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, Release (or Return)&quot;. This is a program that catches f This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_074C_01D15810.72583740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Randy & All, Jan 26, 2016 Good grief; TNR. Another example of the lunatics running the asylum. = And of an unnecessary problem dressed up as a solution.=20 As the politician says shortly after being elected "Is is worse than = I imagined." yt, DW =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Randy Lauff=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: star-nosed moles I've just been asked, "What is TNR?" Sorry for the undefined term. TNR stands for "Trap, Neuter, Release (or Return)". This is a program = that catches feral cats, sterilizes them (and often gives them = vaccinations for some diseases) and releases them into colonies. The = false idea being that over time, the colonies will get smaller and = smaller because individuals can't reproduce. This is a myth, since (a) = it is rare to catch all the cats, and reproduction therefore occurs (our = local group admits its failure by offering kittens from these colonies = for adoption) and (b) the colonies act as a dumping ground for others' = unwanted cats...the dumpers know the colony cats will be fed. The cats are still a problem. For those who don't seem to care about the negative repercussions of = free-roaming cats...how many unnecessary dead birds, moles, voles, = snakes, weasels, young rabbits....would it take for you to say, "Now = there is a problem." How many? Remember that for every vole, sparrow, robin, snake...a free-roaming = cat unnecessarily kills, that's one less vole, sparrow, robin, snake = available as food to our own raptors, foxes, bobcats and more. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 25 January 2016 at 09:12, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> = wrote: Wholeheartedly agree. Angus -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- From: darrell@abolitphotos.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Re: star-nosed moles Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 03:26:05 +0000 For some reason, cats will kill star-nosed moles and plenty of them = but they won't eat them. I wonder why, there must be a reason, maybe a = scent gland. I'm not sure why people think that keeping cats in at night will = cure the problem, maybe lessen it by 1/4. The true cure is to not allow = housecats to roam free, (same law as for dogs) they must be in a pen, = leash or under control, the same as any other pet. This will near = totally cure the problem. Coyotes love the taste of cats, our DNR found 3 cat collars in one = coyote stomach. I think that if people really do love their cats, they = would contain them so not to get run over or ate. I don't believe people = think about them be eaten though. Housecats are a problem in the rural areas, the same as they are = anywhere else. A roaming cat kills no matter where it resides. I know = of two different houses that have about 15 cats each, lovely, just = xxxxxxx lovely. The best way to get rid of mice is to trap them, rats = too. Cats will not tacke full grown rats, seen them run from them, baby = rats maybe. Education and law is what is needed. It seems there is some = sort of left over scare from the black plague to allow cats to roam and = kill at will. Be known that the cats just spread the plague further by = hosting fleas. It is past time to make it law to contain your pets, all pets, no = exceptions. Only then will this problem be solved and not until. = =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= =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= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:27:59 -0400, David Currie = <david_currie@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: Hi All We sometimes get caught up with the estimated numbers quoted from = EC or others as being totally accurate for some reason, though always = expressed in an estimate or within a certain range. I don=E2=80=99t have = to tell this group that science is based on fact with those facts = extrapolated to give us some idea. Cod numbers, seal numbers, feral cat = numbers etc. to make a comparison. Is the number of birds really that = important other than it=E2=80=99 a lot and getting worse as free-roaming = cats increase? Don=E2=80=99t we think that if we lose 350 million or = 100 or 70 million land birds/small animals to cats in Canada a year, = it=E2=80=99s too many when we can avoid it? Do we always have to = complain about collisions, habitat destruction etc. to lessen the guilt = we have about our pet cat? This is a human issue of attitude and it is important that we = become more responsible for our cats as we have with dogs. Cats are = doing what they are built to hunt extremely effectively and we are = contributing to aiding an invasive species that has a direct impact on = our natural wildlife. Relegating our pet cats to the house = doesn=E2=80=99t mean a life in the closet, and from what I understand = from my friends, it develops a better =E2=80=9Cpet experience=E2=80=9D = where they are not killed, shot at, poisoned, scarred or lost. On the = wildlife side, we humans need to take some responsibility here and quit = hiding behind the , my cat is =E2=80=9Ctoo old=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9Ctoo = fat=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9Cdoesn=E2=80=99t climb trees=E2=80=9D, is a = =E2=80=9Cbush cat=E2=80=9D, (I=E2=80=99ve heard that one) and = =E2=80=9Cnever brings anything home=E2=80=9D attitude that relieves them = of the guilt they have. If we talk to the trap and neuter people, which I have, they are = experiencing a huge growth of unwanted cats in NS, there are no = resources to