CAT Licenses: What Do You Think?
[Uniontown, Fayette County, PA]
Pittsburgh Channel.com, PA
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/2522197/detail.html


Proposal aims to put bite in animal laws
By Doug Wilson, Herald-Whig Senior Writer
Quincy Herald Whig, IL
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
http://www.whig.com/news/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1064941579,29986,


Reward Offered For Information On Missing Cats
Dozens Of Cats Reported Missing, Dead
[Cocoa Beach, FL]
September 30, 2003
WESH.com, FL
http://www.wesh.com/news/2521558/detail.html

LIFE'S tough when you're a phascogale
By REBECCA JENKINS
01oct03
South Australia Advertiser, Australia
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7423899%255E2682,00.html


Pets are being abandoned in Greenville
Local organizations offer care and advice
Sarah Cochrane, Staff Writer
September 30, 2003
The East Carolinian
http://www.theeastcarolinian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/30/3f7902691d701


Pet food now stocked at pantries
By Theresa Edo / News Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Framingham Metro West Daily News, MA

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/ashl_petfood09302003.htm


Reward in mutilation case
by Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
[Excerpt]
Ephraim police have a new ally in their search for whoever committed this month's cat mutilations in the city cemetery.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is now offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the slayings discovered Sept. 4.
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09302003/utah/97235.asp


Date: Mon Sep 29, 2003 4:23 pm
Subject: URGENT - EMAILS/FAXES NEEDED TO SUPPORT CAT STERILIZATION PROGRAM IN GREECE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-Animal_NoKill_City/message/4797
GREEK ANIMAL RESCUE
Toronto, Canada
Sponsor a Stray at www.garcanada.bizland.com

Glut of cats: Coastal Humane Society is overrun, adding to cost of its operations
Michael_Reagan@TimesRecord.Com
09/29/2003
Brunswick Times Record, ME
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/6E426468C701719405256DB00054FDB5?Opendocument


CAT people
Mad Jack:
by “Mad” Jack Hanks
Wellington, Colo.
Fence Post, CO
http://www.thefencepost.com/article.php?sid=810&mode=&order=&thold=

From The Animal Spirit:
Permission to crosspost!

Wanted! TNR Feral Cat Colony Success Stories

Because Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is under fire in several States, I would like to collect testimonials from feral cat caretakers regarding their successful work implementing TNR. The testimonials will appear on The Animal Spirit site, with author receiving full credit and retaining copyright of the story. You could submit a couple of photos as well, though that is not mandatory.

You don't have to write a masterpiece -- just a paragraph or two about the colonies you have worked with, or are currently working with, is all that is necessary.

Thanks in advance for your contributions! Any questions, feel free to contact me at FeralPlace@aol.com.

Shell
The Animal Spirit


Alley Cat Allies Joins Fight to Keep TNR Legal in Pennsylvania
Yahoo News (press release)
Source: Alley Cat Allies
Monday September 29, 12:05 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030929/dcm037_1.html


"National Feral Cat Day - Oct. 16"
Find out what a day is like in the life of a feral cat rescuer!
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=6069
By Stacy Mantle


Pets enjoying high life on rooftops
Yomiuri Shimbun
Daily Yomiuri, Japan
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030929wo32.htm


Controlling kitty's emotions
Behavior consultants offer p-u-rrsuasive treatments to correct cats' misbehavior
By Rebecca Jones, Rocky Mountain News
September 29, 2003
Rocky Mountain News, CO
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/pets/article/0,1299,DRMN_64_2302065,00.html


Noah needed in Berlin
09/29/2003
By LISETTE VELASQUEZ, Staff Writer
New Britain Herald, CT
http://www.newbritainherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10238433&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10110&rfi=6


Comandoo starts exterminating cats and rats
MALE, Sept 29 (HNS) -- Comandoo island of Shaviyani atoll has started exterminating cats and rats in the island.
Haveeru Daily, Maldives
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/news_show.phtml?id=2317


Wildlife, city officials debate guarding the Naples squirrel monkey
By DENES HUSTY III, dhusty@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on September 29, 2003
The News-Press, FL
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/030929monkeys.html

Community Bulletin Board
By Theresa Sanchez., Globe Staff, 9/28/2003
[Scroll down to] Norwell
Yard sale. The nonprofit all volunteer feral cat rescue organization ``Pookie's Pals'' is sponsoring a yard sale on Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 379 Main St. off Route 123, next to Town Hall. Funds from sale provide medical care, food and humane treatment for South Shore's abandoned cats and kittens. $1 adult admission is requested. Donated items may be brought to 379 Main St. on Oct. 2-3 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 781-585-4409.
Boston Globe, MA
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/fitness/articles/2003/09/28/community_bulletin_board/


Rescue group faces rebuff
By Sam Tranum, Staff Writer
September 28 2003
Sun Sentinel, FL
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-bb28catssep28,0,3170179.story?coll=sfla-news-palm


Letters to Editor: Enact laws to limit pet populations
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030928/NEWS/309280678/1029


West Nile virus, domestic animals and wildlife
By Eric T. Natwick,
Imperial County-University of California Cooperative Extension adviser
Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:08 PM PDT
http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2003/09/27/news/news12.txt

[Tasmanian] Devil cancer clue search
By SIMON BEVILACQUA
28sep03
The Mercury, Australia
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7396271%255E921,00.html


Pacific Legal Foundation plans plover lawsuit
By Janene Scully -- Staff Writer
Lompoc Record, CA
http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2003/09/26/news/news05.txt


News briefs from California's Central Coast
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LOMPOC, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allegedly used "junk science" to protect the Western snowy plover, according to a public interest law firm that put the agency on notice that it plans to sue wildlife officials.
Associated Press
Posted on Fri, Sep. 26, 2003
San Jose Mercury News, CA
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6868095.htm


Only 42 cats among 157 deemed adoptable
Most taken from home on south side destroyed
By RACHEL MCCORMICK
rmccormick@journalsentinel.com
Sept. 26, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep03/172901.asp


Helping keep animals safe in Litchfield
By: Emily M. Olson
09/26/2003
Litchfield Enquirer, CT
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10226917&BRD=1658&PAG=461&dept_id=13665&rfi=6


Opening the purr-strings
By CLARISSA ALJENTERA
claljentera@montereyherald.com
Monterey County Herald, CA
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/6875646.htm


Near Record-High Year For Rabies Has Nebraska On Alert
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
Saturday, September 27, 2003
Yankton Daily Press, SD
http://www.yankton.net/stories/092703/new_20030927046.shtml


Where's Waldow?
Range woman offering $2,000 reward for missing cat
Sheila Dianoski
Mesabi Daily News, MN
Friday, September 26th, 2003
http://www.virginiamn.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=152819&refer_url=


VEGETARIAN FELINES? GET A GRIP
Avoid Deficiency in Kitty Nutrients
Miami Herald, FL
Sat, Sep. 27, 2003
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6871635.htm

Wasilla keeps Houston busy
By EOWYN LeMAY IVEY-Frontiersman reporter
Frontiersman, AK
http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2003/09/26/news/news05.txt


M-F group works to prevent feral animal euthanasia
PETS focuses on cutting the wild cat population by spaying and neutering.
By Kathy Korengel of the Union-Bulletin
Friday, September 26, 2003
Walla-Walla Union Bulletin, WA
http://www.union-bulletin.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=18504


Cats make excellent watchers
By E.M. "Bosie" Boswell
The Facts, Brazoria County TX
Published September 25, 2003
http://www.thefacts.com/story.lasso?wcd=10106


