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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Bird Lovers: Feral Cats Should Be Killed

What do you think of suggestions to kill feral cats? Tell us in the comment section below.

  Cook County Board Commissioner Larry Suffredin of Evanston will hold a hearing next month on the county’s feral cat ordinance, which has been on the books for five years and allows feral cats to be returned to the wild after they have been neutered, Evanston Now reported.  The debate has heated up between bird and cat lovers.  Bird advocates are pushing for euthanization of feral cats, citing a study that shows cats kill 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals annually, DNAInfo.com reported. Donna Alexander, head of the Department of Animal and Rabies Control, says the ordinance has been successful managing the feral cat population, Evanston Now reported.

Mayre Press

6:53 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

I agree with Pauline that killing feral cats is inhumane and recommend TNR as a solution. If people with domestic cats must let them outdoors, putting a bell on the cat's collar helps warn birds that a predator is near. Through urban sprawl, humans have taken away much of the habitats that wild animals (feral cats, coyotes, raccoons, possums and other creatures) called home. Then humans have the …   more ›

Monday, August 22, 2011

Projected Cook County Budget Shortfall Will Bring Cuts

Some see northern suburbs feeling little effect. Others are not so sure.

A preliminary projected Cook County budget shortfall of more than $315 million sent County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the commissioners scrambling to find a solution before the first public hearing on the 2012 budget Thursday.  With two thirds of the budget spent on health care and the criminal justice system, the impact on north suburban communities like Glencoe, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook and Des Plaines may be less painful than it will for those who more directly use county services, according to Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston).  Preckwinkle, Suffredin, Commissioner Gregg Goslin (R-Glenview) and Commissioner Elizabeth Gorman (R-Orland Park), who represents Des Plaines, all made it clear …

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Preckwinkle Talks About Social Justice to New Trier Democrats (in Winnetka-Glencoe Patch), North Shore Dems Gear Up for 2012 Elections, Goslin Holds Cook County Board Seat (in Deerfield Patch), and 2 more ›

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Casey Cora

11:30 am on Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Thanks for the comments, blurr. Couple things: * The sculpture at Harlem and Ontario in Oak Park was paid for with private funds from the project's developer: http://oakpark.patch.com/articles/attention-artists-30k-could-be-yours-for-oak-park-project * The Roosevelt Road renovation was estimated to cost $8.3 million — $3.95M from the federal government, $3M in state funds and a combined $1.3M …   more ›

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