1. Mom's Rule should apply for Wisconsin cat hunters.
- Author
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Smith, Ron
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WILDLIFE conservation , *CATS , *DOMESTIC animals , *ENDANGERED species , *LEGISLATIVE bills - Abstract
This article presents the author's view on the proposal in Wisconsin to allow hunters to shoot cats roaming around without collars. The author says that he learned wildlife conservation lessons in his childhood without knowing. His mom's rule prevented him from decimating the songbird population with his small-gauge shotguns and .22 rifles. And his dad taught him to leave a covey of quail alone if the numbers dropped below a half-dozen. The author proposes that if the scheme becomes law, legislators should tack on an amendment i.e. his mom's Rule. No one should be allowed to shoot a cat, except when under attack by same, unless he's willing to clean, cook and consume it.
- Published
- 2005