Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Suggestion for outdoor cats catching birds and otherwildlife

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

CoHo:

Domestic and feral housecats are a major factor in the decline/extinction of 
songbird populations. Rationalizations aside, just what is the logic that 
lets cats run loose but not dogs?

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Racheli Gai" <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Suggestion for outdoor cats catching birds and 
otherwildlife


> Just to say that many cats are masters at getting rid of their cat
> bibs, at least those in Sonora Cohousing,
> so this "solution" is only very partially so.  Also, after a while
> people get tired of replacing the bibs, and formerly
> bibbed cats no longer wear those.
>
> Racheli, Sonora Cohousing, Tucson.
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:15 AM, Carol Singleton wrote:
>
> > I volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation facility where we take in
> > many
> > birds and other animals that have been cat caught and injured.  Our
> > organization suggests cat bibs as a way to help outdoor cats stop
> > catching
> > song birds and other little critters.  Our pet policy suggest that
> > outdoor
> > cat owners have the cats wear cat bibs.  See information and ways to
> > obtain
> > cat bibs/collars at
> > http://www.pacificwildlifecare.org/newsletters/birdbesafecollar.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> > Carol Singleton
> >
> > Oak Creek Commons
> >
> > Paso Robles, CA
> >
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