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"paghat" wrote in message news In article , Jari Vuoksenranta wrote: 10 elo 2003 Mrs. Fricker kirjoitti: the kittens make wonderful gifts. *Bzzzzt* Anything living is NOT a good gift. You're advocating killing them first? That is what one normally does with vermin :-} |
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Had to put in my 2 cents worth. Living in an area where there are several feral cats the thing that concerns me most is rabies. Animals do not always show the symptoms of rabies (as my family learned in Big Lake Texas. Nearly everyone in town played with and fed a stray cat which only began to look sick several days afterward. Nearly everyone in town had to get rabies shots at some $600 each) If you truly care about your pets you make sure they have all thier shots and proper meds (a dog with heartworm is truly a sad thing to see) You will also make sure they are no threat to anyone. I have come close to killing a dog only once and then it was a pit bull threatening a small child. The dog was behind a very flimsy fence and the child walking home from school. The dog was able to get part way out of the fence, if it had rushed the child I would have hit it with my car. Needless to say if you have an animal of that type you had better have it under control at all times. I have also stood watch for kids when another neighbor's rottweiller gets out (fortunately it's a very docile animal that doesn't get out of the driveway when it gets out) My dog is always under control when I take him outside. Most of my neighbors don't do this. We also have possums, squirrels (2 kinds), lots of birds, snakes, geckos, anoles, and some feral dogs that live in the large city cared for easement for the power company. I can truly say the only animal I ever wanted to get rid of were the rats in the attic and a mouse in the house. Shell |
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Hi
Had to put in my 2 cents worth. Living in an area where there are several feral cats the thing that concerns me most is rabies. Animals do not always show the symptoms of rabies (as my family learned in Big Lake Texas. Nearly everyone in town played with and fed a stray cat which only began to look sick several days afterward. Nearly everyone in town had to get rabies shots at some $600 each) If you truly care about your pets you make sure they have all thier shots and proper meds (a dog with heartworm is truly a sad thing to see) You will also make sure they are no threat to anyone. I have come close to killing a dog only once and then it was a pit bull threatening a small child. The dog was behind a very flimsy fence and the child walking home from school. The dog was able to get part way out of the fence, if it had rushed the child I would have hit it with my car. Needless to say if you have an animal of that type you had better have it under control at all times. I have also stood watch for kids when another neighbor's rottweiller gets out (fortunately it's a very docile animal that doesn't get out of the driveway when it gets out) My dog is always under control when I take him outside. Most of my neighbors don't do this. We also have possums, squirrels (2 kinds), lots of birds, snakes, geckos, anoles, and some feral dogs that live in the large city cared for easement for the power company. I can truly say the only animal I ever wanted to get rid of were the rats in the attic and a mouse in the house. Shell |
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