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<BODY>This is a fascinating article. If nothing has changed in the cat departmernt, things sure have changed in the bird department - the most numerous birds after robins included catbirds, "brown thrushes", bluebirds and kingbirds - no mention of RW blackbirds, geese, or starlings.
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: donniebird@yahoo.com <BR>Sent: Jun 27, 2007 7:17 AM <BR>To: BCN <BCNNET@ECE.IIT.EDU><BR>Subject: [BCNnet] 1915 article <BR><BR><ZZZHTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name="Generator"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><ZZZ!--[IF !mso]>
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<P class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">BCN</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">net friends:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I came across a newspaper article from 1915 about feral cats in the area I believe is now known as the Grove in <st1:place w:st="on">Glenview</st1:place>. Amazing isn’t it? Nothing has changed about the cat problem in almost 100 years!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Check out this link:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <A href="http://www.ece.iit.edu/~gaw/daily_news_1915.pdf" eudora="autourl"></X-TAB>http://www.ece.iit.edu/~gaw/daily_news_1915.pdf</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Donnie Dann<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A href="mailto:donniebird@yahoo.com" target=_blank>donniebird@yahoo.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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