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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
"MaryL" wrote in message ... "Bill Graham" wrote in message ... J wrote: Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Domestic cats don't bother the wildlife, if they are well fed. None of my cats bother with the birds I feed on my back porch. I run through a 10 pound bag of bird seed every couple of weeks. I have five cats and they don't pay any attention to the birds at all. So to eliminate cats based on their threat to other animals is a tough case to make. Now, this doesn't apply to feral cats. these should be "eliminated" by catching, neutering and releasing. There are lots of organizations that do this, so you might consider giving them a little money from time to time..... ~~~~~~~~~~ That's not necessarily true. I love cats, and I love birds. What I don't like is the fact that my neighbor's cats run free, and they stalk my birds. Fortunately, they seldom catch them. My grandfather was a farmer, and he kept barn cats which were *well fed* but were good "mousers." He always pointed out that cats hunt prey from instinct and almost for play, not simply because they are hungry. My parents' kitty cats aren't allowed outside at all. Two of them are 11. I rescued a little stray kitten a couple of months ago. We had her spayed last week. She loves me and she knows I saved her. |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
"Jeanne Douglas" wrote in message ... In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "Jeanne Douglas" wrote in message ... In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "J" wrote in message news Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Don't **** with our kitty cats. Or I'll sic Pantera on you. How's Pantera doing? Give him a nice ear scratch for me, please. He's getting huge. He's sweet to me, but vicious to anybody who tries to harm me. Did you give him his ear scratch from me? Of course! |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
"Bill Graham" wrote in message ... Jeanne Douglas wrote: In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "Jeanne Douglas" wrote in message ... In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "J" wrote in message news Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Don't **** with our kitty cats. Or I'll sic Pantera on you. How's Pantera doing? Give him a nice ear scratch for me, please. He's getting huge. He's sweet to me, but vicious to anybody who tries to harm me. Did you give him his ear scratch from me? He did, but he lost the index finger on his right hand..... Pantera would never bite me. He loves me so much that he's about to pop. |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
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"Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "Jeanne Douglas" wrote in message ... In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "Jeanne Douglas" wrote in message ... In article , "Zacharias Mulletstein" wrote: "J" wrote in message news Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Don't **** with our kitty cats. Or I'll sic Pantera on you. How's Pantera doing? Give him a nice ear scratch for me, please. He's getting huge. He's sweet to me, but vicious to anybody who tries to harm me. Did you give him his ear scratch from me? Of course! Thank you. -- JD "Osama Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive."--VP Joseph Biden |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:07:50 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: MaryL wrote: "Bill Graham" wrote in message ... J wrote: Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Domestic cats don't bother the wildlife, if they are well fed. None of my cats bother with the birds I feed on my back porch. I run through a 10 pound bag of bird seed every couple of weeks. I have five cats and they don't pay any attention to the birds at all. So to eliminate cats based on their threat to other animals is a tough case to make. Now, this doesn't apply to feral cats. these should be "eliminated" by catching, neutering and releasing. There are lots of organizations that do this, so you might consider giving them a little money from time to time..... ~~~~~~~~~~ That's not necessarily true. I love cats, and I love birds. What I don't like is the fact that my neighbor's cats run free, and they stalk my birds. Fortunately, they seldom catch them. My grandfather was a farmer, and he kept barn cats which were *well fed* but were good "mousers." He always pointed out that cats hunt prey from instinct and almost for play, not simply because they are hungry. MaryL Yes. My B-K used to catch and bring in the house, birds and other small mammals like mice and chipmonks, but only to play with them, He never killed them. After a while, they would escape beneath some furniture and eventually go back outside. We had a chipmonk live under our stove for the entire Winter of 2010-2011. We fed him squirrel food and water. as soon as it warmed up, he "escaped" through one of the sliding glass doors back into the yard. He didn't have to worry about our other 4 cats. They were like turtles compared to that chipmonk. - I never saw anything that was as fast as he was. Even when I was watching him run across the kitchen floor, I couldn't see him. I don't know how B-K caught him to begin with. He must have been sleeping..... I feed birds in my backyard during the winter. Seriously I go through 40 lbs of birdseed a week. And I have a heated birdbath so they have fresh water - well, they're so stupid that the **** in it but I clean it every few days. I let my cats go out sometimes when I'm home. The yard is fenced so the cats can't get out. The birds run away when the cats (or ME!) go out, but after a bit they come back. Very rarely does one of my cats actually get a bird, but they are interested in doing so in spite of the fact that they are very well fed. They are hard-wired for attacking smaller creatures. They are natural born killers. Still, if we're going to stop the species that is wiping out other species, we'd better practice more birth control. Blaming cats when we wipe out more bird habitat, and birds, than cats could ever cause is pretty blind. |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
"dgk" wrote in message ... Still, if we're going to stop the species that is wiping out other species, we'd better practice more birth control. Blaming cats when we wipe out more bird habitat, and birds, than cats could ever cause is pretty blind. ~~~~~~~~~ Excellent point! MaryL |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:14:14 -0800, Mack A. Damia
wrote: \|||/ (o o) ,--oo0--------------. | Please | | Don't Feed | | The TROLLs | '--------------oo0---' |__| |__| || || ooO Ooo You've been around awhile but not as long as me. You still need to learn the difference between a troll and someone who you disagree with. Keep coming back, youngster, you'll eventually learn. J Young |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:00:26 -0800, J wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:14:14 -0800, Mack A. Damia wrote: \|||/ (o o) ,--oo0--------------. | Please | | Don't Feed | | The TROLLs | '--------------oo0---' |__| |__| || || ooO Ooo You've been around awhile but not as long as me. You still need to learn the difference between a troll and someone who you disagree with. Keep coming back, youngster, you'll eventually learn. Sonny-boi, I've been on this earth for 66 years. If you look like a troll, write like a troll and smell like a troll, you are a troll. Go bother some other group where you fit in such as alt.****wits. -- |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:17:48 -0800, Mack A. Damia
wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:00:26 -0800, J wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:14:14 -0800, Mack A. Damia wrote: \|||/ (o o) ,--oo0--------------. | Please | | Don't Feed | | The TROLLs | '--------------oo0---' |__| |__| || || ooO Ooo You've been around awhile but not as long as me. You still need to learn the difference between a troll and someone who you disagree with. Keep coming back, youngster, you'll eventually learn. Sonny-boi, I've been on this earth for 66 years. If you look like a troll, write like a troll and smell like a troll, you are a troll. Go bother some other group where you fit in such as alt.****wits. Earth 66 years, usenet 12. You still have a bit to learn ( if someone addresses you as "youngster" at 66, consider it a compliment ) J Young |
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Cats eradicated as pets in New Zealand
On Jan 24, 8:10*pm, "Bill Graham" wrote:
MarkA wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:22:32 -0800, Jeanne Douglas wrote: In article , *J wrote: Cats are basically the domain of homosexuals and crazy women who can't find a man. The rest of the world will survive just fine without these hideous creatures. Good riddance! Oh, boy, you just took your life in your hands, bashing cats like that. I DARE you to go out on the street and tell people this story and give your charming reaction to it. It'll be a miracle if you escape intact, even up there in Canada, the Land of Nice. I always liked Dr. Richard Wiseman's quote: "Dogs are pets. *Cats are little killers who share your home." I mostly like cats when they belong to someone else. Dogs are killers too, when they get together with other dogs and form packs. Both dogs and cats are carnivores. That means they have been killing for their food for millions of years before we came along to feed them. The saying about dogs eating anything is true. http://tinyurl.com/akkxpjd |
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