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Awe. How sweet.
Awe. How sweet.
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Stop Blaming Feral Cats
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
https://www.worldanimalfoundation.c...s/params/post/1281184/stop-blaming-feral-cats
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
While some wildlife groups may use media attention to speculate that cats are causing species loss, leading biologists, climate scientists, and environmental watchdogs all agree: endangered species’ fight for survival rests in our own hands.
Focusing on cats diverts attention from the far more dangerous impact of humans. Too many media stories sidestep these realities to focus on sensational issues like cats’ imagined impact on birds. But cats have been a natural part of the landscape for over 10,000 years—that has not changed. What has changed in that time is how we have re-shaped the environment to suit 21st century human needs—at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem. Our direct impact on our environment is without a doubt the number one cause of species loss.
Make no mistake—habitat loss is the most critical threat to birds. With this exponential human population growth comes massive use of natural resources and rampant development: industrial activity, logging, farming, suburbanization, mining, road building, and a host of other activities. The impact on species from habitat destruction, pollution, fragmentation, and modification is alarming. According to the World Watch Institute, “people have always modified natural landscapes in the course of finding food, obtaining shelter, and meeting other requirements of daily life. What makes present-day human alteration of habitat the number one problem for birds and other creatures is its unprecedented scale and intensity.”
Human activities are responsible for up to 1.2 billion bird deaths every year. Nearly 100 million birds die annually from collisions with windows; 80 million from collisions with automobiles; 70 million from exposure to pesticides. Millions of birds are intentionally killed by U.S. government-sponsored activities each year.
The human population continues to grow, threatening other species. Exponential population growth has left little land untouched by human development. In America alone, the population grew by 60 million people between 1990 and 2010, and experts predict we will add 23 million more people per decade in the next 30 years. That kind of growth—the equivalent of adding another California and another Texas to our already teeming population—is unprecedented in American history.
Killing cats will not save wildlife. Studies have shown cats to be mainly scavengers, not hunters, feeding mostly on garbage and scraps. When they do hunt, cats prefer rodents and other burrowing animals. Studies of samples from the diets of outdoor cats confirm that common mammals appear three times more often than birds. Additionally, scientists who study predation have shown in mathematical models that when cats, rats, and birds coexist, they find a balance. But when cats are removed, rat populations soar and wipe out the birds completely.
Some wildlife organizations and media outlets continue to quote scientific studies that have been proven inaccurate. A careful analysis of the science concludes there is no strong support for the viewpoint that cats are a serious threat to wildlife.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans. Cats have lived outdoors for a long time. In the thousands of years that cats have lived alongside people, indoor-only cats have only become common in the last 50 or 60 years—a negligible amount of time on an evolutionary scale. They are not new to the environment and they didn’t simply originate from lost pets or negligent animal guardians. Instead, they have a place in the natural landscape.
https://www.worldanimalfoundation.c...s/params/post/1281184/stop-blaming-feral-cats
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Nathan Winograd
11 september kl. 18:31 ·
One of the most enduring myths used to condone the killing of animals is that saving their lives is too expensive. While it seems logical to assume that saving rather than ending the lives of animals will cost more money overall, this is an overly simplistic view.
Among other things, it ignores the fact that many shelter costs are fixed, that saving lives generates revenue while killing and destroying the remains costs money, that No Kill programs are more cost-effective than killing, and that when a shelter commits to save the lives of animals in its care, implements alternatives to killing, and embraces the community it once derided, the community reaps great financial reward.
Read how Austin made $157,000,000 by passing a law prohibiting killing out of convenience: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/157-million-reasons-to-go-no-kill/
Read how the shelter in Marquette went from near bankruptcy to increasing revenue 61% after it embraced No Kill: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/we-can-afford-to-save-them-all/
Read how San Francisco saved half a million dollars by saving, rather than ending the lives of revenues. How Dubuque saved $170,000 by cutting kitten killing by 80%. And how Reno doubled adoptions, cut killing in half, and cut costs in the process: https://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/costs.html
Not only is No Kill cost effective, it creates an economic windfall.
11 september kl. 18:31 ·
One of the most enduring myths used to condone the killing of animals is that saving their lives is too expensive. While it seems logical to assume that saving rather than ending the lives of animals will cost more money overall, this is an overly simplistic view.
Among other things, it ignores the fact that many shelter costs are fixed, that saving lives generates revenue while killing and destroying the remains costs money, that No Kill programs are more cost-effective than killing, and that when a shelter commits to save the lives of animals in its care, implements alternatives to killing, and embraces the community it once derided, the community reaps great financial reward.
Read how Austin made $157,000,000 by passing a law prohibiting killing out of convenience: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/157-million-reasons-to-go-no-kill/
Read how the shelter in Marquette went from near bankruptcy to increasing revenue 61% after it embraced No Kill: http://www.nathanwinograd.com/we-can-afford-to-save-them-all/
Read how San Francisco saved half a million dollars by saving, rather than ending the lives of revenues. How Dubuque saved $170,000 by cutting kitten killing by 80%. And how Reno doubled adoptions, cut killing in half, and cut costs in the process: https://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/costs.html
Not only is No Kill cost effective, it creates an economic windfall.
