Posted
October 26, 2007, 6:55PM
by
QMD333
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!
Never mind Osama Bin Laden.
Never mind the fact that fake bombs have made it onto planes, put there by media members measuring airline security.
Never mind the fact that the airlines let 18 terrorists on planes in ONE DAY.
Never mind the airlines letting a terrorist with a SHOE BOMB on a plane.
Lets forget about the news story a couple of years ago about the drunken pilots falling asleep in the cockpit, putting the plane on "cruise control".
No...lets worry about (Sarcasm Alert) the biggest threat facing the planes.....the most dangerous living beings of them all.....they strike fear in us all....they will blow the planes out of the sky.....they are.....feral cats?
This is one of the most ridiculous, ignorant things that any human has ever conceived in their noggin.
If ignorance is bliss, JFK airport is Shangri La.
From the second The Wright Brothers took flight, there has NEVER, EVER been an event where feral cats have brought down a plane.
Furthermore, if JFK airport had a clue, they would readily understand that 99% of feral cats will fail the "obedience-behavorial" test that animals get when first arriving at a shelter. Thus, JFK airport is sentencing innocent souls to death, FOR NO REASON.
18 HUMANS were responsible for the events of September 11. Not one of them was a cat.
As far as I know, there werent any cats holding box cutters, threatening pilots.
HUMANS are threats to airline safety, NOT CATS!
Wonders never cease.
PLEASE take action to help those cats!! Send the emails, make the phone calls, fax the letters!
We cannot allow this nonsensical killing to happen.
We can stop it.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Call, fax and email Port Authority officials and protest the extermination effort. Urge them to meet with NYC Feral Cat Initiative representatives and come up with an intelligent plan to TNR and manage the JFK cats.
The NYC Feral Cat Initiative is a program of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.
WHO TO CONTACT
Susan Baer, General Manager, JFK Airport
sbaer@panynj.gov
718-244-3501
Laura Francoeur, Aeronautical Services,
Airport Operations Division
Phone: 718-244-3773
Fax: 718-244-3777
lfrancoe@panynj.gov:
Public Affairs (Port Authority)
212 435-7777
LATEST UPDATE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CATS:
They're telling callers that none of the 50 to 75 feral cats slated for trapping this weekend will be killed but will all be adopted into homes - yeah, right! Please call or write again and tell them you don't buy it - boy, they think we're real dumb. Cats down jets and ferals are all quickly adoptable.
Press links are below, plus story will be on local radio and TV. Keep the heat on!
NY POST
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262007/news/regionalnews/fur_flies_at_jfk.htmFor Letter to the Editor (Include contact info.) : letters@nypost.com
NEWSDAY
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--airportcats1026oct26,0,336024.storyFor Letter to the Editor: letters@newsday.com
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE (AP article)
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-29/119338855129960.xml&storylist=simetro To Submit a Letter to the Editor, Go To:
http://www.silive.com/contactus/GOTHAMIST
Posted
November 08, 2007, 7:28PM
by
evgraf13
What planet are these bureaucrats from? ANY cat, social or feral, would be scared to death of anything as noisy as a moving aircraft and wouldn't go anywhere near it.
Posted
November 03, 2007, 5:34PM
by
cuda
I am sure someone will blast me for this, but BF cannot save every single bad situation that comes up. I am sure they wish they could, but things like Pets Alive and Pahrump. NV take a toll on funds. Plus, they have the sanctuary that is a priority thru all this.
Second, if one of you is really good in diplomacy this is a website for the "Cats on Parliament Hill". Maybe our politicians could learn something from the Canadians. [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Catshttp://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/explorecatsanctuary_e.htmlThese cats are in Ottawa, Ontario. This story is really wonderful. If local vets would help in the spay/neuter of these cats maybe they could keep their home. To me all the Port is doing is giving people the perfect dumping ground. Get someone else to kill the cat for them.
Funny part is that the cats attract birds. I have yet to see a bird fly next to a cat
Posted
October 31, 2007, 3:6PM
by
Spax
I just called some numbers, Coscia's office gives you a different phone# to call which is just a faxline, the Port Authority connects you to an automated line. Everybody gives you the runaround, this is bs. They must have gotten tons of outraged calls by now!
Those poor cats, this is truly outrageous. Please keep the pressure up!
Posted
November 02, 2007, 3:18AM
by
QMD333
Latest poll results:
What should happen to the feral cats at JFK Airport?
Results since OCTOBER 29TH, 2007
Euthanize them 8.0%
Neuter and re-release them 90.0%
Leave them alone 2.0%
There are organizations trying to help with this by forcing the airport to allow the cats to remain where at the airport, which of course is ideal. It doesn't seem to be working out. Below (very long -- my apologies) is a post to someone at Purrfect Fence which makes cat fencing and to some rescuers in upstate NY asking for an acre of land on which to hold cats pending further relocations. It would be wonderful if BF through PetsAlive could possibly spare an acre or two to temporarily relocate the cats pending rehoming in small groups or pairs to adopters able to accept feral cats and give them proper relocation protocols in proper faculties or locations. Clearly another option would be to enclose with cat fencing some of the airport's 5,000(!) acre campus. How about one acre for the cats with a building or shed so the cats could be fed inside where the seagulls and birds could not access the food??
