Feral cats, endangered birds each have defenders -- National Go...

Every spring, as birds flock back to Long Island in droves, Eileen Schwinn wonders whether this will be the season the cats get the last remaining pair of piping plover at Mount Sinai's Cedar Beach.

[paul]

If "cat lovers" each could witness a cat attacking a helpless baby bird or animal, they might change their minds.. The cat will carefully avoid killing the prey too quickly so as to prolong the incredibly cruel sport of clawing and biting and torturing the victim, until at last it stops screaming and gives up the struggle for life. The humane thing to do for our precious wild creatures and the unwanted and usless feral cats would be to declare wild cats legal prey for shotgun hunters and to pay a bounty for each to cover the cost of ammunition.

[Dick Hurtz]

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS has finally hit the animal world - FERAL CATS - what ever happened to STRAY CATS or ALLEY CATS ?
What's next FELINE AMERICANS ?

[Reality check]

Shoot the cats and give them to a homeless shelter.Did I just say that out loud . Meant find a deserving home for the useless vermin.

[Keep It Simple]

Give the cats to the illegal immigrants and deport them two problems solved. Next...!

[newsday stinks]

Page 1 , feral cat story - page 5 - 5 soldiers killedin Iraq. Where are our priorities? Newsday is messed up. People are out of their minds.

[Ted Nugent]

Neutered kittycats still kill.

If you care, quit reading and posting and actually do something to help.

http://www.gamousa.com/Catalog.aspx...

Legal, silent, humane, and far more responsible than wasting taxpayer money on TNR that could instead be going to homeless Moms and kids. With practice, reliable headshots/instant kill out to 20 yds easily.

[Dick Hurtz]

Ted Nugent wrote:

Neutered kittycats still kill.
If you care, quit reading and posting and actually do something to help.
http://www.gamousa.com/Catalog.aspx...
Legal, silent, humane, and far more responsible than wasting taxpayer money on TNR that could instead be going to homeless Moms and kids. With practice, reliable headshots/instant kill out to 20 yds easily.

In Idaho, Yes. On Long Island? Never.
This is actually the only way. Extermination. Eventually, they will attack a child on the beach. Then we will do something.

[Citizen Cat]

They should be as worried about the Illegal Alien population on Long Island.

A pair of breeding Illegal Aliens, combined with their reproducing offspring under optimal conditions, could exponentially produce up to 1,000,000 Anchor Babies in seven years.

Who's going to pay for that ?

And talking about the beach, who likes seeing Illegal Aliens up in the dunes "Bush Whacking" over their girlfriends, wives & daughters ?

I'll take a ferule cat over an Illegal Alien any day !

[Realist]

The "Feral Cat" people are composed almost entirely of people with emotional and mental illness. The problem here is that we pander to them instead of eliminating the feral cats.

[FlagWaver]

Arent they any Chinese take-outs in Mount Sinai willing to alleviate the feral cat problem - hmm pint of kitty and broccoli steamed with brown sauce on the side for $4.95.
And dont forget the brown rice.

[WOW THIS CONFIRMS IT]

Wait a cotton pickin minute...State budget not settled, congestion pricing about to take a nose dive...clinton's top strategist, the president and CEO of one of the top PR agencies in the country gets fired, and newsday gives patrick whittle the cover with a story on stray cats and birds? That confirms it. news in this rag just does not matter.

[Panteen]

Im tired of the $#%^$$$ birds taking dumps on my shoulder. Kill the birds - theyre probably Log Cabin Clinton supporters anyway.

[revolt]

all it took was a couple of cats to take back our beaches,gee to think i used to hate cats

[Ira Teman]

The only endangered species on Long Island are it's taxpayers. Who the heck is protecing us?

[mr stretch]

Ira Teman wrote:

The only endangered species on Long Island are it's taxpayers. Who the heck is protecing us?

Shoot the birds, run over the cats, and that solves the problem! And then apply the same to our dear new friend, "The Donald"

[longbeach]

Put the cats down

[Not a fan of cats]

I personally believe that there needs to be laws with cats. JUst like dogs, they arent supposed to be with out a leash or running the around yard to yard. No one likes it when a dog craps or pisses on your property! Then why would I want a cat to do the same thing!!If people would notlet there cats out to run the neighborhood, there wouldnt be so many homeless cats. All they do is mate and next thing you know there a more running around. Here is a sugesstion, Spay your Cat or dont let him out!! Less birds will be killed!! Problem Solved! Also Iam tired of them digging and shitting in my garden!!!!!! Its not their damn litter box!!!!!!!!!!

[oysterbone]

Forget TNR, I use TKB. Also works well with rapid raccoons.

[The Real Long Island]

Wild cats can literally ruin an entire ecosystem. These "animal rights" activists are on the wrong side of the fence here. They are merely nothing more than a product of a typical urban/suburban upbringing and have no knowledge of how an ecosystem works. Blame the careless people who let the original cats go, because these cats need to be destroyed.

[Betty Agnew]

I'm personally a cat person, but I think that the birds aren't getting a fair chance to life. I don't think the cats should be euthanized or harmed because of their natural instinct, though. I'M CONFLICTED!!!!!!!!!!
(please comment my comment and help me take a side!)