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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D16FD2.473BC610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone All are welcome to attend the next presentation of the Pictou Co. = Naturalists Club 6:30 pm Tues. Mar 1 in the community room of the New = Glasgow Library,182 Dalhousie St. On hand will be Helene Van Doninck = who has given a number of successful presentations to our group in the = past. The focus of her presentation is outlined below. Helene has a = passion for finding solutions to issues such as oil spill damage and the = effects of lead shots and fishing supplies on wildlife to name a couple = and no doubt she will be giving an equally passionate talk about the = current topic of free roaming cats and wildlife. Please reserve the = night of Mar 1 to come out and hear this presentation and bring along a = friend.=20 Title: The impact of free-roaming cats on wildlife and solutions to keep = both cats and wildlife safe Bio Helene Van Doninck is the co-founder and volunteer veterinarian of the = Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre (CWRC) in Hilden NS. She is also = the Lead Scientific Advisor and Provincial Partnership Development = Coordinator for the Bird Conservation Committee. The Bird Conservation = committee consists of members from the Ecology Action Centre, NS Bird = Society, Bird Studies Canada and CWRC. She regularly sees the impacts of = cats on wildlife and the dangers faced by cats that are free-roaming. = Concern for these two groups made her actively seek a solution for this = complex issue. =20 Description: This presentation will discuss the science on the impact of = free-roaming cats on wildlife and the activities of Bird Conservation = Committee to help address this issue. The committee has two ongoing = projects aimed at keeping both cats and birds safe by encouraging owners = to keep cats indoors, or in enclosures or supervised when outside. The = committee is seeking to engage cat rescue groups, veterinarians, = naturalists, agencies and other interested parties to find common ground = to work cooperatively to address this complex issue.=20 cheers Ken Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D16FD2.473BC610 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi Everyone</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>All are welcome to attend the next = presentation of=20 the Pictou Co. Naturalists Club <STRONG>6:30 pm Tues. Mar = 1</STRONG> in the=20 community room of the New Glasgow Library,182 Dalhousie St. On = hand will=20 be Helene Van Doninck who has given a number of successful presentations = to our=20 group in the past. The focus of her presentation is outlined below. = Helene has a=20 passion for finding solutions to issues such as oil spill damage and the = effects=20 of lead shots and fishing supplies on wildlife to name a couple and no = doubt she=20 will be giving an equally passionate talk about the current topic of = free=20 roaming cats and wildlife. Please reserve the night of Mar 1 to = come out=20 and hear this presentation and bring along a friend. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>Title: The impact of = free-roaming cats=20 on wildlife and solutions to keep both cats and wildlife = safe</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>Bio</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>Helene Van Doninck is the = co-founder=20 and volunteer veterinarian of the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation = Centre (CWRC)=20 in Hilden NS. She is also the Lead Scientific Advisor and Provincial = Partnership=20 Development Coordinator for the Bird Conservation Committee. The Bird=20 Conservation committee consists of members from the Ecology Action = Centre, NS=20 Bird Society, Bird Studies Canada and CWRC. She regularly sees the = impacts of=20 cats on wildlife and the dangers faced by cats that are free-roaming. = Concern=20 for these two groups made her actively seek a solution for this complex = issue.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>Description:</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>This presentation will = discuss the=20 science on the impact of free-roaming cats on wildlife and the = activities=20 of Bird Conservation Committee to help address this issue. The committee = has two=20 ongoing projects aimed at keeping both cats and birds safe by = encouraging owners=20 to keep cats indoors, or in enclosures or supervised when outside. The = committee=20 is seeking to engage cat rescue groups, veterinarians, naturalists, = agencies and=20 other interested parties to find common ground to work cooperatively to = address=20 this complex issue. </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D16FD2.473BC610--