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SuzQ wrote: Catnipped said: It was brought home to me how "tamed" most other countries are compared to the US when I participated in an indoor vs. outdoor cats, um, thread. People from overseas didn't realize the dangers from wild animals that we *still* have over here (coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bears, etc.) =============================================== Very true even here in Massachusetts, settled since 1620, we have coyotes and the occasional wildcat. New Hamphire just 20 miles North of me has bears. No way am I letting my sweet Spicey out there. I read recently that the coyote population is greater in the US than it was in colonial times. Amazing, when you consider urban development, loss of habitat and all. Sherry |
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wrote in message ups.com... SuzQ wrote: Catnipped said: It was brought home to me how "tamed" most other countries are compared to the US when I participated in an indoor vs. outdoor cats, um, thread. People from overseas didn't realize the dangers from wild animals that we *still* have over here (coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bears, etc.) =============================================== Very true even here in Massachusetts, settled since 1620, we have coyotes and the occasional wildcat. New Hamphire just 20 miles North of me has bears. No way am I letting my sweet Spicey out there. I read recently that the coyote population is greater in the US than it was in colonial times. Amazing, when you consider urban development, loss of habitat and all. Sherry They manage quite well in suburban areas. Humans are good about providing them with food and about getting rid of nasty old predators that used to keep them in check. And we aren't nearly as likely to shoot them on sight as farmers used to be. Jo |
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:27:08 -0700, "Jo Firey"
wrote: wrote in message oups.com... SuzQ wrote: Catnipped said: It was brought home to me how "tamed" most other countries are compared to the US when I participated in an indoor vs. outdoor cats, um, thread. People from overseas didn't realize the dangers from wild animals that we *still* have over here (coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bears, etc.) =============================================== Very true even here in Massachusetts, settled since 1620, we have coyotes and the occasional wildcat. New Hamphire just 20 miles North of me has bears. No way am I letting my sweet Spicey out there. I read recently that the coyote population is greater in the US than it was in colonial times. Amazing, when you consider urban development, loss of habitat and all. Sherry They manage quite well in suburban areas. Humans are good about providing them with food and about getting rid of nasty old predators that used to keep them in check. And we aren't nearly as likely to shoot them on sight as farmers used to be. Also, we have greatly reduced the populations of other predators that used to compete with the coyotes: wolves, foxes, bobcats, etc. The coyotes have proved to be more flexible at fitting in with humans than the other species have. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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I believe it!!! I hear coyotes almost every evening out here. One
night right after we moved in, I swear they caught whatever it was they were chasing and devoured it in the back yard. The rukus scared the h*l* out of us, Lucy included. She was standing on my chest, facing the window, puffed up like a polish kielbasa!!! Folks who foolishly let their cats and dogs out after dark around here usually don't have them for long... |
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In article , Victor
Martinez wrote: wrote: Well, yeah, but they also thought powdered wigs and knee-high hose were hot stuff. It was a long time ago, and a different world. Not only that, they thought that slaves were not human (Article I, Section 2). To be precise, three-fifths human. |
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Your brain must have an enourmous hard drive Howard. You're both
informative and entertaining. I really enjoy your posts. Suz&Spicey |
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In article
outpets.com, "SuzQ" wrote: Your brain must have an enourmous hard drive Howard. You're both informative and entertaining. I really enjoy your posts. Suz&Spicey Thank you. I worry, at times, at all that's stored on backups somewhere. |
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