Stray Cat Strut

From AP:

MANITOWOC, Wis. -- A month after Gov. Jim Doyle said a plan to allow hunters to shoot stray cats was making Wisconsin a laughingstock, the public advisory group that raised the issue decided Friday to let it die.

"There is no need to push it any further," Wisconsin Conservation Congress chairman Steve Oestreicher said of a proposed change to allow licensed hunters to shoot feral cats that kill songbirds and other wildlife.

...Still, 57 percent of those at the Conservation Congress' meetings in all 72 counties last month favored the idea, which supporters said would let people deal with nuisance stray cats.

Members of the Conservation Congress advise the state Natural Resources Board and the Department of Natural Resources, according to its Web site.

Delegates at the group's convention in Manitowoc voted Friday to recommend the change to the Natural Resources Board, but the group's executive committee decided against it. For the proposal to become law, it would need legislative approval and Doyle's signature.

"The governor has indicated he would never sign a bill," Oestreicher said. "It's time to let it go."

...Some estimates indicate 2 million wild cats roam Wisconsin. South Dakota and Minnesota allow wild cats to be shot.
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Even though the shooting of wild cats is legal in other states, I don't like the idea. The decision to not fight Gov. Doyle and just drop the issue is fine by me. It's better to prevent the problem of feral cats by getting pets spayed and neutered.

The local and national outcry by animal rights groups, as well as Doyle's quick appeasement, is worth noting.

How can killing a wild cat be unthinkable, yet killing an unborn baby or a disabled woman is fair game?

I said this when the feral cat issue first surfaced. Doyle said the plan made Wisconsin a laughingstock. Of course, that comment insults the states that allow the shooting of feral cats. More importantly, it's interesting what he considers to be an embarrassment for the state.

Wouldn't you think hard evidence of voter irregularities would be more reason to be embarrassed? Or does Doyle consider the revelations of voter fraud in Wisconsin to be a badge of Democrat honor? Does it show he was following the party's game plan and getting the job done?