Campus
The
Dance Arts Society
presents...
Fall Curtain Call ‘99
Sunday, November 14, 1999
2 p.m. • Rudder Theatre
Tickets: $ 5 - adult
*3 - student w/ l.D.
Sold at door
Come join us for an energetic afternoon
of limitless styles of dance:
you have only ONE chance to see it!
Page 2 • Friday, November 12, 1999
Study looks at feral cats
Symposium
BY JEANETTE SIMPSON
The Battalion
National Hunger and Homelessness Week
FOOD DRIVE
Competition with t.u.
After your organization's food drive, drop off your food with us. We will
count how much you donated, add it to the AJLTAMU donation and deliver
it to the Fix'd Bank for you. At the end of the drive, we w ill total the
donations from TAMU and t.u.. The winner will be announced at the game!
Feed the llell
Monday Nov. 15 - Wednesday Nov. 17
10ain-2pni
Onttii til.
am/Thursday Nov. 18 10am-5pni
DROP OFF LOCATION: Between Kleberg and
the Meat Science Center near the loading dock.
Short term parking is available for dropping off your donadon.)
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— Including radio and online editions —
Spring 2000
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There are nearly 90 on-campus
residents at Texas A&M that do not
live in residence halls—they are
feral (wild) cats.
Dr. Margaret Slater, an associate
professor in veterinary anatomy
and public health care, said some
of the cats living on campus were
abandoned by their owners, others
are pets of the students and the rest
are a result of years of inbreeding.
Fourth-year veterinary students
spay and neuter the cats, test them
for diseases and vaccinate them be
fore they are released on campus.
Other volunteers locate, monitor
and feed them.
Slater said the organization be
gan when researchers were trying
to better manage stray-animal pop
ulations in urban areas.
“This program had given us an
avenue to show people that there are
humane ways to control wild cat
populations,” she said. “The more
we know about them, the more we
are able to modify the programs so
that they work better, to see whether
there are other kinds of health prob
lems we need to worry about and to
understand some of the risks, such
as people being bitten.”
The organization gives the Uni
versity opportunities to learn more
about the cats living on campus
and allows researchers to compare
the behaviors of cats living in dif
ferent environments.
Slater said some cats were fitted
with radio collars to track their
movements around campus and to
study the cats’ behavior through
out the past year.
“Approximately 20 cats were fit
ted with radio collars,” she said.
“Sara Ash, a graduate student in
wildlife and fisheries who has been
monitoring those cats, will be
speaking at the meeting and re
viewing what she and other re
searchers have learned about the
cats — where they are and how
they move around campus.”
Tame cats and kittens captured
will be put up for adoption in
stead of being returned to the
campus.
The Aggie Feral Cat Alliance of
Texas, started by Dawn Fradkin, a
sophomore veterinary medicine
student, will meet Monday at 7
p.m. in College of Veterinary Med
icine 2004.
Slater said the meeting will in
form people about the program and
recruit students and faculty to help
feed and monitor the cats.
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facet of our efforts to expand our
knowledge — knowledge based on
research, and knowledge of who
we are and what we do.”
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bration for Texas A&M architecture
and a time for students to spend
time contemplating these studies.
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“I am a vet technician, and I feel
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ers,” she said. “I have a boxer
named Cajun, and I would like to
know how to help my dog in case
of an emergency. The class is a
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animal make it to a clinic.”
The cost of the class is $20 for
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BVGRR. Those wishing to partici
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