Feral cats to be evicted from future site of George W. Bush's presidential library
DALLAS — Unwelcome neighbors where George W. Bush's presidential library is planned in Dallas are losing their homes.
Some feral cats have lived in the Southern Methodist University area for years. SMU in 2005 began a feral cat removal program, in an effort to control the feline colony.
Volunteer Althea Webb says it's "hard to move cats." She says that at one point, about 18 wild cats lived in the area, but now she rarely sees more than half a dozen.
Webb says some of the remaining cats may be moved to a nearby bushy area.
Construction is scheduled to begin in November on the George W. Bush Presidential Center, with a single building housing a library, museum and policy institute.
The complex is expected to be finished by early 2013.
-- Associated Press
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Image: An artist's rendering of the George W. Bush Presidential Center's Freedom Plaza at Southern Methodist University. Credit: Robert A. M. Stern
A library to commemorate the dumbest president ever...kind of ironic huh? And what the hell is a feral cat anyway?
Posted by: Mike C | April 22, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Um, Mike, as much as I am no fan of George Bush, I don't think you're in much of a position to attack anyone else for being dumb when you don't even know what a feral cat is.
That being said, surely they have room to leave the feral cats alone AND build a library worthy of the accomplishments of George W. Bush. How much room can one copy of "My Pet Goat" take up anyway?
Posted by: L.A. Voter | April 24, 2010 at 08:49 PM