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Nathan Winograd
4 oktober kl. 18:31
The State of Delaware has taken another step forward by protecting community cats and making community cat sterilization the preferred method of “animal control” throughout the state.
This week, the Governor signed HB235 which mandates that “visibly healthy cats admitted to a shelter, not placed for adoption, and lacking discernible owner identification, are sterilized, vaccinated against rabies, ear-tipped, and returned to a safe location where they were found or, if necessary, appropriately relocated”: https://goo.gl/imUTr9
While it continues to prefer adoption, it amended the Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act—legislation modeled after the law written by my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center—to prohibit killing healthy community cats when they can be returned to their habitats, following the lead of Muncie, Indiana, which passed such a law last year: nathanwinograd.com/imagine-the-possibilities/
Since CAPA passed, the killing of cats in Delaware has declined by 90%: https://goo.gl/jSsMHV Under this new amendment, that will only get better. HB235 also adds legal protections for those who care for community cats and legal protections for the cats, too, making it a felony to cause them harm. Make CAPA the law of the land in your community or state: nokilladvocacycenter.org/companion-animal-protection-act.ht…
4 oktober kl. 18:31
The State of Delaware has taken another step forward by protecting community cats and making community cat sterilization the preferred method of “animal control” throughout the state.
This week, the Governor signed HB235 which mandates that “visibly healthy cats admitted to a shelter, not placed for adoption, and lacking discernible owner identification, are sterilized, vaccinated against rabies, ear-tipped, and returned to a safe location where they were found or, if necessary, appropriately relocated”: https://goo.gl/imUTr9
While it continues to prefer adoption, it amended the Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act—legislation modeled after the law written by my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center—to prohibit killing healthy community cats when they can be returned to their habitats, following the lead of Muncie, Indiana, which passed such a law last year: nathanwinograd.com/imagine-the-possibilities/
Since CAPA passed, the killing of cats in Delaware has declined by 90%: https://goo.gl/jSsMHV Under this new amendment, that will only get better. HB235 also adds legal protections for those who care for community cats and legal protections for the cats, too, making it a felony to cause them harm. Make CAPA the law of the land in your community or state: nokilladvocacycenter.org/companion-animal-protection-act.ht…
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No Kill Advocacy Center
19 oktober kl. 18:20 ·
After hiring a new director, Fremont County CO’s “open admission” shelter went from placing only 44% of the animals to placing 99% overnight. The new director says you don’t need to wait five or 10 years to do it: “It was like walking in and flipping a light switch. The change happened that quick.”
Humane Society of Fremont County Director Doug Rae also says that you have to reach as high as possible: good enough is not good enough when lives are at stake. He takes issue with another shelter that argues that “around 90%” is good enough: “If I save 90 percent of the animals, we just did a really bad job.”
As to other excuses, like location, numbers, and money? Rae says, “We’re underfunded, we’re understaffed, we get too many animals in, and we’re still making it happen”: https://goo.gl/s7beoa
In short, no more excuses. No more compromises. No more killing.
Here’s how to make it happen in your community: nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform.html
19 oktober kl. 18:20 ·
After hiring a new director, Fremont County CO’s “open admission” shelter went from placing only 44% of the animals to placing 99% overnight. The new director says you don’t need to wait five or 10 years to do it: “It was like walking in and flipping a light switch. The change happened that quick.”
Humane Society of Fremont County Director Doug Rae also says that you have to reach as high as possible: good enough is not good enough when lives are at stake. He takes issue with another shelter that argues that “around 90%” is good enough: “If I save 90 percent of the animals, we just did a really bad job.”
As to other excuses, like location, numbers, and money? Rae says, “We’re underfunded, we’re understaffed, we get too many animals in, and we’re still making it happen”: https://goo.gl/s7beoa
In short, no more excuses. No more compromises. No more killing.
Here’s how to make it happen in your community: nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform.html
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Prevent Hunt Mufasa White Lion
Mufasa the White LionBig Cat Rescue urgently needs your help to influence and pressure officials in South Africa to spare the life of a gorgeous young captive-born white lion named Mufasa!
Mufasa's story demonstrates the terrible reality of South Africa's lion bone trade and canned hunting “industry.” Officials want to auction Mufasa off to be killed in a canned hunt or slaughtered for his bones to be used as bogus Asian medicine…even though a well-respected lion sanctuary in South Africa stands ready to take him and provide life-long care.
In 2015 when he was just a cub, Mufasa was confiscated from an owner who illegally kept him as a pet. He was brought to a wonderful rehabilitation center in South Africa where he was intended to live temporarily until the legal case against his former owner was over.
About the same time, another lion cub named Soraya arrived at the rehab center. The center put the two young cubs together for company and they have become inseparable. For two years the rehab center has given both lions exceptional care at their own expense.
