01-07-2019, 06:15 PM
Excerpt link 1: "The Hawaiian Humane Society says the rules discouraging people from feeding feral animals at the harbor could be harmful...We.... support responsibly managed cat colonies through spay/neuter services...
Here we go again--the Humane Society lobbying for cat colonies, Trap, Neuter and Return. Alternatively, the Humane Society and its allies could set up no-kill cat rescue centers. The cats could live out their natural lives here.
Cat lovers could visit the fenced sites daily, carrying for the animals, as happens in so many other rescue centers for animals across the nation. Certainly some cat lover could donate a vacant parcel of land for the purpose. Or the animal lovers could pool money to buy/rent several sites. Funding their hobby.
But No, these people expect to run TNR operations on public lands--parks, harbors, roadsides like the street between UHH and Imiloa. So nuisances like cat feces pile up. And we have continued feral cat predation on Hawaii's endangered birds.
Here we go again--the Humane Society lobbying for cat colonies, Trap, Neuter and Return. Alternatively, the Humane Society and its allies could set up no-kill cat rescue centers. The cats could live out their natural lives here.
Cat lovers could visit the fenced sites daily, carrying for the animals, as happens in so many other rescue centers for animals across the nation. Certainly some cat lover could donate a vacant parcel of land for the purpose. Or the animal lovers could pool money to buy/rent several sites. Funding their hobby.
But No, these people expect to run TNR operations on public lands--parks, harbors, roadsides like the street between UHH and Imiloa. So nuisances like cat feces pile up. And we have continued feral cat predation on Hawaii's endangered birds.