Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:20:20 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: parke Subject: Re: quail decline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hunting feral cats and dogs? I hope it catches on. I wonder how much of the decline in bird populations is due to this issue? I've caught 15 cats in the past 16 months and took them to the SPCA at far too much of an expense in time and gas to me. What is the proper solution? Parke. >The trouble with this theory is that Bob-whites have been declining >steadily for 20+ years, whereas the Wild Turkey population has exploded >just in the last 5 years or so. > >Many suggested cures for the problem propose hunting something else >(turkey, fox,...) instead of not hunting quail. So far no one has >proposed legal hunting of feral cats and dogs, probably a more effective >strategy. > >Fred Fallon >Bowie > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================