03-20-2009, 09:53 AM
The truck is a perhaps late 90's model import, I expect toyota. I don't remember the color. The bed has an aluminum canopy perhaps 4 feet high. Not painted. Single swing door. The kid driving the truck both times was probably late 20's, longish curly dark hair. Slight beard. Does this fit any description? I remember "humane society" on the side but could perhaps be wrong. If I'm wrongly accusing the humane society of TNR policies then I apologize. I would be highly encouraged to know that the humane society proper is engaging in more constructive practices.
No one is making any of this up. This is the truck dumping cats. They aren't dumping cats that were caught up here because--1) there aren't any, except for the couple of weeks after one sees the trucks. and 2) My neighbors, ahem, aren't the cat trapping type.
The theory behind TNR is this. Neutered cats compete with feral cats for food. They go hungry and don't breed, thus diminishing the cat population. That's bugger if it involves eliminating the Nene population to slow the cats down. While you might find places where such a program could be effective, as in areas with a large migratory bird population that isn't threatened--I'd be hard pressed to believe the idea makes any sense at all in a place where almost every bird species we have is in some sort of trouble.
No one is making any of this up. This is the truck dumping cats. They aren't dumping cats that were caught up here because--1) there aren't any, except for the couple of weeks after one sees the trucks. and 2) My neighbors, ahem, aren't the cat trapping type.
The theory behind TNR is this. Neutered cats compete with feral cats for food. They go hungry and don't breed, thus diminishing the cat population. That's bugger if it involves eliminating the Nene population to slow the cats down. While you might find places where such a program could be effective, as in areas with a large migratory bird population that isn't threatened--I'd be hard pressed to believe the idea makes any sense at all in a place where almost every bird species we have is in some sort of trouble.