Lake Jackson Where You Share Your Property With Cats

     1st thing a Doctor tells a pregnant woman is to get rid of the cat and to avoid contact with felines. Doctors know the dangers of free roaming cats. In Lake Jackson Texas it is legal by exemption to the law for cats to roam at will. Property rights be damned. Doesn't matter to the city if the cost of free roaming cats is a dead fetus, a sick kid or damaged property. Allergies don't matter. Birds don't matter. Science does not Matter. Cat owners rights supercede all others. L.J. is home to the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, multiple refuges, wildlife sanctuaries and is on a major flight path. Nature and wildlife comes right up to town. Birders have been trying to force the L.J. city council to make Lake Jackson a bird friendly town to no avail. They refuse to consider bird friendly laws and policies. For, instance, when a nuisance animal call comes in the officer who responds should have a list of registered owners. Lots of easy cheap things can make an animal control call more successful. After all, many animal control calls lead to felony arrests. People who mistreat animals and neighbors in the process are often criminal in nature. The city council had the chance and still has responsibility. Please write the local paper (thefacts.com) opinion section. I hope birders will ask for action from the Brazosport Chamber of Commerce, the Brazosport Birders, and the L.J. city council members. Perhaps some birders can persuade the city into taking action by threatening a boycott of the city birding activities. It is high time birders played hard ball on this issue. Alley Cat Allies has 180K paying members so we are playing catch up all over the nation.