Even though killing cats in many states is considered aggravated cruelty and is a felony, the University of Nebraska has published a 3 page document describing in detail how to kill cats- including shooting a cat between its eyes, using padded jaw foothold traps, chemical injection, and asphyixiation.
The Document, entitled Feral Cats and Their Management labels cats as "pests" and the report uses psuedo-science to adovocate for the wholesale destruction of free-roaming cats. Cats are pets, not pests as the University contends.
We ask you to retract the statements in the report made by Scott Hygnstrom, vertebrate pest specialist, Stephen Vantasssel, wildlife damage project coordinator, and Aaron Hildreth, project technician and remove it from your website. The report is not supported by the existing academic literature or experiences of municipalities across the country.
Susan Fritz
Interim Dean
Agricultural Research Division
202 Agriculture Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln NE, 68583-0708
phone: 402.472.2045
e-mail: sfritz1@unl.edu
University of Nebraska Animal Science
Department Head, Larry Berger
P.O. Box 830908
C203 ANSC
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908 USA
Phone: (402) 472-3571
Fax: (402) 472-6362
Email: animal-science2@unl.edu