SENT TO MANAGER at PurrfectFence, which makes cat fencing: This is Joanna Harkin in Wash. DC and I just got off the phone with you about the cats being trapped and probably euthanized by animal control in NYC. Here is a post I wrote last night on the feral cat egroup, prefaced by one forwarding it to people who helped when the Catskill Game Farm was closing last year. If someone would help with some land, maybe Purrfect Fence would see it's way clear to help enclose an area on someone's property in order to confine cats, pending relocation in pairs or in small groups. Here is a link about the cats being trapped but if you Google JFK cats you will find many many more ...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10302007/news/regionalnews/no_paws_in_jfk_cat_hunt.htm POSTED ON ELIST of those who helped Catskill Game Farm animals: Below is a message I posted on a NYC feral cat egroup. If anyone here can loan use of an acre or two, I'll see if we can raise about $5,000 in order to set up a temporary harbor for these cats, and maintain them for say 6-8 months in the expectation that by then they could be transferred out properly to barn homes in pairs or small groups.
Two follow-up posts state that both Best Friends and Pets Alive were contacted and are unable to assist. Probably the question posted was, "Can you take some cats?" and not "Might you let us have some space for them for 6-8 months in order to maintain and then relocate between 100 and 200 feral cats?"
So -- for clarity -- I am asking members of this list to consider the following: might you be in a position to assist these cats -- literally save their lives -- with some acreage (ideally with a barn or shed) that could be used to contain and maintain these cats for a period of 6-8 months?
I envision setting up a cat fencing enclosure fundraised from those concerned about these cats (perhaps one of the large organizations would help out with seed money) for fencing, food, shelters and caretaking for about 150 cats for 6-8 months?
Permission to forward to persons potentially able to help granted, but please do not post extensively or on Craigs List. Experts say this cannot be done, so I'm just putting out feelers to see what might be possible. Then I have to dig up funds, because I know members of this egroup have gone down that garden path before: leading with the heart and being left holding the bag, or maybe a hungry rhino. Please contact me directly at joannaharkin @ gmail.com (close up the spaces).
POSTED BY ME AT 3 AM 11/2/07 on a NYC feral cat egroup: Ideally the cats will be allowed to stay in their home territory to which they are accustomed and to which their brains are hard-wired, but it's not looking good .....
Here is a possible fall-back plan of action: (1) trap and vet the felines (or retrieve them from an
Cuda...
No one will blast you for those words. That is your opinion, 1st Amendment right. However, this is what Best Friends Network members do. Network members take action against organizations and even agencies if they feel there is a threat to animals. This is not Staff members spending money on every little case. These are volunteers on thier own time handling issues like JFK.
In regards to Pets Alive, I will say that the situation at that Sanctaury was in dire straits and Best Friends needed to act. I know this as I was on site 2 weeks after Best Friends arrived.
This news article is about a demonstration and not about what Best Friends does or doesn't do.
How about you try the anything goes forum, here is the link
http://network.bestfriends.org/MessageBoards/Forum.aspx?f=735To everyone else... I am gonna see if I can attend this demonstration. I am not a big fan of what the Port Authority is doing in regards to the Feral Cats.
George DeGiovanni
NJ Community Writer
Best Friends Network
Posted
November 19, 2007, 2:23PM
by
eileenwj
Thank you Brian and Neighborhood Cats. We are very grateful to your good work.
Eileen Weintraub
Seattle, WA
Posted
November 21, 2007, 11:30AM
by
shellyk
this is a great example of how powerful the net work can be..
Click here to take a poll asking "What should happen to the feral cats at JFK Airport?"
There are many of us out here willing and able to go and trap and remove these animals to a safe place, but instead like always our goverment makes the wrong decission. And to think we elect them.
I just took the poll, and I'm happy to say that 82% of the people are saying TNR.
This whole thing makes me sick. Humans as a species have gotten these poor cats into this mess. It is our job to get them out of it - but by helping not killing.
My prayers are with all the cats and kittens facing death, and with all the humans fighting for their right to live.
Posted
October 31, 2007, 3:25PM
by
Spax
I just called Coscia's office again and insisted on speaking to a live person and not some automated bs line. They basically refuse to get calls so it's important to keep them flooded even if it's just the receptionist. I did get another person on the line but she also said they were instructed by the Port Authority to give the automated number and that she could take my name and # but of course no one is going to call back. Please keep calling though, we are the only voice these cats have!
Andrea
Posted
October 31, 2007, 3:41PM
by
Spax
I also called the Inspector General's office (Wan Etten) and I'm shocked to say that the receptionist was laughing on the phone and saying "no one is killing cats, haha!". She did apologize later and gave me the number of Susan Baer's office (General Manager of JFK), which is 718-244-3501.
Please call, her receptionist is actually very nice and told me they got a lot of angry phonecalls. Good.
Andrea
Posted
November 03, 2007, 11:55AM
by
ratmom
Ignorance must be bliss.
Once they exterminate all the cats, they apparently don't understand that other cats will move in. Therefore, EXTERMINATION DOES NOT WORK.
What I don't understand is why do these requirements to clear the place of cats come up out of the blue? All of a sudden, cats are causing planes to crash? I guess that's part of the blissful ignorance.
New Yorkers rule! Keep up the good fight.