"Boeing Long Beach Shuts Down Cats"
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Boeing is Not Alone

In fairness to Boeing, it is not the only large corporation or agency that has wrestled with the problem of feral cats and come up with the "quick" solution of eradication. Others in the news in 2000, with varying conclusions, include:

• Tosco Refinery in Martinez, CA
  In March of 2000, Tosco management contracted with an exterminator to rid the refinery property of an undisclosed number of feral cats who had made their home there, along with 300 raccoons. A "no-feed" order was handed out to employees at the same time. The cats were taken to the local shelter, and the raccoons were apparently "gassed" by the exterminator, legally, say Tosco officials.
• Elmwood Correctional Facility, Milpitas, CA
  A new supervisor at this county jail decided the feral cats which had been cared for by prisoners and guards, were a health hazard and ordered their subsequent trapping and euthanasia. In June, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ordered a three-week moratorium on the edict. The final decision is unknown.
• Texas Aggie Ferals Threatened
  In April, 2000, Duane Schlitter, assistant curator of the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections; Don Clark, wildlife Biologist associated with the U.S. Geological Survey; and Tom Lacher, a professor of wildlife science at the University, decided that the feral cat colony at Aggie should be trapped and killed, apparently impatient with the successful by slower (in their opinions) TNVR program carried out by AFCAT - Aggie Feral Cat Alliance of Texas. More information can be found in this article.
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)
  

  "On July 14, 2000, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia instituted a feeding ban and an eradication program for the feral cat population on its property. Despite offers of help from local and national humane organizations to set-up an effective, nonlethal control program for the feral cats at NNSY at no cost to taxpayers, the shipyard will begin trapping in earnest this week."
  Alley Cat Allies Article

  This policy at NNSY is surprising, since the Navy itself has a program of humane treatment for feral cats on its facilities. However, protests in this case may have been successful, since the latest news is that NNSY has agreed to hold off on their eradication program and at least talk about other alternatives, thanks to Alley Cat Allies and their supporters.

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