In November 2017 the court case against Mufasa’s owner was resolved. The rehab center immediately sought permits to move both lions to the sanctuary. But the rehab center was told by authorities that Mufasa would not be going to any sanctuary – instead he would be sold to the highest bidder in a public auction!
The South African government treats captive-bred lions like Mufasa as a commodity. The North West Province (where Mufasa resides) is ground zero for South Africa's lion hunting industry and reportedly accounts for 80% of lions hunted there each year.
We CANNOT let this be Mufasa’s horrific fate! Time is of the essence. We are asking YOU and all big cat lovers around the globe to take 1 minute right now to sign our Alert: Speak up for Mufasa and Soraya and implore South African government officials to do the right thing and let these healthy, vibrant lions LIVE and be moved to the sanctuary!
Thank you for speaking up for those with no voices.
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51389/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=25584
Mufasa the White LionBig Cat Rescue urgently needs your help to influence and pressure officials in South Africa to spare the life of a gorgeous young captive-born white lion named Mufasa!
Mufasa's story demonstrates the terrible reality of South Africa's lion bone trade and canned hunting “industry.” Officials want to auction Mufasa off to be killed in a canned hunt or slaughtered for his bones to be used as bogus Asian medicine…even though a well-respected lion sanctuary in South Africa stands ready to take him and provide life-long care.
In 2015 when he was just a cub, Mufasa was confiscated from an owner who illegally kept him as a pet. He was brought to a wonderful rehabilitation center in South Africa where he was intended to live temporarily until the legal case against his former owner was over.
About the same time, another lion cub named Soraya arrived at the rehab center. The center put the two young cubs together for company and they have become inseparable. For two years the rehab center has given both lions exceptional care at their own expense.
In November 2017 the court case against Mufasa’s owner was resolved. The rehab center immediately sought permits to move both lions to the sanctuary. But the rehab center was told by authorities that Mufasa would not be going to any sanctuary – instead he would be sold to the highest bidder in a public auction!
The South African government treats captive-bred lions like Mufasa as a commodity. The North West Province (where Mufasa resides) is ground zero for South Africa's lion hunting industry and reportedly accounts for 80% of lions hunted there each year.
We CANNOT let this be Mufasa’s horrific fate! Time is of the essence. We are asking YOU and all big cat lovers around the globe to take 1 minute right now to sign our Alert: Speak up for Mufasa and Soraya and implore South African government officials to do the right thing and let these healthy, vibrant lions LIVE and be moved to the sanctuary!
Thank you for speaking up for those with no voices.
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51389/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=25584
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Nathan Winograd
6 december kl. 18:41 ·
While in many cases, cats walking around outdoors should be left alone, Olean, NY, is conscripting the entire population to become community cat caregivers: “Residents will be ‘encouraged to participate in TNVR programs’”: https://goo.gl/jYYL7u
.
City officials originally considered requiring a permit to trap, sterilize, and rerelease cats, but “chose instead to leave it open to all.” This follows the elimination of cat control, which had resulted in the round up and killing of community cats.
This is indeed good news. While cats as a whole face a roughly 45% chance of being killed in American shelters (in some communities it is much, much higher), when those cats are not social with people, the percentage becomes nearly 100% at shelters in communities without a community cat program. Sterilization and release — a core program of the No Kill Equation: nokilladvocacycenter.org/no-kill-equation.html
— provides community cats who enter shelters a vital alternative to killing.
What are the benefits?
- Reduce intakes and killing of community cats.
- Reduce citizens calls to animal control.
- Reduce illness in the shelter.
- Save taxpayer money.
- Increase opportunities to expand lifesaving of other animals, too.
Saving lives, saving money, and meeting public expectations for humane animal services. That’s good stuff (to put it mildly for the cats): nokilladvocacycenter.org/community-cat-program.html
6 december kl. 18:41 ·
While in many cases, cats walking around outdoors should be left alone, Olean, NY, is conscripting the entire population to become community cat caregivers: “Residents will be ‘encouraged to participate in TNVR programs’”: https://goo.gl/jYYL7u
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City officials originally considered requiring a permit to trap, sterilize, and rerelease cats, but “chose instead to leave it open to all.” This follows the elimination of cat control, which had resulted in the round up and killing of community cats.
This is indeed good news. While cats as a whole face a roughly 45% chance of being killed in American shelters (in some communities it is much, much higher), when those cats are not social with people, the percentage becomes nearly 100% at shelters in communities without a community cat program. Sterilization and release — a core program of the No Kill Equation: nokilladvocacycenter.org/no-kill-equation.html
— provides community cats who enter shelters a vital alternative to killing.
What are the benefits?
- Reduce intakes and killing of community cats.
- Reduce citizens calls to animal control.
- Reduce illness in the shelter.
- Save taxpayer money.
- Increase opportunities to expand lifesaving of other animals, too.
Saving lives, saving money, and meeting public expectations for humane animal services. That’s good stuff (to put it mildly for the cats): nokilladvocacycenter.org/community-cat-program.html