Keep the Cats at SMU - Save the Feral Cat Program at Southern Methodist University
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Michelle Williams
10 years ago
Spread diatomaceous earth over the grounds will kill the fleas and don't harm the cats. Borax can be sprinkled on carpet and vacuumed up suffocating the fleas
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Brett Marlar
10 years ago
Even feral cats deserve to live. Humanely trap neuter and release, sure, but to exterminate these cats is just wrong !
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Syed Rizvi
10 years ago
Keep the feral cat program!
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Oscar Steele
10 years ago
Save the cats they keep your rodents down...bugs...snakes while being cute to watch.
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Tristan Smyth
10 years ago
Signing so that, if the FCP is ended, it is done so in a way that is not completely inconsiderate towards the lives of the cats.
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Valerie Kay
10 years ago
SMU this is not OK.
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Clifford Brookshire
10 years ago
Just breaks my heart.
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Susan
10 years ago
Seriously ....Southern Methodist University. These lives mean nothing to you??? You'd rather just kill them then try to understand and then humanely fix the problem. What are you teaching your students ???? It's okay to kill it if it's bothering you? So much for Christian values and valuing all life. We are the keepers of the souls. ....keep them alive and well
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Zainab Fatima
10 years ago
Seeing the cats around SMU always makes me happy, I want them to stay safe.
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Alison Wheaton
10 years ago
Keep feeding the cats! Don't let their efforts stop anyone from taking care of them. I'll bring something next time I go to dedman. Disobey!!
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Tina Stanglin
10 years ago
Please allow these cats to live at SMU. Feral cats keep rat and rodents away. They are also help with snakes and other insects. I have ferils, they all have clipped ears. As long as they are fixed, leave them alone. Better to have cats, that are free to keep rodents away... than to pay an exterminator to get rid of pests.
Trapping cats in this heat can kill them. They already freak out when they get trapped. I do believe that would be animal cruelty.
God bless you and bless these animals with a home. Thank you for having a heart.
Sincerely,
Tina Stanglin
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Colleen Leider
10 years ago
#catsofsmu
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Lisa Amerson
10 years ago
I urge you to reconsider these actions. As pointed out by numerous others, this is inhumane treatment of the feral cat population that provides the area with rodent and pest control. Yes, fleas are pests, but there are other ways to address that issue. Squirrels and other small animals - such as the mice and rats that the cats control for you - are also a big part of the flea problem, so you will now have an increase in rodents until more feral cats move in to the area - defeating the entire purpose of this action. Please release the trapped cats back in their area.
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Madeleine chard
10 years ago
I loved the feral cats when I was at SMU. They need to be treated with the respect that they deserve.
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Cheryl Radosz
10 years ago
Inhumane! This is the only home they know! Take care of the real problem not the cats!
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John Browning
10 years ago
I am deeply disappointed with how SMU has chosen to handle this situation, opting for a knee-jerk reaction rather than soliciting input from the dedicated volunteers most familiar with the cat population.
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Marie Wallmark
10 years ago
I love cats!
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Amanda Steinke
10 years ago
This is a terrible plan that was not thought out at all. It is inhumane to trap the cats when it is over 100 degrees outside. Once the cats are gone, the rodent population on campus will be out of control. This is an awful plan.
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Holly Rodriguez
10 years ago
TNR is the best way to manage the cat population. It is the most humane and effective. There will always be cats, but with TNR the population is managed and the cats are sterilized and vaccinated.
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Ross Determan
10 years ago
I am an occasional volunteer with the feral cats program. I have never witnessed any problematic behavior. Moreover, the presence of the cats is a benefit to the community and campus culture. Please return the feeder boxes for the good of these animals and the campus as a whole.
Spread diatomaceous earth over the grounds will kill the fleas and don't harm the cats. Borax can be sprinkled on carpet and vacuumed up suffocating the fleas
Even feral cats deserve to live. Humanely trap neuter and release, sure, but to exterminate these cats is just wrong !
Keep the feral cat program!
Save the cats they keep your rodents down...bugs...snakes while being cute to watch.
Signing so that, if the FCP is ended, it is done so in a way that is not completely inconsiderate towards the lives of the cats.
SMU this is not OK.
Just breaks my heart.
Seriously ....Southern Methodist University. These lives mean nothing to you??? You'd rather just kill them then try to understand and then humanely fix the problem. What are you teaching your students ???? It's okay to kill it if it's bothering you? So much for Christian values and valuing all life. We are the keepers of the souls. ....keep them alive and well
Seeing the cats around SMU always makes me happy, I want them to stay safe.
Keep feeding the cats! Don't let their efforts stop anyone from taking care of them. I'll bring something next time I go to dedman. Disobey!!
Please allow these cats to live at SMU. Feral cats keep rat and rodents away. They are also help with snakes and other insects. I have ferils, they all have clipped ears. As long as they are fixed, leave them alone. Better to have cats, that are free to keep rodents away... than to pay an exterminator to get rid of pests. Trapping cats in this heat can kill them. They already freak out when they get trapped. I do believe that would be animal cruelty. God bless you and bless these animals with a home. Thank you for having a heart. Sincerely, Tina Stanglin
#catsofsmu
I urge you to reconsider these actions. As pointed out by numerous others, this is inhumane treatment of the feral cat population that provides the area with rodent and pest control. Yes, fleas are pests, but there are other ways to address that issue. Squirrels and other small animals - such as the mice and rats that the cats control for you - are also a big part of the flea problem, so you will now have an increase in rodents until more feral cats move in to the area - defeating the entire purpose of this action. Please release the trapped cats back in their area.
I loved the feral cats when I was at SMU. They need to be treated with the respect that they deserve.
Inhumane! This is the only home they know! Take care of the real problem not the cats!
I am deeply disappointed with how SMU has chosen to handle this situation, opting for a knee-jerk reaction rather than soliciting input from the dedicated volunteers most familiar with the cat population.
I love cats!
This is a terrible plan that was not thought out at all. It is inhumane to trap the cats when it is over 100 degrees outside. Once the cats are gone, the rodent population on campus will be out of control. This is an awful plan.
TNR is the best way to manage the cat population. It is the most humane and effective. There will always be cats, but with TNR the population is managed and the cats are sterilized and vaccinated.
I am an occasional volunteer with the feral cats program. I have never witnessed any problematic behavior. Moreover, the presence of the cats is a benefit to the community and campus culture. Please return the feeder boxes for the good of these animals and the campus as a whole.