Please forgive my ignorance of this bill, but on the surface
(after scanning it while in a moving car) it looks OK to me. It could
easily be that I'm missing the crucial piece. Would someone kindly explain
to me the reason for opposing this bill?
Thanks Happy Birding,
Isis Erb
Burlington, VT (wishing we got even 1/2 the unusual visitors that you
all seem to have on a continuous, rotating basis!)
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From: *Jane Ross* janefr...@hotmail.com
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Subject: [nysbirds-l] feral cat bill in Albany
To: nysbirds cornell nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
In addition to opposing this bill, it would be good to find a sympathetic
state legislator (or two) who could propose a bill that would make it
possible for feral cats to be taken to animal shelters. At the moment,
cats fall in a grey area in New York State where they cannot legally be
removed, and most animal shelters or rescue organizations will not accept
them because they cannot be adopted. Feral dogs are of course removed to
pounds where they are either destroyed or put up for adoption, raccoon are
destroyed, but cats are both protected and abandoned under current state
laws.
Jane F. Ross
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Forwarding for Gerry Rising:
The feral cat bill is to come up within hours. Please call Senate majority
leader John Flanagan at 518-455-2071 to oppose it. Just say you oppose
Senate 1081. It will take a few seconds to do this and opposing this bill
is VERY important to birds and other wildlife.
Having never made such a call before, I was very hesitant to do so myself,
but I found it very simple. A young woman answered and asked for my
message. I said that I opposed Senate 1081. She thanked me and promised to
pass my message on to the senator. I thanked her and we hung up. That was
it.
Numbers count in this world. Please help.
Gerry Rising
insr...@buffalo.edu javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','insr...@buffalo.edu');
Thank You
Mike Sylvia Galas
michael.gal...@gmail.com
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716-345-5419 cell
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