Janesville man wants the rules for cats to be the same as law for dog owners
Thursday, September 25, 2003
By Marcia Nelesen/Gazette Staff
http://www.gazetteextra.com/cats092503.asp


Letters to the Editor
Thursday - September 25, 2003
Congratulations, Marjorie!
Editor, Sun-Gazette: Congratulations to Marjorie Baumgartner of Cogan Station for her letter of September 13, 2003 about "The only solution." Marjorie does everyone a service by suggesting a practical, tested means to deal with feral cats: "There is a viable alternative to killing cats. Managed colonies using TNR teach compassion for cats, nonviolence, and tolerance for others. Visit www.alleycat.org for more information about TNR – the only solution to overpopulation."
Grant Berry
Hughesville
Submitted by email
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
http://www.sungazette.com/letters/letter_details.asp?letterID=1127&postdate=9/25/2003


The walls come tumbling down
Demolition of state's largest housing project, Columbia Villa, begins
By JANINE ROBBEN Issue date: Fri, Sep 26, 2003
The Tribune, Portland OR
http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=20536


Fur flies over issue of stray cats
Friday, September 26, 2003
BY MONICA VON DOBENECK
Of Our Palmyra Bureau
Penn Live, PA
http://pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1064579545314900.xml


New clinic offers affordable health care -- for pets
By CHARLOTTE ENOKSEN, Standard-Times correspondent
New Bedford Standard, MA
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-03/09-26-03/a12lo221.htm


Implanted microchip reunites wandering cat with man whose heart ...
San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Sep 24, 2003
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/25/CAT.TMP
[FC Blog Note: This story has been picked up nationwide and globally!)


Feline-fixated woman desperately seeks accommodation
Cape Times, Africa
By Aziz Hartley.
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=244544


LOCAL NEWS: Rockford
Run-ins with coyotes concern Regents Park
Residents fear for the safety of their children and small pets.
By CHRISTINE BYERS
Rockford Register Star
http://www.rrstar.com/localnews/your_community/rockford/20030926-24453.shtml


Cat disease closes animal shelters
By Andy Netzel, Free Press Staff Writer
Friday, September 26, 2003
Burlington Free Press, VT
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/local/8000h.htm


News in brief from central Pennsylvania
The Associated Press
9/26/2003, 7:36 a.m. ET
[Excerpt, scroll down to]
PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — A resident of Palmyra Borough has developed a plan to trap and release feral cats, a proposal that will be likely be decided by council members and has already generated widespread debate.
NEPA News, PA
Penn Live, PA
http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1064576643114730.xml

Loose cats create problems, official says
Thursday, September 25, 2003
By Marcia Nelesen/Gazette Staff
Gainesville Gazette, WI
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2003/09/27/news/oregon/satore03.txt


Cats make purr-fect pets
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
By MARY ANNE CHRISTIANO
Montclair Times, NJ
http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=6117


Something to meow about: Bumper cats get new names
By Lola Sherman, STAFF WRITER
September 25, 2003
San Diego Union Tribune, CA
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20030925-9999_1mc25cats.html


County's first-ever raccoon rabies case confirmed
By Rose Hooper
Sylva Herald, NC
http://www.thesylvaherald.com/A-clover_092503.htm


Spaying, neutering help available
by Mary Lee Richey, Executive Director
Animal Rescue Coalition, Sarasota
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030925/NEWS/309250745/1029


Ranchers, state wildlife agency, partner up
Wildlife area in Arcata Bottom is the site of a grazing experiment
THE WEEKLY WRAP, North Coast Journal, CA
by KEITH EASTHOUSE
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/092503/news0925.html


BUDDY & Porky: Got A Barn For Some Cats?
Submitted by the Oswego County Humane Society
09/25/2003
Oswego Daily News, NY
http://www.oswegodailynews.com/lifearticle.asp?id=33866§ion=life&network=oswego


Fence for the birds is OK, Watsonville council rules
By DONNA JONES, Sentinel staff writer
September 25, 2003
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/25/local/stories/07local.htm


Locals: Put teeth in laws governing pets
PAWTUCKET -- Officials seeking to ban new pit bulls in the city, stiffen regulations against those already here, allow Municipal Court to sentence violators to up to 30 days in jail, and limit to four the number of cats a household could have, were given a basic message Tuesday night
Douglas Hadden
Pawtucket Times, RI
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10219541&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=24491&rfi=6


Cats enter as people leave villa
Demolition may injure or kill some of the estimated 30 to 50 homeless felines at Columbia Villa
09/25/03
JULIA O'MALLEY
The Oregonian, OR
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/portland_news/1064491507224940.xml?oregonian?pn


Finding strays new homes is No. 1 pet project for C.A.R.E.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
By Ronald Leir, Journal staff writer
New Jersey Journal, NJ
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1064484772176702.xml

Council withholds opinion on proposed race-car track
[Scroll down to]
Gary Friedler, representing the Spay Neuter Awareness Program, told councilors a recent study showed that about 211 feral cats in Grant County, with about two-thirds of those are in Silver City.
By MELISSA ST. AUDE
Daily Press Staff
Silver City Daily Press, NM
http://www.thedailypress.com/NewsFolder/9.24.3.html

MAYORAL race politics invade Supes meeting
[Scroll down to]
In Other Action:
DECLAWING: Supervisors approved Sandoval's resolution asking cat owners and veterinarians to stop declawing their pets and to discuss alternatives. Veterinarians from Sacramento to San Francisco strongly opposed the measure. Sandoval told The Examiner he thinks it is a public policy issue because declawing is inhumane, but he is holding off on a binding law to see what effect the non-binding resolution has.
By Adriel Hampton, Of The Examiner Staff
ahampton@examiner.com
San Francisco Examiner, CA
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/story.cfm?displaystory=1&storyname=092403n_cityhall


Reigning cats and dogs
Australia’s pet royalty is converging on Melbourne in the search for pedigree perfection. Karen Heinrich reports.
The Age, Australia
September 25, 2003
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/24/1064083058453.html


Abandoned pets leap 15 percent
Monday, September 22, 2003
By Shelly Birkelo/Gazette Staff
The Janesville Gazette, WI
http://www.gazetteextra.com/rockcohumane092203.asphttp://www.gazetteextra.com/rockcohumane092203.asp


Injured cat was rabid; rescuer, others undergoing treatment
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
By Liv Osby, HEALTH WRITER
losby@greenvillenews.com
Greenville News, SC
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/09/23/2003092315522.htm


Acid Kittens
September 23, 2003
WHNS, SC
http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=1454952&nav=2KPpI9ka


Rabid Cats Hound University Campus
Reported By: Tiffany Cochran
9/23/2003 8:17:11 PM
WXIA-TV, GA
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=37026


Rabid cats reported on KSU campus
By JENNIFER BRETT
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/0903/23rabies.html?urac=n&urvf=10644070870900.41972628379898014


Whispering Palms: Celebrate National Women's Fitness day
By Becky Weisner community correspondent
Jupiter Courier, FL
September 24, 2003
[Scroll down to]
A note about stray cats, if you have a stray in your neighborhood, call the office and report it. Traps have been set and 14 cats have been turned over to the Humane Society so far. If you have a pet, cat or dog, keep them indoors or on a leash. This is a park rule as well as a county law.
http://www1.tcpalm.com/tcp/community/article/0,1651,TCP_1175_2291832,00.html

Feral cat problem no tame issue
September 24, 2003
By THOMAS BARLAS Staff Writer, (609) 272-7201,
E-Mail: tbarlas@pressofac.com
Press of Atlantic City, NJ http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/newjersey/092403FERALCATS_S24.html


[Scroll down to]
HELPING ANIMALS
Tri-Valley Herald, CA
http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10671~1652816,00.html


