Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:27:26 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lisa Colangelo Subject: Re: quail decline MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I know this point has been made once but I need to repeat it--it doesn't matter how well fed your cat is!!!!!!! Cats cannot help themselves; they will hunt and kill no matter how full their belly is. It's naive to think otherwise. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Woods" To: Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] quail decline > There were feral cats around Casey House, the inpatient hospice facility > where I volunteer. I am not sure which organization was called, but they > captured the cats. The kittens were put up for adoption but the adult cats > were spayed and returned with the understanding that we would put food out > for them. That helps but does not solve the problem. The major problem is > people who abandon cats. > > Helen Woods > Rockville, > MD > h.woodsjr@worldnet.att.net > > > At 01:20 PM 2/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >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 > >======================================================================= > >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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================