tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36573315854561027212011-07-07T18:10:50.763-04:00Niagara Wildlife Haven - growls and squawks from Niagaramommacoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15616120940068312423noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657331585456102721.post-47840572552394220212009-11-20T15:14:00.006-05:002009-12-17T00:10:05.040-05:00

Thanks to our great sponsors, Gary and Tim Goss at Pet Food Outlet, we're again geared up for PET PICS WITH SANTA PAWS.  We've got three weekends in a row set up.  Here's the details for you: WHERE:  Pet Food Outlet, 824 Ontario Road, Welland ON.  (corner of Ontario Rd. and Wright St., just across from the Rose City Plaza on Ontario Rd.)  PHONE: 905-735-7387 DATES:  Sat. Nov.

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Recently we put up a small display at the Niagara Falls Humane Society Walkathon. It was great! We managed to get two photos of the day and here they both are:Lower photo: Dakoda, MC, JoanUpper photo: Joan, Nick, Dakoda, MCThe weather held up for them (no rain) and they raised over 13K for the animals. Niagara Falls is an awesome humane society!! Marilyn did an outstanding job organizing this

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Never in my entire life did I ever think that I'd be in agreement with any of PETA's positions but I have always strived to keep an open mind about issues and look at both sides. (This can be similar to having the plague, trust me.) I'm even capable of changing my mind on issues, if the situation merits it, which is a lot more than I can say about feral cat advocates.So here's a short paragraph

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Re: Feral Cat Problem – Kristi Mallinson Vogel’s letter, (The Tribune, Feb. 25)Thanks to Ms. Vogel and others for their sentiments on free-ranging stray/feral cats in Port Colborne. Most comments were emotion based, rather than factual.I’ve contributed nearly 30 years of my life to hands-on, animal welfare work. A large part of it willingly, and voluntarily helping stray/feral cats, housing over

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Electronic tracking will test scientists' theory that Britain's 9m feline pets slay 150m animals a yearRobin McKie, science editor The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009Wildlife researchers have hired the services of some unusual helpers: 200 neighbourhood cats equipped with electronic tags. The animals have been recruited in an attempt to discover how much wildlife destruction is wrought by

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Letter to Port Colborne City Council re: $5,000 grant to trap/neuter/release 20 'feral' cats on the lakeshore.FERAL or DOMESTIC CATS ARE NOT 'WILD' ANIMALSDear Mayor Badawey and council members,Re: Port may spend $5,000 to trap, neuter and release feral cats (Tribune Wed. Feb. 4, 2009)With disbelief, I read that Port council is considering a $5,000 grant to round up feral cats along the lakeshore

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Well. It's a freaking deep subject. And wells are wet too. Usually filled with water, kind of like our house has been for the past month and a half. I'm currently writing an article called "Two Floods and a Royal Flush". Watch for it here. Considering it's January and part of February we're talking about here, you'd think flooding would be the least of our concerns, but noooooo. Not in this

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Feeding wildlife (or not) in winter months is a subject often discussed but never fully resolved. There is no real hard and fast answer. A recent article in the Tribune suggested feeding wild birds in winter helps them survive and gave numerous artificial feeding methods and foods to use. Those suggestions will not help wild birds survive our winters because they are un-natural solutions, with

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Are strange noises in your attic or fireplace keeping you up at night? It may well be that a few wild animals have decided to take advantage of that roof you were going to get around to replacing (and never did) or have found another weak spot in your home and moved in. So what should you do? Look around your property carefully with a pair of binoculars if you can and check these areas: roof,

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