It is amazing to me that 12,000 people voted and that almost 7000 voted for this ridiculous proposition! It would be easy to say that this is some sort of Wisconsin fluke but unfortunately there are far too many folks out there who consider all animals as nuisances and fair game for their high powered toys. The only ray of hope is that cats are pretty fast and if we're lucky these lunatics will only end up shooting each other!
By the way, does the resolution call for allowing cat hunts everywhere in Wisconsin--rural & populated areas???? Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BONNIE J KALMBACH Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:28 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: OT: Wisconsin cat hunting: bad and good news! The bad news is that the advisory vote on the resolution to make cats an unprotected species won, but the good news is that head of the DNR says there will be no cat hunt. The question was passed in a statewide advisory vote by those who attended the annua; Conservation Congress meetings held in each county. The vote was 6,830 in favor and 5,201 opposed to the idea. The results of this vote go to the Natural Resources Board which then recommends changing any laws to the state legislature - but as Scott Hassett, the DNR secretary is adamantly opposed to a cat hunt, this is probably the end of the matter for now. The DNR knows that allowing cats to be hunted would cause a lot of legal problems (e.g. people often can't tell if a cat is a true feral or a stray or a just a barn cat wandering around) that many farmers would close their land to hunters, that tourism would be affected, and with the DNR budget having been slashed, like those of so many state agencies these days, they just want to avoid all the problems and headaches that would ensue. A lot of people are hoping this is a wake-up call to those who let their cats run free and don't spay or neuter. reporting from Wisconsin, Bonnie Kalmbach
