Wisconsin group drops cat-killing plan

[CatWoman]

By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer

Posted: Friday May 13th, 2005, 5:03 PM
Last Updated: Saturday May 14th, 2005, 12:48 AM

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - A month after Gov. Jim Doyle said a plan to allow hunters to shoot stray cats was making Wisconsin a laughingstock, the public advisory group that raised the issue decided Friday to let it die.

"There is no need to push it any further," Wisconsin Conservation Congress chairman Steve Oestreicher said of a proposed change to allow licensed hunters to shoot feral cats that kill songbirds and other wildlife.

The proposal ignited a firestorm among animal rights groups that called it inhumane and dangerous - and raised the specter that hunters would shoot cats that had only wandered from their homes.

Still, 57 percent of those at the Conservation Congress' meetings in all 72 counties last month favored the idea, which supporters said would let people deal with nuisance stray cats.

http://www.bakersfield.com/24hour/nation/story/2395376p-10663795c.html

[Immad2]

1. I am glad to hear this "plan" is gone. Thanks for the link

[El Fuego]

2. That is good news, for a change.