Letters to the Editor:
[Scroll down to]
Many thanks to many people
Delaware Coast Press, DE
http://www.delmarvanow.com/deweybeach/stories/20030924/317101.html


City Council to hear appeal of Planning Commission decision, ...
Sep 24 2003 12:00AM
By MICHAEL SEVILLE OF THE REGISTER-PAJARONIAN
Register-Pajaronian, CA
http://www.zwire.com/news/newsstory.cfm?newsid=10210901&title=%3CP%3EResident%20seeks%20OK%20for%20cat%20fence&BRD=1197&PAG=461&CATNAME=Top%20Stories&CATEGORYID=410


Stanford's disappearing game refuge
Created by state in 1927 after a decade of efforts by Stanford, 7,500-acre refuge lingers only in name, old records, one battered sign ... and the law?
by Sue Dremann
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Palo Alto Weekly, CA
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/thisweek/2003_09_24.refuge092403jt.html


Species vs. Species
Shrike conservation threatened foxes on a California island
Public release date: 23-Sep-2003
Contact: Gary Roemer, groemer@nmsu.edu, 505-646-3394, Society for Conservation Biology
EurekAlert, DC
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/sfcb-svs092303.php

Lawsuit over seized cats reaches federal court
By: ANDREA CASHIOLA, Reporter
September 23, 2003
A Meadows Place mother and daughter are suing the city after the Humane Society seized 47 cats and one dog from their homes at the urging of the city. Fort Bend County and the Humane Society are also named in the federal law suit.
Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10207977&BRD=1914&PAG=461&dept_id=183407&rfi=6


RHO adopts feral cat program
[Excerpt] The board of directors of the Ridgeline Homeowners Association in Bass Lake last Saturday formally adopted a program that they hope will free the area of stray feral cats that have plagued sections of the complex.
Bill Campeau, Sierra Star Correspondent
Sierra Star, CA
September 24, 2003
http://www.sierrastar.com/092403cats.html

Contributed by The Animal Spirit
PAWS of PA
TNR under fire
SOURCE: http://www.pawsofpa.org/alert-Sept22-03.html


Alert by FeralPlace
Date: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:39 pm
Subject: URGENT LETTER: Protect Pennsylvania's Homeless Cats
Animal Advocacy Group - Message 3543
Additional Information

A curfew on cats?
Monday September 22, 2003 13:26 - (SA)
ADELAIDE, Australia
Sunday Times, AU
http://www.suntimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimes/entertainmentst/entertainmentst1064229976.asp


D.C. Says Shelter Is Running Smoothly
New Contractor To Be Named Today
By Arthur Santana
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 23, 2003; Page B03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49810-2003Sep22.html


Solution to strays is adoption
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030923/NEWS/309230349/1029


EU ban on cat and dog fur trade
Conservatives.com, UK
23/09/2003
http://www.conservatives.com/show_news_item.cfm?obj_id=72936&PS=1


Regional Report: Logan County animal shelter adjusts pickup, drop-off fees
By Edith Brady-Lunny, Pantagraph correspondent
Pantagraph.com, IL
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/092303/new_20030923039.shtml


Council hears bird lovers’ fence appeal
WATSONVILLE, CA
By DONNA JONES, Sentinel staff writer
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/23/local/stories/06local.htm


Cats may cause havoc with emotions
23.09.2003
PRAGUE, Czechoslavakia
REUTERS
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3525011&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
[FC Blog Note: This news piece was picked up around the globe]


Groton woman ends food give-away program
[Scroll down to]
Free rabies clinic
Ithaca Journal, NY
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20030923/localnews/310811.html


Skateboard rule advances; dog action delayed
By BRYAN O'CONNOR, Of The Gazette Staff
Billings Gazette, MT
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/09/23/build/local/43-board.inc


JIM MUIR: LOOK WHAT THE CAT LOVER DRAGGED IN THIS TIME
The Southern Illinoisan, IL
[Mon Sep 22 2003]
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2003/09/23/build/opinions/OPI002.html


Animal rescue fund-raiser not just about cash
Annual dinner also devoted to recruiting
By Matt Carter, STAFF WRITER. PLEASANTON
Tri-Valley Herald, CA
September 23, 2003
http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10671~1650610,00.html

Thank you to The Animal Spirit for permission to post:
The Cat Lady
©Shell 2003
This story is not only for "cat-lovers." It's the story of how one person can make a difference, no matter how small the deed. I hope it inspires you to do something -- anything -- to help better the world for both humans & nonhumans.
The block I grew up on in New York consisted of several houses, a small animal shelter, a colony of stray and feral cats, and an official "cat lady." Looking back, I realize my fate was sealed. [To continue this wonderful story, click here]


Budget spat leaves cats out in the cold
By Joe Mosley
jmosley@guardnet.com
The Register-Guard, Eugene OR
September 22, 2003
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/09/22/b1.cr.cattery.0922.html

Editorial: Cat problem really people problem
By Carol Talley
September 21, 2003
The Sentinel, PA
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/09/21/editorial/carol_talley/talley01.txt


[Previously posted on the Feral Cat Blog September 16 when first published]
Cat fight breaks out
By Karla Browne
Sunday, September 21, 2003
The Sentinel - Perry County Weekly, PA
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/09/21/weekly/news02.txt


EPA, health departments urging schools to ban or limit use of animals in classrooms
By Monte Whaley, Denver Post Education Writer
September 21, 2003
Denver Post, CO
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/lifestyle_columnists/article/0,1426,MCA_529_2267820,00.html


Pause at cat mobile for tips on feline needs
By Cindy Wolff
wolff@gomemphis.com
September 21, 2003
GoMemphis.com, TN
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/lifestyle_columnists/article/0,1426,MCA_529_2267820,00.html

Cats adopted less than dogs
Cats take the death walk more often than dogs
By JODI BIZAR
Date published: 9/21/2003
The Freelance Star, VA
http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2003/092003/09212003/1101402


Are feral cats the scapegoat?
By RENEE LePERE, Staff Writer
You can e-mail Renee LePere at lepere@sun-herald.com
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL
http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/092103/tp2ch18.htm?date=092103&story=tp2ch18.htm


Controlling Cats
By RENEE LePERE, Staff Writer
You can e-mail Renee LePere at lepere@sun-herald.com
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL
http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/092103/tp1ch17.htm?date=092103&story=tp1ch17.htm


Opinion Take care of the animals, too
Jacksonville Daily Progress, TX
September 20, 2003
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/articles/2003/09/20/opinion/opinion01.txt

Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
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Top Priority? It's Sports
September 19, 2003
Eugene Register-Guard, OR
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/09/19/ed.letters.0919.html


SPAYDAY a blessing for stray cats and those who care for them
By SANDRA THOMPSON, Tampa Columnist
Published September 20, 2003
St. Petersburg Times, FL
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/20/Columns/SpayDay_a_blessing_fo.shtml


Sanctuary needs a helping hand
BY Sara Horton
Saturday 20 September 2003
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=62022&Sn=BNEW


130 cats removed from south side house
By REID J. EPSTEIN
repstein@journalsentinel.com
Sept. 19, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep03/171083.asp


It's the cat's meow
BY LINDSAY BLAND, OF THE PLAINSMAN
September 19, 2003
Huron Plainsman, SD
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10190662&BRD=1128&PAG=461&dept_id=97933&rfi=6

Much appreciation to The Animal Spirit for highlighting
Feral Cats in the News ~ the Feral Cat Blog as Featured Website
in this week's {The Animal Spirit Newsletter} Issue 9/15/03-9/21/03!


