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Originally Posted by RedRaven
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Right, allowing anyone with a small game license, no matter where they are, to kill "stray" cats wouldn't be a good idea. There is far too much ambiguity.
I think this should be handled on a case by case basis. If someone has a problem with strays on their property, then they should contact the DNR. The DNR would decide if there is a problem or not, then either hire someone to get rid of the cats, or allow the owner of the property to do it, depending on the location and circumstances.
I can't believe the media misquoted something to promote their own agenda! :roll:
Do you have a link to the proposal? This was all I could find on the DNR's website:
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Originally Posted by The DNR [url
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/nrboard/congress/sh/cca/[/url]]
Studies have been done in Wisconsin concerning effects of free roaming feral domestic cats. These studies showed free roaming feral domestic cats killed millions of small mammals, song and game birds. Estimates range from a minimum of 47 million up to 139 million songbirds are killed each year. Free roaming feral domestic cats are not a native species in Wisconsin. The above mentioned cats do however kill native species therefore reducing native species.
At present free roaming feral domestic cats are not defined as a protected or unprotected species. Thus Wisconsin should move to define free roaming feral domestic cats, as any domestic type cat which is not under the owner's direct control, or whose owner has not placed a collar on such cat showing it to be their property. All such defined free roaming feral domestic cats shall be listed as an unprotected species. In so doing Wisconsin would be defining and listing free roaming feral domestic cats.
# 62. Do you favor the DNR take steps to define free roaming feral domestic cats by the previously mentioned definition and list free roaming domestic feral cats as an unprotected species?
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