But Wood’s most recent mark seems to have made him the target: feral cats. “Some may find this offensive but the truth is feral cats are a huge problem,” he wrote online. But sometimes, he said, he inadvertently catches feral cats. In 2011, for example, a bird researcher in Washington was convicted of attempted animal cruelty for trying to poison feral cats. Melissa Tedrowe, Wisconsin state director for the Humane Society, said laws in some states permit killing feral cats.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 17:36 UTC