PA Game Commission
[Excerpts from PA Bulletin September 19, 2003]
The proposed rulemaking was made public at the June 24, 2003, meeting of the Commission. Comments can be sent until October 3, 2003, to the Director, Information and Education, Game Commission, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797.
1. Introduction
The Commission is proposing to amend § 137.2 to make the release of captive held wildlife or domestic dogs or cats into the wild unlawful
3. Regulatory Requirements.
The proposed rulemaking will make the release of captive held wildlife or domestic dogs or cats into the wild unlawful.
4. Persons Affected
Persons who release captive held wildlife or domestic dogs or cats into the wild in this Commonwealth will be affected by the proposed rulemaking.
http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol33/33-38/1838.html


Clamping down on cat declawing
S.F. animal welfare panel wants veterinary procedure banned
Simone Sebastian, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, September 19, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle, CA
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/19/BA114007.DTL


Campus News
Wild cats need student help
by Cynthia Everson, UT Staff Writer
UNC Niner, NC
September 19, 2003
http://www.nineronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/19/3f69e6f8e3afc


HOMELESS pets concern local community
Daily Trojan Online
September 19, 2003
http://www.dailytrojan.com/article.do?issue=/V150/N18&id=09-home.18c.html


A Bad Year for Dogs and Cats
The Ledger, Florida
September 19, 2003
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030919/NEWS/309190343/1036

Editorial: Dealing with stray cats
Thursday, September 18, 2003
The Patriot News, PA
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/opinion/1063877744275970.xml


Metro Briefs
Kankakee Daily Journal, IL
September 18, 2003
Feral cat presentation set
What happens to cats and kittens when they're abandoned? The Kankakee County Animal Foundation will be hosting a presentation on feral cat management at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Bourbonnais Community Room (next to the police station) in the Bourbonnais Municipal Building, 700 NW Main St. in Bourbonnais.
http://www.daily-journal.com/content/?id=34240


Community Cat Coalition to address feral cat issue
A group of dedicated and committed individuals will be tackling an issue that brought several evenings of heated discussion to city council meetings last year - the proliferation of feral cats in the community.
By DEB WUETHRICH
September 18, 2003
Tecumseh Herald, MI
"http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10186199&BRD=2078&PAG=461&dept_id=380356&rfi=6


Brenau group helping strays
By JEFF GILL
Gainesville Times, GA
September 18, 2003
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20030918/localnews/281406.html


North Haven may limit cat population
Michael Gannon , Register Staff
NewHavenRegister.com, CT
September 18, 2003
http://www.newhavenregister.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=517514&newsid=10182808&PAG=461&rfi=9


SAVE Taxpayer Dollars! New Website Dedicated to Homeless Companion Animal Advocacy Launched.
Emediawire (press release)
September 18, 2003
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2003/9/prweb80419.htm

Stray Pet Advocacy.org
Feral Animals
Non-lethal Animal Control


Ted Henry Makes Plea For Viewers To Adopt Cats
About 120 Cats Need Adopting
September 17, 2003
Newsnet5.com, Cleveland OH
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2490454/detail.html


Treasured Pets
[State] Treasurer's office gives back to the Community [Illinois]
http://www.state.il.us/treas/
[Click at left on "Treasurer's Office gives back to Community" and scroll down]


Cats Mutilated, Found in Ephraim Cemetery
Sep. 17, 2003
KSL-TV, UT
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=48665

Administrators hope to fix campus cat overcrowding
by Cynthia Everson, UT Staff Writer
September 16, 2003
UNC Niner, NC
http://www.nineronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/16/3f686b751a448


Newport's [PA] cat control runs afoul of law
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
BY DOTTIE ALDRICH
For The Patriot-News, PA
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/west/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1063791173245600.xml

Much appreciation to The Animal Spirit for highlighting
Feral Cats in the News ~ the Feral Cat Blog as Featured Website
in this week's {The Animal Spirit Newsletter} Issue 9/15/03-9/21/03!


It's raining cats and dogs for Coquitlam bylaw enforcement
By Kate Trotter, The Tri-City News
Coquitlam Tri City News, Canada
September 17, 2003
http://www.tricitynews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=74&cat=43&id=112296&more=


Council limits pet ownership
By DANNY HENLEY Of the Courier-Post
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Hannibal Courier Post, MO
http://www.hannibal.net/stories/091703/hap_0917030050.shtml


Pet owners licensing their animals
By Bridie Isensee
The Facts
Published September 17, 2003
Brazosport Facts, TX
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?wcd=9994


[MOUNT CARMEL, PA]
By Mark Gilger , Staff Writer 09/17/2003
mark_g@newsitem.com
Shamokin News Item, PA
[Excerpted:]
Council members, other citizens in the audience and Shurock all agreed that a problem exists with stray cats throughout the borough. Council urged residents to stop feeding the cats.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10176224&BRD=2311&PAG=461&dept_id=482260&rfi=6


On Neighborhood Cats news webpage:
Bloomfield Launches First Municipally-Approved
TNR Program in Northern NJ
September 7, 2003
http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/news/bnews/bnews_03_sep07.htm


Vet students care for cats
By Karen Mortensen
Assistant Copy Editor
September 11, 2003
The Auburn Plainsman Online
http://www.theplainsman.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/11/3f602ddfe07b5


Flood-control project OK'd despite concerns
By Sharon Noguchi
San Jose Mercury News, CA
Wed, Sep. 17, 2003
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6791491.htm


Disney veterinary experts check ko'ko' birds
By Katie Worth
kworth@guampdn.com
Agana Pacific Daily News, GU
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
http://www.guampdn.com/news/stories/20030917/localnews/270179.html

Animal People News
SEPTEMBER 2003
LETTERS
[Scroll down to]
TNR success
http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/03/9/lettersmore903.html


CAT fight breaks out in Newport
By Karla Browne
Carlisle Sentinel, PA
September 16, 2003
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/09/16/news/news02.txt


Arma Mayor Anderson resigns
By OLIVE L. SULLIVAN
Morning Sun Staff Writer
Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
[Scroll down to]
In other business, the council discussed a proposed dog-and-cat ordinance, which has been on the table before. City Attorney Rick Smith said several cities have considered some sort of cat ordinance, but have discovered the idea creates more problems than it solves. [continued]
http://morningsun.net/stories/091603/loc_20030916013.shtml

State Game Commission to Newport: Stop releasing cats
Monday, September 15, 2003 Breaking News
By Karla Browne, Sentinel Reporter
Carlisle Sentinel, PA
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/09/15/breaking_news/story02.txt

People on the move
September 15, 2003
New hires
• Lisa Tudor (director) by the Indiana Companion Animal Network Feline Spay/Neuter Clinic
Indianapolis Star, IN
http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/3/074336-6043-031.html


Stalling on allowing cat only puts off inevitable
JENNIFER ADKINS - columnist
Monday, September 15, 2003
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2003/September/15/LFlist2.htm


Dogs, owners hoof it for Humane Society
[Waynesboro, PA]
Richard F. Belisle
September 15, 2003
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=62689&format=html


Shelters give homes to strays
DeKalb stray problem may come from students
Trinesha Jones - Staff Reporter
Tjones@northernstar.info
Northern Star Online
http://www.star.niu.edu/metro/articles/091503-shelters.asp

Dog's (and cat's) best friend: helping homeless pets
By: Scott Morgan , Staff Writer
09/11/2003
Bordentwo Register News, NJ
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10147790&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425707&rfi=6


CC: The World's First & Only Cloned Kitty
9/11/2003
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
WOAI, TX
©2003 Associated Press.
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=B3E4091B-45AD-4353-AC6E-48479EE29C63


