Feeding Bans: Policy Hungry for Science
A recent news item from Alley Cat Allies reports “a disturbing and increasing trend of feeding ban proposals as a way to ‘eradicate’ cats from their outdoor homes.” Among the reasons cited for opposing...
View ArticleOn Invasion and Persuasion
Smithsonian magazine is, according to its website, “created for modern, well-rounded individuals with diverse interests” and “chronicles the arts, history, sciences and popular culture of the times.”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Downgrading ABC’s “Perfect Storm”
Once again, the American Bird Conservancy is using scare tactics to gain support for their long-standing witch-hunt against free-roaming cats, this time suggesting a connection between TNR and rabies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Never Bet Against Irony
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor). Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Darkone. According to a recent story in The Charleston Gazette, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has, in recent years, made...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Westchester County, NY, Rabies Case
“A rabies alert was posted Tuesday by the Westchester County Department of Health,” reported the Tarrytown Daily Voice earlier this week, “after a police officer shot a stray cat who attacked him after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAHF-Truths, HAHF-Measures, Full Price (Part 2)
Complaining of the impacts of free-roaming cats on wildlife and the environment, along with a range of public health threats, dozens of veterinarians in Hillsborough County, Florida, have banded...
View ArticleHillsborough Animal Health Foundation’s Appeal for Support
I almost feel sorry for Don Thompson and his colleagues at the Hillsborough Animal Health Foundation. After all, it can’t be easy to recruit others in the local veterinary community when you’re...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CDC Doing the American Bird Conservancy’s Bidding?
Representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign on to the American Bird Conservancy’s witch-hunt against free-roaming cats, misrepresenting the relevant science to support their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Montgomery County, VA: Then and Now
In answering one question, other more interesting questions sometimes emerge. That’s exactly what happened when I followed up on a claim made in “Rabies Prevention and Management of Cats in the Context...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rabies in Cats Continues to Decline
Well, this must be awkward—for some, anyhow. In particular, the people who continue to overstate the threat of rabies, leveraging whatever fear they can muster in their ongoing campaign to undermine...
View ArticleCat Tests Positive for Rabies, Unleashing a Clown Car of Crazies
If you’re reading this from Hillsborough County, Florida, I hope it’s from the safety of an underground bunker—while you await the movers’ arrival. You need to get out while you still can because—well,...
View Article
