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> the Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology oppose [trap, neuter, release], holding that cats are a highly destructive invasive species that should
by jmull 3y ago
> the Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology oppose [trap, neuter, release], holding that cats are a highly destructive invasive species that should not be allowed to live outdoors at all
The only option that leaves, really, is extermination.
But nobody is going to do that (not on a scale to have an impact, anyway) because (1) it costs money and (2) people would flip out because they love cats.
Is the the Audubon Society society going to step up to pay the bill and take the blame? Will local government agencies? I don't see it happening.
Meanwhile, TNR runs on very lean budgets because it's all cat-loving volunteers.
Of course, I'm not sure it's actually effective. But, so far, no one is proposing an alternative that could actually be tried. The Audubon Society's position is effectively identical to ignoring the issue entirely.
- rcpt 3y ago> it costs money I can't imagine that euthanasia is more expensive than TNR.
- jmull 3y agoExterminators cost money. TNR runs on volunteers and a lot of donated services. (Nobody volunteers to kill cats, and if they do, you don’t want them.) And the overall effort isn’t that different. With TNR you trap, neuter, release. With extermination you trap, kill, dispose. (I don’t think you can leave a bunch of dead cats and poison traps laying around). Neutering is a lot more effort than killing, but disposing is more effort than releasing (you can’t just throw piles and piles of dead cats in a dumpster).