PANORA CITY COUNCIL
The Guthrian, IA
September 11, 2003
[Scroll down to - excerpted here]
Cats - Panora has a cat overpopulation and Kristie Jorgensen is trying to do something about it as she is forming a group to deal with the felines humanely. She inquired of city officials about cats at the trailer court where she has been giving medication to the animals. People dump cats there, she said.
City administrator Sue Cosner said the city has no plans to remove the 12-20 cats at the trailer court as disposal at shelters is too costly. Jorgensen wants to reduce the city's cat population, but not by destroying or dumping the animals, but finding a place for them.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10150170&BRD=2020&PAG=461&dept_id=231738&rfi=6


Animal Planet will feature Giles' Adoptable Angels
By: CLAUDIA JOHNSON, Staff Writer
A grassroots effort to unite homeless, neglected or abused pets with a loving owner has caught the attention of cable television's Animal Planet.
September 11, 2003
Pulaski Citizen, TN
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10151448&BRD=2040&PAG=461&dept_id=232228&rfi=6


Animal shelters operate with no minimum standards
By MIKE SAEWITZ
mike.saewitz@heraldtribune.com
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030914/NEWS/309140397/1060


Spaying urged to reduce stray cats [ARLINGTON]
By Wendy Lyons Sunshine
Special to the Star-Telegram
Posted on Sun, Sep. 14, 2003
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/6769612.htm


Can local councils be more pro-active?
Henry Frendo
[Scroll down to] Stray cats
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Valletta Times, Malta
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=135295

Town overwhelmed by public support for abandoned cats
Wednesday,September10,2003,1:04 PM
By Dick Gosselin, NewsRadio WMTW
WMTW, ME - Sep 8, 2003
http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=1433344
[Blog Note: See also - Andover ME post September 4]


Catwalk to feline safety
By DANIELLE WOOD
Hobart Mercury, Australia
14sep03
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7257791%255E3462,00.html


Town mulls increased codes enforcement
by Brad Buck
Palatka Daily News, FL
9/13/2003
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/pages/09132003/town.html


Cat lovers in overnight bid to clear 50 feral felines
Robin Turner, The Western Mail
Sep 13 2003
icWales, UK
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13402891_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Cat-lovers-in-overnight-bid-to-clear-50--feral-felines-name_page.html


Where are the feral felines?
By Carter Thompson
The Daily News
Published September 13, 2003
Galveston County Daily News, TX
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=13327


Nothing for you to do? Not this weekend!
[Scroll down to] Siglinda's celebration
From staff reports : The Herald-Sun
Sep 12, 2003 : 6:33 pm ET
Durham Herald Sun, NC
[Excerpt] Proceeds from the $20 tickets will benefit Alley Cat Allies, a national organization committed to the care and protection of feral cats and kittens.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-391209.html


The truth about toxoplasmosis, cats and pregnant women
Dr. Jeffrey Proulx is the Director of Veterinary Services at the San Francisco SPCA.
Alameda Times-Star, CA
Saturday, September 13, 2003
http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~1629975,00.html


Letters to the Editor
Posted Saturday - September 13, 2003
The only solution [Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)]
Williamsport Sun Gazette , PA
http://www.sungazette.com/letters/letter_details.asp?letterID=1104&postdate=9/13/2003


Warning: Don't handle bats
Potentially fatal rabies not to be taken lightly
HEATHER VOGELL, Staff Writer
Sat, Sep. 13, 2003
Charlotte Observer, NC
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/6760612.htm

Endicott Cats Need a Home
Jaime Fettrow
Sep 12, 2003, 16:34
WBNG, NY
http://www.wbng.com/data/web_4025.shtml


Another Rabid Animal Found In Broward County
Rabid Fox Confirmed Friday
POSTED: 5:33 PM EDT September 12, 2003
PLANTATION, Fla.
http://www.click10.com/news/2480785/detail.html


Rare hawksbill turtles hatch at Punaluu
By Dave Smith/ Tribune-Herald
Hawaii Tribune-Herald, HI
Friday, September 12, 2003
http://www.hilohawaiitribune.com/daily/2003/Sep-12-Fri-2003/news/news2.html


Sgt. Pepper Trapped
Benicia News, CA
Friday, Sep 12, 2003
By Lois Readers Write Contributor
http://www.benicianews.com/articles/index.cfm?artoid=75121


Smarter Than Wile E., Coyotes Craft Ecosystems
By JOE EATON Special to the Planet (09-12-03)
Berkeley Daily Planet
Edition: Friday, September 12, 2003
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=09-12-03&storyID=17392

Where eagles dare to soar again
September 13, 2003
Western Australia Post Newspapers, Australia
http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030913/downsouth/001.shtml


Saraland won't limit pet number
By KAREN TOLKKINEN, Staff Reporter
Mobile Register, AL
09/12/03
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/106335831986260.xml


[TOWNSEND] Girls turn affection for felines into donations for cat shelter
By Diane C. Beaudoin
September 12, 2003
Ayer Public Spirit, MA
http://www.ayerpublicspirit.com/Stories/0,1413,110~5678~1627490,00.html
Shirley Oracle, MA
Groton Landmark, MA
Harvard Hillside, MA
Townsend Times, MA
Pepperell Free Press, MA


Purrsonal Training Tips for Fitness
Market Wire (press release)
September 12, 2003
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=57415


Five abandoned kittens a real handful
Sutton Borough Guardian, UK
September 12, 2003
http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.412378.0.five_abandoned_kittens_a_real_handful.php

Regional News Briefs
Two boys arrested in deaths of cats
Sept. 12, 2003
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep03/169196.asp

HONESDALE Sets Leaf Burning Rules
By PETER BECKER
Wayne Independent, PA
Thursday, September 11, 2003
€ Police are enforcing the ordinance regarding cats allowed to run loose. Cats are caught in a "safe trap" and taken to Dessin Shelter; the owner must pay to retrieve the cat. Bishop said they are not cat haters, but residents are frustrated with the damage cats can cause. One local taxpayer was cited $150 for violating the ordinance; he took it to the magistrate and lost the case, which cost him another $59.
http://www.wayneindependent.com/articles/2003/09/11/news/news3.txt


Around town
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Marietta Times, OH
Feral cats focus of informational meeting
Advocates For Animals Inc. invites all feral cat caretakers in Washington County to its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
The meeting topic is "Creating Non-Breeding Cat Colonies" and covers information about local resources for feral cats. Donations of cat food, empty ink jet and laser printer cartridges, and aluminum cans may be dropped off at the meeting.
For more information: Mary Waggoner, 373-0017.
http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0911202003_newerer.asp


Some animal owners wrongly targeted
By ALISON KEPNER, akepner@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com
on September 11, 2003
The News-Press, FL
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/03091_animalservices.html


Cats draw animal group's attention
BY KATE SCHNEIDER
STAFF INTERN
Pioneer Press Online, IL
September 11, 2003
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/ev/09-11-03-106706.html


8 homes to go up on site of longtime tavern
BY LYNNE STIEFEL
STAFF WRITER
Pioneer Press Online, IL
September 11, 2003
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/newstand/re.aspx?reIDx=C7C2AE37-A4B4-4A47-A3DF-C89EBBF50D2F


Teacher faces 16 counts of animal cruelty
By RAMONA SMITH
smithra@phillynews.com
Philadelphia Daily News, PA
September 11, 2003
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/6742936.htm


News in brief from central Pennsylvania
More than 40 diseased and malnourished cats discovered inside a roach-infested home have been euthanized, authorities said.
September 11, 2003
NEPA News, PA
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10147251&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6


