One of the free-living cats on our campus

SAVE THE FREE-LIVING CATS ON UNSW CAMPUS

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MANAGEMENT HAS DECREED THAT ALL FREE-LIVING CATS WILL BE REMOVED FROM CAMPUS AND DESTROYED! The trapping program will start this week (4th February 2008)

FOR AN UPDATE (22 Feb 08), SEE OUR WEBSITE: www.campuscats.org.au

WHY HAS THIS DECISION BEEN MADE? A severe flea infestation over Christmas 2007 in a university building apparently arose from the bodies of dead cats found in the basement. Several university staff required medical treatment for allergic reactions. Although this is regarded as a serious OH&S issue by university management, we consider that the university's response to this matter is excessive, poorly considered and indiscriminate. The trapping and removal program will involve considerable expense for the university, and will be ineffective both in the short and long term in managing free-living cats on campus.

We, the undersigned, strongly protest the decision by the management of the University of New South Wales to trap and remove all free-living cats from the Kensington campus. We recognise that a serious Occupational Health and Safety issue has arisen relating to a recent flea infestation in one building on campus, which has had significant health outcomes for some university staff. However, we consider that the university's response to this matter is excessive, poorly considered and indiscriminate. The trapping and removal program will involve considerable expense for the university, and will be ineffective both in the short and long term in managing free-living cats on campus.

We request that the university reconsider this decision, and engage in discussions in good faith with members of the Campus Cat Coalition and other interested staff and students to negotiate a more sensible, realistic and humane response to the perceived problem of free-living cats on the university campus. These discussions should also consider approaches to the management of free-living campus cats that will minimise OH&S risks to university staff, students and visitors in the future.

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Dear Friends,

Thank you for signing our petition to save the free-living cats on the University of New South Wales (UNSW) campus. Our petition is now closed. We collected an unbelievable total of 2145 signatures, over twice our initial target of 1000 signatures (which was reached in the first week after the petition was launched in February)!

The good news is that we are now engaged in positive discussions with UNSW management, aimed at establishing a robust and sustainable cat management program based on the trap-neuter-return (TNR) model. We are very hopeful that these negotiations will lead to a solution that ensures a safe, healthy and peaceful future for our free-living campus cats.

Thank you again for your support,

UNSW Campus Cat Coalition

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5:11 am PDT, Aug 2, Marilia Larkamp, Germany

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2:43 pm PDT, Jul 26, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece

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12:21 pm PDT, Jul 21, Alexander Wyss, Switzerland
Alex Wyss

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6:12 am PDT, Jul 15, Katharina Schubert, Argentina

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12:26 pm PDT, Jul 7, Niarica Lubatti, Italy

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11:27 pm PDT, Jul 2, Rochelle Wood, Australia
I think the university should impliment a more animal welfare approach and be more responsible and caring. Why couldnt they have considered spraying for the flea plgaue or something like that. Also I really cant believe that fleas got to plague proportions by feeding off a dead cat or cats. From my knowledge (I am a vet nurse) fleas, or parasites in general that are commonly found on companion animals need to have a live host on which to feed off. This sounds like a very weak excuse to me.

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1:34 am PDT, Jul 1, Lukas Reimann, Switzerland

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3:36 am PDT, Jun 30, John Price, Australia
Killing them is the easy, poorly thought out and inhumane way of dealing with this problem.

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3:14 am PDT, Jun 30, Elise Owen, Australia

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7:12 pm PDT, Jun 29, Bianca Rituper, Australia
Every animal deserves a chance

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3:49 pm PDT, Jun 22, Lori Whisman, Oklahoma

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11:46 pm PDT, Jun 19, Lorna Bowles, Australia
I love cats. Thes e cats on campus are doing no harm to anyone .. If there is a problem with fleas why not regularly treat the cats with FrontLine or Revolution Flea control products instead. Cats are very clean animals and do not like to be infested with fleas. Please take the humane decision and save the lives of the cats, arrange for the adult ones to be desexed and arrange anti-flea treatment for areas where they have sleeping. Regards Lorna Bowles Ph: 0409 326 708

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11:28 pm PDT, Jun 18, Carolina Diaz, Australia
Trapping, desexing and releasing these cats back into their environment is a much more sensible and sustainable option. Stray cats will keep roaming the campus - you cannot possible eliminate every free roaming cat and expect never to have a problem again. Remember that we are the ones living in their environment, we are the ones intruding, therefore it is our duty and responsibility to treat them with the respect and compassion they deserve.

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2:15 pm PDT, Jun 18, Heidi Spiegel, Germany
STOP Killing the cats

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10:58 pm PDT, Jun 17, Familie Hanke, Germany

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12:19 am PDT, Jun 1, D Lamb, United Kingdom
Self, self, self.

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11:46 pm PDT, May 30, Gabriela Scherbaum, Germany

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12:11 pm PDT, May 9, Claudia Mighali, Switzerland

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9:20 pm PDT, May 8, Crystal Blamy, New Hampshire
Dont kill innocent animals, it is not their fault for being abandoned. Don't you have a heart.

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4:53 am PDT, May 8, Julie Kohnle, Spain
This cruelty must not be allowed to happen.

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11:14 am PDT, May 7, Sonja Gut, Germany

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