Russia denies intentionally targeting civilians. "I have never seen animals shrink away so much as they did during the explosions," she said.Ībove her head, the exposed walls of the family's flat were still visible, as were some of Veronika's possessions that had tumbled down to the fifth floor. The conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, forced millions to flee and reduced whole towns to rubble has also had a deep impact on the pets and animals left behind in the wreckage, said Veronika's mother Oksana. Now Masik is one of the regulars at her feeding sessions, rushing up when she arrives, then retreating into his new home away from the wrecked playground at the foot of the ruined apartment block. "We wanted to take him home but it was not possible any longer. It said cat food is not a natural part of the nene diet, and eating at the feeding stations habituates nene to people and makes them reliant on the provided food.She eventually did find Masik, but he had gone feral. The department earlier this month sent a letter to Alexander & Baldwin, the owner of Queens’ Marketplace Shopping Center, saying nene had been observed eating food from the feeding stations and spending time among the felines there. Marketing research commissioned by the Hawaiian Humane Society in 2015 estimated Oahu alone had 300,000 feral cats. Stray cats have no predators in Hawaii, and their numbers have ballooned. The nene geese are listed as an endangered species under Hawaii state law and a threatened species under U.S. Some protesters were carrying large bags of cat food, the department said in a news release. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it issued the citations on Tuesday while about 50 people were protesting a decision by the shopping center’s owner to remove three cat-feeding stations. HONOLULU (AP) - State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming nene - an endangered species of geese native to Hawaii - by feeding feral cats in a Big Island shopping center parking lot.
0 kommentar(er)
