Conflict between cat lovers and wildlife conservationists

​Conflict between cat lovers and wildlife conservationists is illustrated in the case of Ted Williams, a well-known Audubon Magazine columnist, who encouraged readers of the Orlando Sentinel to use tylenol to “euthanize” feral cats because they kill millions of birds.  The Audubon Society suspended Williams for a short period of time but reinstanted him after he apologized. A member of “Ally Cats Allies” criticized the Audubon Society for reinstating him after only a short period. See coverage in Christine Haughy, (2013). “Writer, and Bird Lover, at Center of a Dispute About Cats Is Reinstated,” New York Times, March 26. Accessed 9/21/16 from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/business/media/ted-williams-audubon-columnist-is-reinstated.html?_r=0