I Wonder if we stirred this up. On AOL's home page today there is an article called, Some Hunters Want To Kill Cats. The title alone kills me. You have to check it out. Evidently Wisconsin is considering legalizing cat hunting. They have a place to cast your vote, too. Needless to say we are behind, 71% to 29%. If the title were, Cats Kill Millions Of Songbirds, Baby Chicks, And Bunnies Every Year In The U.S., the outcome would be different. There's a chat site also, but of course I couldn't get on. I predict this will become a big deal in other states, as well. Well, I think I'll head out and shoot a kitty now.
AOL Home Page/Cat Hunting
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NASA
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Here's a summary from the article.
"Residents in 72 Wisconsin counties were asked whether free-roaming cats - including any domestic cat that isn't under the owner's direct control or any cat without a collar - should be listed as an unprotected species. If listed as so, the cats could be hunted. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
The proposal would declare free-roaming wild cats an unprotected species, just like skunks or gophers. Anyone with a small-game license could shoot the cats at will.
At least two other states, South Dakota and Minnesota, allow wild cats to be shot /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif - and have for decades. Minnesota defines a wild, or feral, cat as one with no collar that does not show friendly behavior.
Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif according to state officials. Despite the astounding numbers, the plan has been met with fierce opposition from cat lovers. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Critics argue it is better to trap wild cats, spay or neuter them, before releasing them."
Apparently, they feel that curbs their appetite for wild game. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif
"Residents in 72 Wisconsin counties were asked whether free-roaming cats - including any domestic cat that isn't under the owner's direct control or any cat without a collar - should be listed as an unprotected species. If listed as so, the cats could be hunted. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
The proposal would declare free-roaming wild cats an unprotected species, just like skunks or gophers. Anyone with a small-game license could shoot the cats at will.
At least two other states, South Dakota and Minnesota, allow wild cats to be shot /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif - and have for decades. Minnesota defines a wild, or feral, cat as one with no collar that does not show friendly behavior.
Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif according to state officials. Despite the astounding numbers, the plan has been met with fierce opposition from cat lovers. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Critics argue it is better to trap wild cats, spay or neuter them, before releasing them."
Apparently, they feel that curbs their appetite for wild game. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif
White Eagle
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I live in Wisc.an I have to admit this issue is one of the stupidist ideas to come out lately.....The idea that anyone would call and e-mail supporters of this proposal (to shoot the felines that is)with death threats is.....I want to say out there.Now I have always had the opinion that if I were to see a feral cat it would use all of its nine lives on the spot...If these cat lovers want to save the poor little kitty keep them in the house where they belong ..There was also a group of cat supporters that spaded and neutered around 200 wild cats and re-relased them ??????????Is anyone there????
Bowhunter1
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Yeah, and we lost. There wuz a democrat who refused to sign the bill, I red it on the web yesterday. Chalk up one more for the bozos.
I ran into some PETists the other day and they were holding up a picture with a skinned coyote lying down in the snow. "Fur hurts!!!" screamed a skinny dude while asking for donations....
We gotta wake up an' organize before we lose more battles and possibly the war... Somebody was telling me about freehunters.com or .org... I think. They fight back against this kind of crap
Peace out!
D.
I ran into some PETists the other day and they were holding up a picture with a skinned coyote lying down in the snow. "Fur hurts!!!" screamed a skinny dude while asking for donations....
We gotta wake up an' organize before we lose more battles and possibly the war... Somebody was telling me about freehunters.com or .org... I think. They fight back against this kind of crap
Peace out!
D.