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Letters to the Editor

Hunting: an answer to our tourism woes!

September 16, 2014 Dear Sir, Two headlines appear, one right under the other, in the opinion section of your online edition today: “An idea to help revive tourism” and “Feral cat explosion”. Brilliant idea! Replace the proposed sport (if you can ...
Sep 18, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Feral cat explosion

14 September, 2014 Dear Sir, Okay, no cats are exploding but their numbers certainly are. Ten years ago we would see an occasional feral cat. Today there are dozens that are a black/white mix and most have two pointed ears. They used to be thin and ...
Sep 16, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Workable solutions to cats issue

January 29, 2014 Dear Sir, The letter to the editor ‘Time for the feral cats to be wiped out once and for all’, published in The Royal Gazette yesterday, prompted me to respond. Why am I writing? I care. Bermuda is beautiful in so many ways and worth...
Jan 30, 2014
Letters to the Editor

A solution to feral cats is needed

Dear Sir, Some who have commented on my earlier letter have suggested that I blame feral cats for the lost garden pleasures many endure. Nothing could be further from the truth. I agree that irresponsible cat owners who never had their companions spa...
Jan 30, 2014
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SPCA offers cat spay and neutering deal

The SPCA launched the second phase of the CatSnip initiative this week for cat lovers looking to spay or neuter their pets at low costs. The ‘Snip Snip Hooray’ initiative aims “to greatly lessen” the amount of unwanted cats on the Island while ensuri...
Dec 19, 2013
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SPCA programme tackles Island’s overpopulation of cats

The SPCA has launched a “long overdue” microchipping and spaying/neutering programme for cats. The ‘CatSnip Programme’ — the first of its kind in Bermuda — involves microchipping all cats so they and their owners can be identified. The programme is a...
Nov 06, 2013
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Kitten under the hood gives motorist a surprise

A Somerset man was left “seriously surprised” after finding a kitten hiding in his car engine. Scott Tucker was on his way to work when the curious stowaway was brought to his attention by three women, who had gathered around his car in the parking l...
Oct 24, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"We do our best, but we get no support"

June 19, 2013 Dear Sir, In response to ‘Feral cats cause harm’ June 12, 2013, we would like to explain the role BFAB plays in the control of the cat population in Bermuda. BFAB’s policy is to trap, spay/neuter and release cats with the express aim o...
Jun 21, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"We’d be worse off without cat people"

June 18, 2013 Dear Sir, The recent letter ‘Feral Cats Cause Harm’ from ‘How Would You Vote’, is worthy of response. If the writer will allow me, let me answer the questions he raises. I should declare first of all, that I am an ex-Volunteer for BFAB,...
Jun 20, 2013
Other

"Is 'Taxi' your cat?"

Veterinarians are desperately seeking the owner of a cat that hitched a taxi ride in the vehicle's engine compartment. The driver dropped the animal off at Endsmeet Animal Hospital covered in oil but otherwise excellent shape. The veterinarians clean...
Jun 08, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Rocket comes home "

May 11, 2012 Dear Sir, Please allow me a few lines in your newspaper to thank all the people who offered sightings and condolences about my missing cat. Rocket jumped into a friend’s car as she was leaving the house, and she did not know that she had...
May 15, 2012
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"Bermudian veterinarian makes news in Australia"

A Bermudian veterinarian is making headlines in Australia after saving a cat in an unusual case. Dr Charna Stowe, now practicing at the Whyalla Veterinary Clinic in South Australia, was recently treating a cat brought in with an abscess on its neck, ...
Mar 05, 2012
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