In Marymoor Park, Redmond, there is a fantastic dog walk "off leash" and
still people choose to walk into the meadow and down the boardwalk with
their dogs off leash! Marymoor has just put up a new fence and numerous
signs stating the fact that "NO DOGS OF LEASH PAST THIS POINT" When I am
walking down these areas I am constantly telling people to put their dogs
back on a leash, pretending I am some kind of authority, they come out with
lame excuses like "my dog does not harm" "Its my right" "I didn't see or
know"

Discipline and knowledge starts at home, it's about time we stood up and got
counted if we are to continue to enjoy what we love best, be more vocal in
the right directions.

I hate the way society has got to; we are heading down the road to
destruction fast...



I'm off to the UK for a week so I will leave you all in peace :-)



Regards



Martyn



Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
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Redmond. Washington. USA
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!

When the animals come to us,
Asking for our help,
Will we know what they are saying?

When the plants speak to us
In their delicate, beautiful language,
Will we be able to answer them?

When the planet herself
Sings to us in our dreams,
Will we be able to wake ourselves, and act?

-Gary Lawless

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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joemeche at aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:50 AM
To: mstew at naturesound.org
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Cats, dogs, and birds



Martyn, et al

And right behind the domestic cats are the dogs that some of us allow to
become "part of the family," to the extreme. The disturbances created by
uncontrolled dogs on flocks of feeding and resting waterfowl and shorebirds
are, perhaps, not as much of a problem as the havoc wreaked by cats.
Nonetheless, irresponsible dog owners are much to blame for declines and
displacement of some bird populations.

Before you unleash your cat or dog and allow them to "run free," consider if
you were one of the birds resting and feeding in someone's backyard or on a
lonely stretch of beach, for instance, trying to make it through another
year. I witnessed numerous examples of this and other "human problems" at
Ocean Shores beaches during the weekend of the Grays Harbor Shorebird
Festival.

Humans need to accept more of the responsibility for stewardship of the
planet and "all creatures, great and small." Are we up to it?

Joe Meche
Birding Programs Coordinator
North Cascades Audubon
Bellingham, WA

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