Keep the Cats at SMU - Save the Feral Cat Program at Southern Methodist University
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Anonymous
11 years ago
It's always the helpless animals who suffer human follies the hardest.
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Shelley Wollman
11 years ago
This is wrong! The feral cat population at SMU has existed without issues for many years.
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lewelen empie
11 years ago
Trinity University has a Feral Cat program which works very well. The students like it and the campus benefits!
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Andy Frye
11 years ago
Even Dr. Evil doesn't allow anyone to gnaw on the kitty.
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Karen Entwistle
11 years ago
Please don't kill the kitties!
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Beth Fuchs
11 years ago
I love animals and trap-neuter-release programs are great for caring for ferals. TNR programs can also manage general health and well-being, so any possible risk to humans is negated. These animals aren't hurting anybody, they just want to be left to live quietly on their own.
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Steve Henley
11 years ago
Save the helpless cats please!
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Barbara White
11 years ago
Feral cat program needs to remain in place
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Margaret Dew
11 years ago
These mendacious actions by the SMU EOC are petty and cruel. Is this somehow part of OE2C? How odd.
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regina morris
11 years ago
Nothing about this sounds humane. Have they considered the other pests and vermin these cats are actually getting rid of on campus?
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Cathy Coble
11 years ago
Please allow the feral cat group to take care of the defenseless animals.
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Tenia
11 years ago
It's the circle of life cats get rid of other pests.
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Erin Gonzales
11 years ago
I work with a similar program at UT Arlington. Getting rid of the cats will not solve a flea problem, and killing them is reprehensible. These cats have made the university their home, and if they're anything like the feral cats on my campus, they keep to themselves and don't cause any trouble. There are good people there to care for them and control the population with ethical TNR programs. I hope the situation at SMU gets resolved peaceably with no harm to the cats.
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Vicki Dewbre
11 years ago
Keep the Feral Cats at SMU
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Lisa Langrehr
11 years ago
This is insanity. Remove them and more will move in… Perhaps they need to read the studies about feral cat populations and how they work. Plus, the flea problem is widespread in DFW this year not just at SMU.
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Lauren Hadaway
11 years ago
I volunteered with this program for four years while in school and fed the cats every Wednesday night. I am disappointed to read about this. I can't believe they are attributing the entire flea problem on this campus to 45 outdoor cats. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Michael Gregg
11 years ago
save the cats and or pets
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Anonymous
11 years ago
The SMU program is a model and inspiration for treating and maintaining a feral cat population. The investment made in time and energy to humanely trap, release, and care for the cats should be motivation enough to figure out a logical way to combat the flea population without punishing the cats. Removing the cats will not treat the fleas. And cats, or other wild animals, WILL take their place.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Feral cats, when fed and neutered, make great neighbors. They take care of pests, keep the rodent population down and keep other, unneutered cats from invading. Please let the feral cats stay. It's not their fault they're what they are.
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Carmen Bright
11 years ago
My daughter was a diligent volunteer of the SMU ferrel cat program. This a horribly sad decision after so many people have put love and humanity into caring for the SMU cats. I was impressed that SMU even had this program. #savetheSMUcats
It's always the helpless animals who suffer human follies the hardest.
This is wrong! The feral cat population at SMU has existed without issues for many years.
Trinity University has a Feral Cat program which works very well. The students like it and the campus benefits!
Even Dr. Evil doesn't allow anyone to gnaw on the kitty.
Please don't kill the kitties!
I love animals and trap-neuter-release programs are great for caring for ferals. TNR programs can also manage general health and well-being, so any possible risk to humans is negated. These animals aren't hurting anybody, they just want to be left to live quietly on their own.
Save the helpless cats please!
Feral cat program needs to remain in place
These mendacious actions by the SMU EOC are petty and cruel. Is this somehow part of OE2C? How odd.
Nothing about this sounds humane. Have they considered the other pests and vermin these cats are actually getting rid of on campus?
Please allow the feral cat group to take care of the defenseless animals.
It's the circle of life cats get rid of other pests.
I work with a similar program at UT Arlington. Getting rid of the cats will not solve a flea problem, and killing them is reprehensible. These cats have made the university their home, and if they're anything like the feral cats on my campus, they keep to themselves and don't cause any trouble. There are good people there to care for them and control the population with ethical TNR programs. I hope the situation at SMU gets resolved peaceably with no harm to the cats.
Keep the Feral Cats at SMU
This is insanity. Remove them and more will move in… Perhaps they need to read the studies about feral cat populations and how they work. Plus, the flea problem is widespread in DFW this year not just at SMU.
I volunteered with this program for four years while in school and fed the cats every Wednesday night. I am disappointed to read about this. I can't believe they are attributing the entire flea problem on this campus to 45 outdoor cats. Absolutely ridiculous.
save the cats and or pets
The SMU program is a model and inspiration for treating and maintaining a feral cat population. The investment made in time and energy to humanely trap, release, and care for the cats should be motivation enough to figure out a logical way to combat the flea population without punishing the cats. Removing the cats will not treat the fleas. And cats, or other wild animals, WILL take their place.
Feral cats, when fed and neutered, make great neighbors. They take care of pests, keep the rodent population down and keep other, unneutered cats from invading. Please let the feral cats stay. It's not their fault they're what they are.
My daughter was a diligent volunteer of the SMU ferrel cat program. This a horribly sad decision after so many people have put love and humanity into caring for the SMU cats. I was impressed that SMU even had this program. #savetheSMUcats