin to see support sneak in for initiatives that attempt to improve welfar=
e of
cats but without consideration for the well being of our native bird (and ot=
her
wildlife) populations. </div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is
not a call to arms against cats or those who devote themselves to c=
at
welfare; animal welfare is paramount to any naturalist. Just=
a call to arms
about promoting fact- and science-based decision making and doing our b=
est to
make sure that the nature story makes the news too (how?).</div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I imagine that the
above news article on cat euthanasia will spark a significant amount of opin=
ion
and anger - and maybe prompt a change in where those cats end up. What would=
be
our position?</div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cheers,</div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" _mce_style=3D"=
font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">James</div></div>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova
Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jam=
eslchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>(902)
681-2374<br><br><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote>
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<p> </p>
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