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To: kumar who wrote (109192)	4/14/2005 11:48:15 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

back here in philly we just run over them possums

To: kumar who wrote (109192)	4/14/2005 12:02:39 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793917

I have noticed each spring here for the past couple of years that there are less and less small birds and more and more canadian geese and feral cats. But hell i live in NJ and our cats couldnt be responsible, could they? Check bolded below which claims cats kill 47-139 million birds in wisconsin alone. Never knew cats were such good hunters so turnaround may be fair play. I am looking out my window in my upstairs office and there are no birds. nytimes.com NYT today Cat-Shooting State? Governor Is Doubtful By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 14, 2005 MADISON, Wis., April 13 (AP) - Wisconsin outdoorsmen have approved a proposal to legalize the killing of feral cats, but Gov. James E. Doyle said on Wednesday that the plan would fail. "I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats," said Mr. Doyle, a Democrat who neither hunts nor owns a cat. "What it does is sort of hold us up as a state that everybody is kind of laughing at right now." He told reporters that his office had received calls from around the country denouncing a proposal adopted on Monday at meetings of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, a public advisory group, that would classify wild, free-roaming cats as an unprotected species that kills song birds and other wildlife. Outdoor enthusiasts approved the proposal, 6,830 to 5,201, at hearings by the group on Monday. The results, tallied late Tuesday, will be forwarded to the State Natural Resources Board for consideration, but any official action would have to be passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. Animal rights groups belittled the idea as inhumane and dangerous. Mr. Doyle said he respected the Conservation Congress but "on this one, I think everybody recognizes it's not going anywhere." Some experts estimate that two million feral cats roam Wisconsin, and the state says that studies show that the cats kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds a year. South Dakota and Minnesota both allow feral cats to be shot. Two state senators, Scott Fitzgerald and Neil Kedzie, both Republicans, had promised to do everything they could to keep the plan from becoming law. Mr. Kedzie, who is chairman of the Natural Resources and Transportation Committee, called the issue "a distraction from the main tasks we have at hand."