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WI rep tries to shoot cats from a federal bill since it failed in state
New Bill May be Used to Target Feral Cats
FROM: Ally Cat Rescue
Introduced by Representative Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin), HR 767 is titled the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, or REPAIR Act. The purpose of the bill is "to protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes."
Although the bill does not specifically mention cats (or any other animal), the broad wording of the act leaves for a "broad" interpretation. Ultimately, if the bill is passed it will allow the "control, mitigation, and eradication" of any animal demeaned a "harmful nonnative species." Allowing such interpretation and not providing clear definition could pose threatening to feral cats; especially, if someone makes the argument feral cats are a "harmful nonnative species" and a detriment to other native species.
On October 22 of this year, the H.R. 767 bill was passed by the House of Representatives and it is now being reviewed by the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Once reviewed by the Committee, the bill will go before the Senate. If passed, the REPAIR Act will allow for the mass killing of numerous species, including cats, all at the tax payer's expense.
GREENCONSCIOUSNESS ASKS: Who elected this guy? Swans are considered an invasive species by the WI DNR. Yes, the WI DNR shoots SWANS. The local people are outraged. The DNR ignores their protests and like a fascist authority is determined to wipe out the loving relationship between citizens and swans who have nested on their lakes over generations. The DNR just walks out of meetings where town people scream at them and Mayors tell them to stay out of their towns.
You cannot let the Man decide what an invasive species is or is not. Especially the kind of men whose answer to every ecological problem is to kill something.
FROM: Ally Cat Rescue
Introduced by Representative Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin), HR 767 is titled the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, or REPAIR Act. The purpose of the bill is "to protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes."
Although the bill does not specifically mention cats (or any other animal), the broad wording of the act leaves for a "broad" interpretation. Ultimately, if the bill is passed it will allow the "control, mitigation, and eradication" of any animal demeaned a "harmful nonnative species." Allowing such interpretation and not providing clear definition could pose threatening to feral cats; especially, if someone makes the argument feral cats are a "harmful nonnative species" and a detriment to other native species.
On October 22 of this year, the H.R. 767 bill was passed by the House of Representatives and it is now being reviewed by the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Once reviewed by the Committee, the bill will go before the Senate. If passed, the REPAIR Act will allow for the mass killing of numerous species, including cats, all at the tax payer's expense.
GREENCONSCIOUSNESS ASKS: Who elected this guy? Swans are considered an invasive species by the WI DNR. Yes, the WI DNR shoots SWANS. The local people are outraged. The DNR ignores their protests and like a fascist authority is determined to wipe out the loving relationship between citizens and swans who have nested on their lakes over generations. The DNR just walks out of meetings where town people scream at them and Mayors tell them to stay out of their towns.
You cannot let the Man decide what an invasive species is or is not. Especially the kind of men whose answer to every ecological problem is to kill something.
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