Step 1: Press Maine legislators to include cats in our animal trespass laws. Step 2: Keep your pets inside. Step 3: Stop feeding feral felines.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone
A proposal to include domestic felines in Maine’s animal trespass law is ruffling feathers – and rightly so.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine bill to control outdoor cats met with outstretched claws
Even some opponents of the bill acknowledged cat owners need to be educated about the danger their pets pose to birds if allowed outside.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Reflecting on reflections – and how wildlife interact with Portland’s skyline
We thought when looking at the four PMA expansion finalists, ‘That sure is a lot of glass,’ the cause of many bird injuries or deaths.
Posted inNation & World, News
Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the U.S. West
Golden eagles, with 7-foot wingspans, are doubly vulnerable – to the shifting climate and to the wind energy promoted as a solution to that warming world.
Posted inLocal & State, News
South Portland tackles waterfowl droppings in Mill Creek Park
City officials are seeking federal guidance in trying to control ducks and geese gathered on the banks of Mill Creek Pond.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
Along part of coastal Maine, the recovery of America the bald eagle poses a problem for the only U.S. breeding population of great cormorants.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rare bird reminds us of the ways in which conservation pays off
The state’s extended visit from a Steller’s sea eagle is an important reminder of the successes Mainers have achieved to conserve our natural lands and waters.
Posted inNation & World
Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in U.S., pleads guilty
Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty if they take steps to avoid bird deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Flocks at elevated risk for highly infectious avian flu in Maine
Strains of the virus have led the U.S. poultry industry to euthanize more than 15.6 million chickens and 1.3 million turkeys since Jan. 1. One Maine farm has lost 250 birds this year.