SPCA volunteers say criticism unjustified
Local SPCA staff begin their day at 8 a.m.
Linda Arlia
Lloydminster Meridian Booster, AB, CANADA
September 10, 2003
http://www.meridianbooster.com/story.php?id=73290

COUNCIL approves improvement plan
By MELISSA ST. AUDE, Daily Press Staff
Silver City Daily Press, NM
September 10, 2003
[Scroll down to]
The council also heard arguments from Mary Jane Friedler and Marcia Weist regarding the Spay Neuter Awareness Program and the Trap Neuter Release program's proposed feral cat plan.
http://www.thedailypress.com/NewsFolder/9.10.3.html


Talk to the neighbors to avoid cat problems
A Wyoming man decided that he had enough of his neighbor's cat coming on to his property. Instead of talking out the problem with his neighbor, he decided to trap the cat and hold it for $50 ransom.
September 10, 2003
Corvallis Gazette Times, OR
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2003/09/10/family_leisure/home_garden/garden03.txt


62 cats taken from Bradenton mobile home
NEVY WILSON, Herald Staff Writer
09/09/2003
Bradenton Herald, FL
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/6725286.htm


[Riverside, CA] Board rejects licensing of cats
Committee members are furious over supervisors' vote
By L.C. GREENE, STAFF WRITER
Daily Bulletin, Ontario CA
Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 10:02:05 PM PST
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203~21481~1621823,00.html


NE - Recalled Palmyra chairman seeks to set aside vote
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP)
September 10, 2003
http://www.journalstar.com/latest_reg.php?story_id=79270


Feline left home alone survives 8 weeks
September 10, 2003
Monroe News Star, LA
http://www.thenewsstar.com/localnews/html/0121B98C-8756-4984-BFEF-6D73332343E2.shtml


Council to mull limits on pit bulls, cats
Douglas Hadden
09/10/2003
Pawtucket Times, RI
PAWTUCKET -- In a city that has seen more than its share of pit bull attacks and highly publicized cases of animal hoarding, officials are considering limitations on the ownership of such canines and on the number of dogs and cats people could register and own in Pawtucket.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10139401&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=24491&rfi=6


Local agencies try to put leash on rabies
09/08/03
Katie Ward
Walker County Messenger, GA
September 10, 2003
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=730&NewsID=488331&CategoryID=3511&on=0


Baiting scheme aims to outfox pests but save dingo
ABC Online, Australia
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s941896.htm


Butternut first in line for new infrastructure grant
GEORGE TRESNAK
The Park Falls Herald, WI
Wednesday, September 10th, 2003
[Scroll down to]
In other business, the Butternut Village Board:
Heard a report by Neumann on a hearing to be scheduled next month on the planned permanent closing of the trailer park in Butternut due to alleged constant problems with the majority of trailer owners failing to keep up to date with rent, tenants failing to put garbage on the curb for pickup, and nuisances such as a large population of cats. Neumann said letters would be sent out informing those involved of the closure plan and of the hearing. He said the process to completely close the trailer park would take about l-1/2 years.
http://www.parkfallswi.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=151194&refer_url=


LIFESTYLES
Newton notes, MA
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
[Excerpt]
Adopt 'Garbo'
Garbo came from a shelter in North Carolina that was so overrun with cats and kittens they had begun euthanizing. The Cat Connection, along with other groups around the country, took van loads of these cats for adoption in other states.
http://www.townonline.com/newton/arts_lifestyle/arts_lifestyle/new_brinenewtonnotesprjt09092003.htm

Princeton still considering animal-control ordinance
By TERRI SIMON of the Journal Star
Peoria Journal Star, IL
September 10, 2003
http://www.pjstar.com/news/regional/b0n8bgos033.html


From Maddie's Fund, CA
The No-Kill Nation September 2003 Newsletter
Making a Difference:
Dane County Friends of Ferals [WI]
To learn more about feral cats

From FIREPAW in NY
Riverside County, California Says No to Cat Licensing
Supervisors don't like a proposal to punish with higher fees those who won't spay or neuter their pets. A positive approach is requested.
By Seema Mehta
September 10, 2003.
Los Angeles Times
[Blog Note: see article under September 9 also]


Police may stop picking up cats
By Michael Fielding, staff writer
fielding@republican-eagle.com
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Republican Eagle, Red Wing, MN
http://www.republican-eagle.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&ArticleID=18856&SubSectionID=83


Love Your Cat? Want to Know More?
09/09/2003
Shoreline Times, CT
[Excerpt]
Everything You Want & Need to Know About Your Cat is being offered as part of the ERACE Fall 2003 course series.
The courses will cover nutrition, behavior and health issues, myths and misconceptions, alternative care, resource recommendations and more.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1630&dept_id=7742&newsid=10138207&PAG=461&rfi=9


Colorful felines abound at Welcome Center
By CHRIS J. STARRS
September 10, 2003
Citizen Online, GA
And thus was born her Cool Cats series of paintings. Cochran said she plans to show about 25 of her paintings, most of which will feature felines.
“Any money I receive will go to help orphaned, homeless kitties in Rockdale County."
http://www.citizenonline.net/citizen/archive/articleCC1CD61D1C3B41329F06400FCE7AC31E.asp


LETTERBOX CHALLENGE FOR HOSPICE
South Devon Herald Express, UK
10 September 2003
[Scroll down to]
Feral cat home plea
Stable owners and proprietors of redundant barns are being called to help in the welfare of local kittens.
The Blue Cross, Maidencombe is seeking rural property owners to help integrate feral cats back into society.
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=102060&command=displayContent&sourceNode=100885&contentPK=6987024


Living News: Back Fence
09/10/03
All animals, all the time. Or at least today.
The Oregonian, OR
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1063195715298410.xml


NN council eyes feral cat problem
By Fred Carroll, Daily Press
Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA
Published September 10, 2003
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-73713sy0sep10,0,2062441.story?coll=dp-news-local-final


From Animal Advocacy / AnimalConcerns.org
Date: Wed Sep 10, 2003
Subject: Contact info for TNR support letters in Newport News, VA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalAdvocacy/message/3531


Letters to the editor
September 10, 2003
Our SPCA faces difficult decisions
Tasley Eastern Shore News, VA
http://www.delmarvanow.com/easternshore/stories/20030910/224709.html


Going to the dogs
Cat group goes online to protect police pup
Amanda Walker & Liz Landry
Daily Reporters
September 10, 2003
North Texas Daily
http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/10/3f5eb2debb8fa


Volunteers taking care of hundreds of cats seized from shelter
The Associated Press
September 9, 2003
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030909/APN/309090978

Coalition: Neuter, don't kill, feral cats
By Fred Carroll
Hampton Roads Daily Press, VA
September 9, 2003
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nncats_0909,0,634203.story?coll=dp-headlines-topnews

From FIREPAW in NY
9/9/2003
Resource: Cat Fence
www.catfence.com


ACA Feral Cat News
Feral Cats in McHenry, IL Need Your Support
http://www.alleycat.org/
The McHenry County Board of Health will be approving guidelines for a trial TNR program this Wednesday, September 10. Please send e-mails in support. (more)
http://www.alleycat.org/mchenry.html
[Blog Note: See news article posted on Feral Cat Blog September 4, 2003.]


