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Tag Archives: bird conservation

Muddled thinking by conservation group in New Zealand which wants to kill cats

PoC avatarPosted on January 30, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 30, 2021

COMMENT ON THE NEWS: Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand’s North Island. I’ve never visited but it looks beautiful and it is named after Mount Taranaki, an extinct volcano. The Taranaki Regional Council have a management … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation | Tagged bird conservation, bird conservationists, Cat News, conservation, killing feral cats, New Zealand | Leave a reply

EU law says that cat owners must keep their pets inside

PoC avatarPosted on November 1, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 1, 2020

Arie Trouwborst, an environmental law specialist at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Han Somsen, at the same university, say that European Union law insists that cat owners in Europe should keep the cats inside the home to protect wildlife. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal laws | Tagged animal law, bird conservation, cat confinement, conservation, Europe, european union, free-roaming cats | Leave a reply

Veterinarians involved in TNR under attack within their own profession?

PoC avatarPosted on July 27, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 27, 2020

Dr John Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense writes that some veterinary surgeons who are involved in managing the welfare of feral cats by neutering and vaccinating them and then returning them to their original territory (under TNR programmes), have … Continue reading →

Posted in trap-neuter-release, Veterinarians | Tagged Animal laws, bird conservation, birds, Florida, TNR, USA animal laws, USA veterinarians, veterinarians, volunteers | Leave a reply

Video of feral cat eating albatross

PoC avatarPosted on October 17, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 17, 2019

Right away we have to say that there is no evidence that this black feral cat killed the Shy Albatross chick. What annoys me slightly is that the video has been published on a bird website (birdguides.com) with, it seems … Continue reading →

Posted in hunting birds | Tagged australia feral cat, bird conservation, cat predation, cats preying on birds, hunting birds, New Zealand | Leave a reply

We don’t need to kill cats and rats to stop extinctions; humans need to stop breeding instead

PoC avatarPosted on March 28, 2019 by Michael BroadMarch 28, 2019

I’m going to say the politically incorrect. I’m going to talk about social engineering which you should never do but which you have to talk about at some time. Doing the rounds on the Internet yesterday and today is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Killing feral cats | Tagged bird conservation, conservation, feral cats, killing feral cats, rats | 10 Replies

Why the Washington DC cat count is money well spent

PoC avatarPosted on July 22, 2018 by Michael BroadJuly 22, 2018

You have probably heard about the $1.5 million Washington DC project to count all the cats, namely domestic, feral and strays and those in shelters. On this scale, it’ll be the first of its kind. It’s important because to the … Continue reading →

Posted in cat population size | Tagged America, bird conservation, cat population, cat population control, cat predation, cat study, conservation, feral cats, feral cats and their management, study, Washington DC | Leave a reply

The book “Cat Wars” advocates extermination of free-ranging cats from the landscape

PoC avatarPosted on September 1, 2016 by Michael BroadSeptember 1, 2016

The full title of the book published by Princeton University Press is: Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer. The authors are Dr Peter P Marra, head of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and Chris Santella, a freelance … Continue reading →

Posted in books and CDs | Tagged bird conservation, books about cats, cat products, cats preying on birds, ornithologists, scientific studies | 15 Replies

Maltese Sport Hunters Slaughter UK Birds

PoC avatarPosted on April 13, 2014 by Michael BroadApril 10, 2015

Almost 11,000 sport hunters in Malta, in the Mediterranean, shoot millions of migrating birds annually. The birds are flying north from Africa on their way to the United Kingdom. Birdlife International, which is an umbrella group for many national conservation … Continue reading →

Posted in sport hunting | Tagged bird conservation, birds, cat preying on birds, sport hunting | 10 Replies

UK: More proof that decline in bird numbers is not the cat’s fault

PoC avatarPosted on December 10, 2013 by Michael BroadApril 10, 2015

Often the cat is blamed for a decline in the population of some bird species. If you analyse it, it is actually a case of people passing the buck, putting the blame onto a species other than themselves. The cat … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Behavior, hunting | Tagged bird conservation, birds, cat behavior | 2 Replies

Cat Lovers United

PoC avatarPosted on June 30, 2012 by Michael BroadJune 30, 2012

Will cat lovers – let’s go wider and say animal lovers – put aside their differences and collaborate for the betterment of all animals including companion cats? When things get difficult humankind tends to work together. All the silly little … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Rescue, Human to cat relationship | Tagged animal rescue, bird conservation, cat rescue, cat shelters, human behavior | 4 Replies

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