Council panel advances bill to get rid of those rascally raccoons

Council panel advances bill to get rid of those rascally raccoons

Bat Conservation International

Thanks to all of you for voting in Disney's Friends for Change competition. For the second time in a row, Bat Conservation International has won the first place award of $100,000 to conserve bats! And it's all because of you and your dedication to this often-misunderstood mammal.

This money will fund our "Wings Across the Americas: BATS" project, which promotes the protection of migratory bats through scientific research and public education in the Western Hemisphere.

Specifically, the funds will be used to:

• Complete on-the-ground research projects in various countries with scientists sharing their stories, presenting maps of migratory routes, showing what bats do in different countries and providing incredible photos from the world of bats;
• Create a website where teachers and students can follow the bats on their amazing journeys;
• Showcase different species of migratory bats (two of them endangered) in North, Central and South America;

Again, thank you for voting each week, for asking your friends to vote and for tolerating our reminder emails. You've made a huge difference for bat conservation!

Warm regards,

Nina Fascione
Executive Director
Bat Conservation International

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Council panel advances bill to get rid of those rascally raccoons

Council panel advances bill to get rid of those rascally raccoons

The Environmental Impact of Free-Ranging House Cats (Felis catus)

The Environmental Impact of Free-Ranging House Cats (Felis catus)

More evidence concerning the harm free-range cats can do. Image via Wikipedia
The Environmental Impact of Free-Ranging House Cats (Felis catus)

Despite the claims of the feral cat lobby groups, evidence concerning the way free-ranging cats ravage the local fauna continues to grow. A new entry in the Why Files created by the University of Wisconsin-Madison speaks of the private lives of domestic cats. http://whyfiles.org/2011/the-secret-life-of-cats/

Aside from proving what we already knew, provides a nice visual of just how far a domestic/owned cat will travel from its owner’s home. To be sure it’s tiny compared to the feral cat, but it can still be more than what owners might think. Perhaps more interesting is the potential risks of disease transmission between feral cats and owned cats.

Just remember, when you let your cat out at night you don’t know what animals your cat has had contact with.

Stephen M. Vantassel specializes in vertebrate pest issues and is available for speaking engagements, debates, and training events.

Researchers say domestic, feral cats kill as many as 1 billion birds a year

Researchers say domestic, feral cats kill as many as 1 billion birds a year

DEP: Mountain Lion Spotted In Greenwich Is Dead, Struck By Car On Route 15

DEP: Mountain Lion Spotted In Greenwich Is Dead, Struck By Car On Route 15