Plan to end stray cat problem scratched out by Pa. Game
BIRDSBORO -- A volunteer organization’s effort to help resolve a problem with stray cats has been thwarted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Sharon Stahl , sstahl@pottsmerc.com
09/09/2003
Pottstown Mercury, PA
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10133455&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6


Strict House Rules for Stray Cats
Posted by Les Morris
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
ChronWatch.com
http://www.chronwatch.com/editorial/contentDisplay.asp?aid=4175


CP Study Separates Feline Fact From Fiction
Submitted by: Steve O'Malley
Tuesday 09 September 2003
UKPets, UK
http://www.ukpets.co.uk/ukp/index.php?section=Home&sub=News&rws=&method=fetch&item=638&tb=introduction


Cat owners also face fine increases
WINNIPEG - Cat owners won't get off scott free in Winnipeg's Animal Services' toughening of its animal control bylaw.
A city committee approved increasing dozens of pet-related fines on Monday, including several that deal with cats.
CBC Manitoba, Canada
Sep 9 2003 08:20 AM CDT
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_catfines20030909


Cat charity crisis plea for owners
An animal charity today appealed to the public to help solve its overcrowding crisis.
Glasgow Evening Times, UK
September 9, 2003
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5019082.html


Woman with 89 cats sentenced
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP)
Wyoming News, WY
September 9, 2003
http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=195431

House Cats: Indoors or Out
Check out the experts, and check in with your opinion
Best Friends Animal Society, Utah
point counter point forum
September 8, 2003
http://www.bestfriends.org/nmhp/pcp/cats-in-out/pcp-catsinorout.htm

[Repost from August 30 on the Feral Cat Blog]
Upcoming Topic ~ September 8 – 12, 2003
No More Homeless Pets Forum
Ferals, ferals everywhere, and not sure what to do?
Nathan Winograd of Tompkins County SPCA in upstate New York will answer questions about feral cats. Wondering how to launch a community program or what to say to people who don’t like cats? Nathan will offer insights into how to create lifesaving programs wherever you live.
E-mail questions for Nathan to:
aimee@bestfriends.org
How to Join the No More Homeless Pets Forum
This forum is located on Yahoo! Groups. To join, send a blank e-mail message to
NMHP-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or go to the Yahoo! Groups website and sign in.
The forum on Yahoo! is moderated by Best Friends Animal Society.

Does Purring Mean Your Cat Is a Happy Moggy or Angry Tiger?
Research to launch "Rescue Cat of the Year" reveals lack of understanding about the behaviour of UK's favourite pet
Business Wire (press release)
September 8, 2003
http://www.newstream.com/us/story_pub.shtml?story_id=10518&user_ip=198.81.26.199


County could license felines
Riverside Press Enterprise, CA (must register)
September 8, 2003
... It is hoped that the license for a fixed feline will curb the cat population, cut down on outdoor cat nuisances and prevent rabies, Rivers said. ...
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_NEWS_nrsupes08.5828d.html


Only 3 percent of cats reunited
Letters to the Editor
09/08/03
The Oregonian, Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1062849575101350.xml

TOWNS try leaving feral felines on the street
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ
Associated Press in Newsday
September 7, 2003, 4:59 PM EDT
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--straycats0907sep07,0,7943889.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

Displaced feral cats need safe, new home
By Cindy Wolff
wolff@gomemphis.com
GoMemphis.com, TN
September 7, 2003
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/lifestyle/article/0,1426,MCA_521_2233194,00.html


Park-area residents fearful of wild dogs
By Don Worthington, Staff writer
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC
Published on: 2003-09-07
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=5856171


AT Home in Pelham - Lowell Sun, MA
Town celebrates togetherness at annual festival
STEPHANIE COYNE, Sun Correspondent
September 7, 2003
Rescue Network of New England attended the festivities with hopes of educating the community about homeless animals and possibly placing a few stray cats and dogs into new homes.
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~1616375,00.html


Deadly virus strain affecting cats
By Suzanne Grover
Kinston Free Press, NC
09/07/2003
NEW BERN - A new and deadly strain of Feline Calicivirus, a respiratory virus affecting only cats, has been detected in a small number of animals in North Carolina.
"This is not an epidemic," he said. "It's a very focal outbreak in a very confined group of animals."
http://www.kinston.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=13951


STATE of the State
Salt Lake Tribune, UT
September 7, 2003
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09072003/utah/90422.asp
Payson is considering changing its animal ordinances, including easing the muzzle rule for dogs and the leash law for cats.
Police Chief Dee Rowland requested the change, saying the cat leash law is "impossible to enforce" and takes time and resources away from other priorities. It was not clear whether a new law would allow cats to roam freely; the City Council has asked city staff to study the issue.
-- The Daily Herald


Dogs, cats overrun Lincoln home
Authorities remove 32 animals from residence
BY JAMES WASHBURN
THE COURIER, NE
September 7, 2003
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/03/09/05/a.asp


COYOTES SPARK CONCERN IN SHORE ROAD AREA
BY RYAN BLESSING - THE SUN STAFF
Westerly Sun, RI
September 7, 2003
http://www.thewesterlysun.com/articles/2003/09/07/news/news5.txt


Pet policy under investigation
Tenants living in flats with communal areas owned by a housing association will not be allowed to replace their animals once they die.
BBC News, UK
Sunday, 7 September, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/3084248.stm


Park County quarantined for rabies
Associated Press
Billings Gazette, MT
September 7, 2003
The quarantine means dogs, cats, horses and other animals may not be taken out of the county unless they have been vaccinated against the disease for at least 14 days.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/09/07/build/local/montana-3.inc


Animal society builds house to shelter cats
Sunday September 07, 2003
By Earl Hodges, Contributing writer
The Animal Adoption Society wrapped up a summer of caring for homeless animals with the construction of a third building to house cats.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-2/106291480414820.xml

Court ruling clears way to seize feral cats
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH
kdeutsch@herald.com
Posted on Sat, Sep. 06, 2003
Miami Herald, FL
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/6705809.htm


Pet dumping a problem: survey
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan
September 6, 2003
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030906p2a00m0fp030000c.html


Shelter offering free cat adoption this week
September 6, 2003
Port Clinton News Herald, OH
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/news/stories/20030906/localnews/205795.html


Letters to the Editor
Posted Saturday - September 6, 2003
Problem exists
Williamsport Sun Gazette, PA
http://www.sungazette.com/letters/letter_details.asp?letterID=1057&postdate=9/6/2003


Distemper kills hundreds of shelter cats
Adoptions resume after virus strikes cats
Friday, September 05, 2003
BY MARY KLAUS, Of The Patriot-News
Penn Live, PA
http://pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10627544764030.xml


Disease stops mid-state cat adoptions -
HARRISBURG (AP)
September 5, 2003
Pocono Record
http://www.poconorecord.com/local/tjd43336.htm


Distemper responsible for hundreds of cat deaths in Pa.
The Associated Press
9/5/2003, 7:21 a.m. ET
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)
Penn Live

http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1062761344286331.xml


Distemper responsible for hundreds of cat deaths in Pa.
NEPA News
Information from the Patriot News (see above)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10117646&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6


Cats, Rabbits Found Dead In West Seattle
Resident Fear Animal Killer May Be On The Loose
September 5, 2003
KIROtv.com, WA
http://www.kirotv.com/news/2458959/detail.html


Reward Offered In Mutilated Cats Case
Police Say Coyote May Be Responsible For Recent Cat Deaths
September 4, 2003
BOTHELL, Wash
KIROtv.com, WA
http://www.kirotv.com/news/2457281/detail.html


Judge could order cat woman leashed
AURORA, Ill
Sept. 5 (UPI)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20030905-014709-8152r.htm


Cats caught at Bethells
By RANI TIMOTI
06 September 2003
Cats are hampering efforts to bring birds back to a wildlife sanctuary at Bethells.
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2650296a7693,00.html

Florida Policy on Feral Cats Upheld
Published Friday, September 5, 2003
TALLAHASSEE
Lakeland Ledger, FL
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030905/NEWS/309050410/1004


