Personally, I've always felt that outdoor cat owners are in violation of
the Migratory Treaty Bird Act of 1918 when you consider the ABA statistics
that over 1 billion birds are murdered each year by a household pet.
On Jan 23, 2018 2:09 PM, <juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here's a dilemma...see attached photo :)
JulieKacmarcik
On January 23, 2018 at 12:49 PM Robert Sabatini <rsabatini@xxxxxxx> wrote:
agree - and perhaps there should be a sub-group for those who want to talk
about cats ad infinitum. please leave me off of that one. : )
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:24 PM, David Dieter <dieterhausen@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
not to be rude, but all this cat stuff sounds a little off. If you get an
iguana, you do research and know what you're getting yourself into. you
realize the space and effort and potential stress that comes along with
it. Why is that any different for a cat? yes you need to play with them a
lot and portion their food and clean their litter boxes, but what else
would someone expect before getting a pet? especially if they responsibly
educated themselves ahead of time. If you werent ready for the
responsibility, you probably shouldve explored having a goldfish...
On Jan 23, 2018 10:11 AM, "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
*That’s really good info. But just remember, it depends on what kind of an
outdoor cat you have whether it will be successful. *
*From:* Malinda Wetsel <mjwetsel@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Monday, January 22, 2018 8:04 PM
*To:* Jim Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [va-richmond-general] Re: Attitude towards cats in bird feeder
areas
Window strikes actually kill more birds than cats. American Bird
Conservancy has a good brochure (available at BirdWatchers in the Hancock
Village) about keeping cats indoors to leave in your neighbors mail slot to
help educate them. In order to get people to change, concerning their
thinking on cats indoors, you must also offer them helpful information on
how to make an outdoor cat an indoor cat. There' is also the issue of
people moving and just discarding their pet as if it were trash- thus your
feral cat populations.
Be proactive and offer your whole neighborhood, your co-workers, your home
owners association and anyone and everyone that you can reach locally-
positive information- education is the key.
The following link is a good article by Sibley:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/
This link concerns the leading cause of bird mortality:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/why-birds-hit-windows-and-how-
you-can-help-prevent-it/
Making your outside cat an indoor cat: http://www.humanesociety.org/a
nimals/cats/tips/bringing_outside_cat_indoors.html?credit=we
b?referrer=https://www.google.com/
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 3:38 PM, James Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Today I had three cats come onto my property. They are a threat to the
birds near our bird feeder, and we have actually seen a cat catch a bird
once. I have sent messages on Facebook about keeping cats indoors, but
instead of controlling their pets I get remarks like this one “There is
nothing to be done about cats. There are no county laws to prohibit them
from roaming. And cats chasing birds is just nature as it is designed to
work.”
No it is not as nature designed it. Cats are not native here. What do we
do about neighbors like this one?
Jim Blowers
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Rob Sabatini, DDS, MS
Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics, VCU School of Dentistry
804-828-7985 <(804)%20828-7985>
rsabatini@xxxxxxx
