SYH: SYH - Cats Indoors Poster Contest

**Marilyn Wyzga mwyzga@wildlife.state.nh.us> (by way of Lucy Bradley LBradley@sisna.com>)**

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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 09:30:49 -0500
From: Gina Yurkonis <perennium@tom-cc.com>
Subject: bwh: poster contest

NATIONAL KEEP YOUR CAT INDOORS DAY 2000 POSTER COMPETITION - CALL FOR
ENTRIES

American Bird Conservancy announces a children's poster competition to
promote the second "National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day". Cats Indoors
Day
will take place on May 13, 2000, and aims to educate cat owners that
cats,
birds and other wildlife benefit when cats are kept indoors. The
competition
is sponsored by Wild Bird Centers of America which is providing prizes
including a bird friendly school yard for the winner's school.

Competition entries are due May 1 and prizes will be awarded to winners
in
the following age categories:  Ages 6 - 7; 8 - 9; 10 - 12.  Each poster
must
have the name, age, address and phone number of the entrant on the back,
as
well as the name, address and phone number of the school. Artwork should
show a happy, safe, indoor cat. Winners will be announced by May 12 on
American Bird Conservancy's Web site (www.abcbirds.org) where the
winning
poster will also be featured.  The prizes awarded by Wild Bird Centers
of
America, Inc. include a $250 gift certificate which will go to the
overall
winner and another $250 gift certificate to the school, nature center,
or
other institution with which the child is associated. Wild Bird Centers
will
also assist the school or institution in establishing a schoolyard
habitat
for birds. The gift certificates can be redeemed either at
www.wildbirdcenter.com or at any local Wild Bird Centers of America
franchise store. Winners in the other age categories will each receive
R.T.
Chickadee bird feeder and nest box kits, a bird guide, and an R.T.
Chickadee
plush toy. The winner will also be publicized through a national press
announcement. Artwork must be on heavy white paper no larger than 18" x
24"
and must be flexible. Posters should be mailed in a mailing tube and
arrive
no later than May 1 at: American Bird Conservancy, 1250 24th Street NW,
Suite 400, Washington, DC 20037. Entries cannot be returned.

Each year, free-roaming domestic cats kill hundreds of millions of birds
and
small mammals. In addition, millions of cats are killed or injured by
cars
or in fights with other cats, dogs or wild animals.  Free-roaming cats
can
contract debilitating and life-threatening diseases, or get lost,
stolen, or
poisoned. This poster competition will help draw attention to this
problem
and help to promote National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day which aims to
encourage cat owners to keep their cats safe indoors and to benefit both
cats and wildlife.

American Bird Conservancy's Cats Indoors! campaign is supported by
thousands
of individuals and conservation, animal welfare, wildlife
rehabilitation,
and veterinary organizations, including The Humane Society of the United
States, American Humane Association, and National Audubon Society.
Campaign
education materials include fact sheets on cat predation on birds and
other
wildlife, hazards to free-roaming cats, cat ordinances, how to make an
outdoor cat a happy indoor cat, and a teacher's guide. These materials
are
available through the America Bird Conservancy web site at
www.abcbirds.org.

For more information call: Linda Winter, American Bird Conservancy,
202-778-9666. Additional information on the poster competition and
prizes
can be obtained from Kim Hope, Wild Bird Centers, 301-229-9585.

Web sites of interest:  American Bird Conservancy: www.abcbirds.org
                 Wild Bird Centers of America: www.wildbirdcenter.com

Linda Winter, Director
Cats Indoors!
The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats
American Bird Conservancy
1250 24th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC  20037
(p) (202)778-9619
(f) (202)778-9778
lwinter@abcbirds.org
web site:  http://www.abcbirds.org

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