A voiding roadkills: Secrets of animal behavior that can save your life!

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

You’re cruising near the speed limit late one night,

tired from a long drive. You catch a glint of eyes in your

headlight beams, a dark shape breaking from the shadows

to your right, an oncoming car to your left––

Do you jam on the brakes? Speed up to get past

before the animal bolts? Risk swerving? Take your foot off

the gas?

Combat pilots memorize silhouette cards and air-

craft specification sheets, in order to recognize every other

plane in the sky even if all they see is a fleeting glimpse of

something on radar. They need to know instantly what’s out

there: whether it’s hostile, how fast it can go, how far it

can shoot. At Mach 2, there isn’t time for second-guessing.

But at 60 miles an hour your car is outracing the

focal distance of your headlights even faster than a fighter

pilot outraces radar range. And like most other drivers, you

haven’t had any training in how to respond to an animal in

the roadway.

Rethinking Our Bargain With Cats by Jessica Bart-Mikionis

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Growing up, I always wanted to be a cat. My

very first pet was a dog, though, named Heather. I

don’t remember her, nor the accident that killed her. I

was in my stroller, I have been told, with my mother,

when Heather bolted into the street perhaps in pursuit of

a cat and got hit by an oncoming car. A while later,

when I was three or four, came Mehitabel, named after

Don Marquis’ tale archie and mehitabel.. I remember

Mehitabel vividly. We used to explore the world togeth-

er, sleep together, and play hide-and-seek and tag, until

one time she ran under my legs, I stumbled and fell on

her, and broke her leg. I don’t think I was ever the same

after that. Mehitabel sported an elaborate splint for sev-

eral months, and my mother and I would support her

when she used her litter pan in the beginning of her recu-

peration.

Bred and abandoned–– but now there’s hope for potbellied pigs! (and they even have mud to root in)

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

The headlines tell the story:

October 1, 1991, St. Louis Post-Dispatch––

‘Super Pig’ Credited With Saving

Banking Executive, Wife In Fire

October 30, 1991, The Daily Oklahoman––

Council Advised To Keep Pig Law

December 4, 1991, Detroit Free Press––

Pet Pig Prompts Court Confrontation

June 7, 1992, The New York Times––

This Little Pig’s Market Plunged

June 30, 1992, Los Angeles Times––

Pet Potbellied Pig Craze Goes Belly Up

ANIMAL CONTROL & RESCUE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

Citing fear of liability if they

should inadvertantly euthanize a pet, under

a new state law directed at pet thieves, the

Oregon Humane Society and Multnomah

County Animal Control now refuse to

accept cats brought to them by private citi-

zens and independent groups who trap ferals

and strays. The Portland-based group

Committed to Animal Protection,

Education, and Rescue charges, however,

that fundraising tactics are involved.

CAPER cites a letter from OHS staffer

Sharon Harmon, who wrote, “Despite the

services provided by OHS (to cats brought

in by independent rescuers), we received no

cash donations for their care. If we had

made contact with the owner or finder at the

time of surrender, by modest estimation, we

could have potentially realized $18,000 in

donations.”

DOGS & CATS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* Wildlife officer Ric Nattrass of the Queensland (Australia) National Parks

and Wildlife Service has concluded that, “Based on data collected by wildlife staff

at the Moggill Centre (in Brisbane), there is no evidence to date that the domestic

cat is a major threat to the long term survival of the city’s native fauna. From a

purely conservation point of view, neither the numbers nor the species taken by cats

are cause for alarm when compared with the losses to urbanization, industrializa-

tion, motor traffic, and the creation of the horse paddock.” Nattrass’ report is

based on the experience of a single metropolitan area, as critics are quick to note,

and flies in the face of conventional belief; but it is worth pointing out that the only

other major study of domestic cat predation to date, by John Lawton and Peter

Churcher, was also based on the experience of a single location, a village in thesub-

urbs of London, England, and also concluded that while cats kill significant num-

bers of animals, the overwhelming majority are common mice, voles, and birds

(principally sparrows).

Hurricane Andrew: Noah was there! Disaster spotlights preparation

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

MIAMI, FLORIDA — Thousands of

animals drowned, were swept to their deaths

by winds reaching 200 miles an hour, or were

crushed by falling trees and collapsing build-

ings. Fragile habitat was harmed from southern

Florida to coastal Louisiana. But while

Hurricane Andrew hit too suddenly for anyone

to build an ark, thousands more animals were

saved from the August 24 disaster through the

prompt efforts of volunteer rescuers. As the

human relief response came under critical

scrutiny from victims and the media, observers

had only praise for the contributions of animal

control and humane workers.

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