Judge tosses out challenge to state's feral-cat policy
By David Fleshler | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted September 5, 2003
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-locferalcats05090503sep05,0,1049832.story?coll=orl-news-headlines


VOICE of the People
September 5, 2003
Keep your cats indoors, please
Press of Atlantic City, NJ
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/columns/090503LETTSFRISEP5.html


Commissioners reject prison farm driving range
9-5-03
By MATT WILLIAMS AND ALEX WAYNE, Staff Writers
News & Record, NC
[Scroll down to]
In other business:
the [Guilford County] commissioners voted 8-2 Thursday to give $75,000 to a group hoping to sterilize masses of pets in poor neighborhoods, despite concerns about the timing of the grant and the data the group used to argue its case.
http://www.news-record.com/news/government/golffarm05gs.htm

Cat abatement begins
Friday, 5 September 2003
Kangaroo Island Islander, Australia
http://kangarooisland.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=252596&y=2003&m=9


Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FWC SEEKS TEAM APPROACH TO FERAL CAT ISSUE
September 4, 2003
http://floridaconservation.org/whatsnew/03/feral-team-st.html

Courtesy of Kathy and Vanessa:

Neighbors upset at woman feeding stray cats
Reported by Michael O'Mara
Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:32:23 PM
WKYC-TV Channel 3, Cleveland OH
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=10357

Death to the Ferals
By Drew Winchester
feedback@orlandoweekly.com
Published 9/4/03
Orlando Weekly, FL
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?ID=4076

Emmitsburg woman finally gets her kittens
by Sherry Greenfield
Staff Writer
The Gazette, MD
Sep. 4, 2003
http://www.gazette.net/200336/walkersville/news/176480-1.html


The Region
September 4, 2003
Modesto Bee, CA
FUND-RAISERS
For cat guardians
A garage sale is scheduled on Saturday to raise money for Alley Cat Guardians.
Organizers said proceeds will go toward the guardians' mission of trapping, spaying and neutering feral cats, and to pay other veterinary bills for the animals.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/7390493p-8310858c.html


IN FOCUS: Why so many moggies think Daphne is the cat's whiskers.
... When she isn't picking up stray cats and providing a foster home for them until new
owners can be found, she runs a helpline for people to report unwanted cats ...
Peterborough Evening Telegraph, UK
September 4, 2003
http://www.peterboroughet.co.uk/ViewArticlemore2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=652772


Feisty feral cat turns out to have rabies
Schenectady-- Woman, dog warden scratched in rare attack involving feline; 3 to get shots
By MIKE GOODWIN, Staff writer
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Albany Times Union, NY
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=166604&category=REGION&BCCode=&newsdate=9/4/2003


Feral friends or foes? [McHenry Co, IL]
By KRISTEN SCHMIDT
The Northwest Herald, IL
Thu, Sep 4, 2003
http://www.nwherald.com/spider/NWH/news/283627959828323.shtml


COMMUNITY REPORT
Thursday September 04, 2003
FERAL FRIENDS WANT HELP
Feral Friends, a nonprofit organization that sterilizes, feeds and medicates feral cats, is accepting donations for a benefit garage sale to be held Sept. 20. For information, call Betty at (504) 362-0613.
Times Picayune, LA
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-2/106265624011170.xml


ANDOVER
Town overrun by couple’s cats
By Terry Karkos, Staff Writer
September 3, 2003
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine
http://www.sunjournal.com/story.asp?slg=090303kitty


Coyote expert coming
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Belmont Citizen Herald, MA
http://www.townonline.com/belmont/news/local_regional/bch_bribhcoyotes09032003.htm


North Logan Cat Killed by Cougar?
Sep. 3, 2003
(Logan, UT-AP)
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=46120

TV game show host helps humane society with grant.
The $2,500 grant is for companion pets only, but the humane society hopes to begin work spaying and neutering feral cats this fall.
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
The Messenger, Union City TN
http://www.ucmessenger.com/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=14287?localnews


State changes animal control law
Kane already ahead of curve in many areas
By Steve Lord, STAFF WRITER
SuburbanChicagoNews.com
09/03/03
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/city/a03animal.htm


City Council approves Jake-brake ban
By DANNY HENLEY
Of the Courier-Post
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Hannibal Courier Post, MO
[Excerpt:]
* First reading was given an ordinance regulating the number of dogs and cats a resident may have.
"It will require that they get a license from the state in order to have more than five animals," said Curtis, pointing out that the total can represent a combination of animals, such as two dogs and three cats.
http://www.hannibal.net/stories/090303/hap_0903030043.shtml


Darling cats enjoy all nine lives
By MARY BETH SMETZER, Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~1607931,00.html


Plea agreement rejected in cat abuse case
September 2, 2003
By Katharhynn Heidelberg
The Cortez Journal
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/03/news030902_5.htm


Venue is purr-fect for charity's fair
Sep 3, 2003, 09:30:00
Southbridge News, UK
http://www.expressandstar.com/artman/publish/article_40967.shtml


Animal lovers swamp cat hotline
Sep 1, 2003, 09:23:00
Southbridge News, UK
http://www.expressandstar.com/artman/publish/article_40761.shtml

Nearly dead kitten saved by D.M. police officer, family
By ADAM MORRIS
Register Correspondent
09/02/2003
Des Moines Register, IA
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/22142916.html


Rising burden of treating injured wildlife falls on the few
"What people really need to know is that no one [in Rhode Island] has the job description of caring for wildlife," says Dr. Meredith Bird, of North Kingstown.
01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, September 2, 2003
BY KAREN LEE ZINER
Journal Staff Writer
NORTH KINGSTOWN
Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI
http://signin.projo.com/reg_signin.jsp?fw=http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20030902_wild2.4c8e2.html


Sheldon residents soon to surf without wires
08/13/03
Lynn Wade
Nevada Daily Mail, MO
[Excerpt]
The board of aldermen also:
• Agreed to draft an ordinance aimed at mitigating the problem of several free-roaming cats in the area, which residents complain scratch the tops of their cars, enter garages and leave droppings in their yards.
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/888/public/news481889.html


Questions For Quack's Corner
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Bridgeton News, NJ
[Excerpt]
Dear Quack's Corner: How long does it take to tame a wild cat? -- R.L.
Dear R.L.: This depends on many factors, such as her age, how long she's been feral (wild), and her individual personality. I've had feral cats never come around to the point where you can hold them and they actually enjoy being petted instead of just tolerating it. Some may even become affectionate, but this may take three to five years. A true feral will never become a lap cat, but in time, when trust is gained, can make a nice pet as long as the owner is not insistent on making unreasonable demands on the animal, such as forcing the cat to be held. Most will learn to tolerate being groomed and having their nails clipped. You must always remember that you are dealing with a wild animal (even though this is a domestic cat technically), and they will quickly revert to this behavior when frightened or confined. There is such a good feeling when a feral cat begins to trust you and a "friendship" is being established. Patience.
http://www.nj.com/news/bridgeton/local/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1062512756178390.xml


Voice of the People
September 2, 2003
Press of Atlantic City, NJ
[Excerpt:]
It is great that the Egg Harbor Township Committee will finally take advantage of the 30-year-old Endangered Species Act to try to protect our dwindling wildlife and forests from developers' greed. Now that our elected officials suddenly turned green, they may want to consider the following suggestions to keep up the good work:
Enact a cat-licensing ordinance that will encourage cat owners to keep their bird-killers indoor.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/columns/090203LETTERSSEPT2.html


Killing wayward pets, even to save money, just sends wrong message
Eric Ernst — Aug 26, 2003
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030826/COLUMNIST17/308260591