I called voicing my opinion that I oppose this bill - cats should be treated same as dogs or any loose pet - makes no sense to release them back into the wild to harm native wildlife.
Rob in Massapequa On Thursday, June 11, 2015, Glenn Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for this email. My favorite cat came to us as a ferrel cat. He > has now been neutered and is well fed with purchased cat good. > > Simply neutering ferrel cats instead of killing them will achieve the se > goal in an average of 6 or 7 years. During this time, I personally think > they eat many more rodents than birds. Yes! I LOVE birds > > Glenn Wilson > Endicott, NY > www.WilsonsWarbler.com > > On Jun 11, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Jane Ross <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > In addition to opposing this bill, it would be good to find a sympathetic > state legislator (or two) who could propose a bill that would make it > possible for feral cats to be taken to animal shelters. At the moment, > cats fall in a grey area in New York State where they cannot legally be > "removed", and most animal shelters or rescue organizations will not accept > them because they cannot be adopted. "Feral dogs" are of course removed to > pounds where they are either destroyed or put up for adoption, raccoon are > destroyed, but cats are both protected and abandoned under current state > laws. > > > > Jane F. Ross > > ------------------------------------------- > Forwarding for Gerry Rising: > > The feral cat bill is to come up within hours. Please call Senate majority > leader John Flanagan at 518-455-2071 to oppose it. Just say you oppose > Senate 1081. It will take a few seconds to do this and opposing this bill > is VERY important to birds and other wildlife. > > Having never made such a call before, I was very hesitant to do so myself, > but I found it very simple. A young woman answered and asked for my > message. I said that I opposed Senate 1081. She thanked me and promised to > pass my message on to the senator. I thanked her and we hung up. That was > it. > > Numbers count in this world. Please help. > > Gerry Rising > [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > Thank You > Mike & Sylvia Galas > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > 716-345-5419 cell > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
