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Ping Sheelagh
On 23 Jun, 23:36, Igenlode Use-Author-Supplied-Address-
] wrote: On 23 Jun 2007 sheelagh wrote: [snip bobcats] You know what? In the UK, the domestic cat is actually still considered to be on the wild life list....... The same as a Fox, or Badger, or even a viper..( the only poisonous snake that is native to the UK.) I am sure that there must be plenty more out there, dumped or abandoned, or even escaped from people keeping them who are simply too frightened to go to the authorities & admit that this has happened to them. The Scottish wildcat isn't *quite* the same thing as a pet cat gone wild, despite the fact that the two species are capable of cross-breeding. I'm not sure feral moggies are reckoned as 'wildlife', even here ;-) (I believe our pets are supposedly descended from African desert cats via the Ancient Egyptians and Romans, rather than the native European forest variety...) -- Igenlode Visit the Ivory Tower http://ivory.150m.com/Tower/ * Never assume malice when ignorance is a possibility * The Scottish wildcat isn't *quite* the same thing as a pet cat gone wild, despite the fact that the two species are capable of cross-breeding. I'm not sure feral moggies are reckoned as 'wildlife', even here ;-) I don't know about Scotland, Sorry! Do you have wild cats(as such) up there? I only know that cats are on the wild life list in England, merely because when I went to enquire about running a cattery, our local council told us that the cat side of affairs was of no consequence, however, the bit about running a cattery as a business was altogether different because it is classed as running a business from your home. I was quite surprised to hear this, because I couldn't imagine that they were still on it.. Rather than added recently, it has been on it for a long time.. Perhaps I miss understood. I will check to make sure on Monday for sure S;o) |
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Ping Sheelagh
On 23 Jun, 05:17, "mariib via CatKB.com" u22469@uwe wrote:
sheelagh wrote: Hey I know you had a post about rabies take a look at what we have to deal with here in Florida [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] - Show quoted text - Good God! You know what? In the UK, the domestic cat is actually still considered to be on the wild life list....... The same as a Fox, or Badger, or even a viper..( the only poisonous snake that is native to the UK.) I am sure that there must be plenty more out there, dumped or abandoned, or even escaped from people keeping them who are simply too frightened to go to the authorities & admit that this has happened to them. By showing me these photographs, you have helped me build a better picture of the difference between what we consider to be wildlife, as opposed to what we would consider to be wildlife, if you see what I mean? I found the photos to be fascinating, truely! The thought of being able to lean out of your window and watch a family of Bob cats acting rather like a pride is something that we really have no grasp on over here. I have "never" seen an opossum before either. I had a picture in my minds eye of a ferret looking sized creature, that might attack a cat that might be caught unaware. I had no grasp on what the reality of a opossum's size, features or appearance. In fact, Imagined that it might even be a creature that a cat would have a good fighting chance against, should they come up against one, actually! I "should" have known better really, coming from hotter climates.... I now see how wrong my assumption was! And the tarantula spider was just the icing on the cake really...?!!! Bob cats are massive, their kittens make my cats look like cuddly toys, the opossums are like gigantic badgers, & the thought of finding one of those spiders in my shoe/ bed, or anywhere really, is enough to make me break out in a cold sweat;o( I am so glad that you saw fit to share this album with me. It has certainly put a few things in better perspective for me now. Thank you Marii. You have no idea how much this has helped me appreciate why you all see things so differently in the USA. I really do hate this, for and against arguments, that pop up their ugly heads so frequently between us all. It paints a far clearer reason as to why you all feel so passionately about keeping your cats indoors. It is because of the differences in our wildlife couldn't be more different if we lived worlds apart. Because we don't have the same fear factors over here, it is hard for us to appreciate why it is such a big problem with you all, if you understand what I am trying to describe? Perhaps if we faced the same hazards that you do, we could understand and appreciate why you feel this way. It has certainly made me rethink why you all choose to keep your cats & kittens indoors. And, if we faced the same ones, we would feel the same way that you all do too. So far, we have been so lucky not to have these problems to contend with, which is why the vast majority of us don't understand your fear's, & choose to allow our cats to roam where they please. Personally, I have had a few bad experiences which is why I choose only to allow my own cats out whilst I am with them. Nonetheless, it is not Rabid dogs that we have to contend with. It is a far worse predator...Called Human Beings. The worst & most unpredictable predator of all. disgusting, but true all the same... No Rabies, no poisonous snakes, no Bob Cats, wolves, Foxes & other predators either. Only humans which is really sad. However, having said that, how lucky we are.... S;o) I didn't intend this to drag out the indoor-outdoor discussion(?) at all, just to show you some other interesting pictures of bobcats, although I can see it isn't such a big leap into that other subject. My son isn't at all bothered by the wildlife he sees around him, but for me, it's so different. I'm Canadian & live in Toronto - wildlife here? rabbits, racoons, skunks, various small garden snakes, owls, bats, some hawks & falcons, too many black, gray & small red squirrels, foxes, deer. Nothing terribly unusual. The biggest threat to cats here is traffic, dogs running loose & the 2-legged predators as you've mentioned. M. -- Message posted viahttp://www.catkb.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I didn't intend this to drag out the indoor-outdoor discussion(?) at all, just to show you some other interesting pictures of bobcats, although I can see it isn't such a big leap into that other subject. My son isn't at all bothered by the wildlife he sees around him, but for me, it's so different. I'm Canadian & live in Toronto - wildlife here? rabbits, raccoons, skunks, various small garden snakes, owls, bats, some hawks & falcons, too many black, gray & small red squirrels, foxes, deer. Nothing terribly unusual. The biggest threat to cats here is traffic, dogs running loose & the 2-legged predators as you've mentioned. Marii, I know that you didn't. nor did I come to that! The reason that I decided to respond to your post & your link, was to point out to others that we don't have the right to declare that what other people do with their cats, is wrong! You photo's really were an eye opener for me, & I think there are a few others that are just as surprised as I was too. My point was to make it clear that until I saw your post, I remained ignorant as to what life is like in the area where your son lives. I have no idea what it must be like to be able to watch lynx, Bob Cats, opossums & spiders the size of my palm in your garden @ all! I was struck between awe, & Horror. I feel the same way that you do about the back & forth debate regarding what is best to do with your cat. However, if a few more of us were educated in the same fashion/ way that you explained this to me, there wouldn't be so many ruffled feathers in the group, because it would be obvious as to why you feel as passionately about keeping your cat protected. Only a fool would allow their cat out in an area that you so kindly shared with us! Do you see what I mean? *None of us should be so arrogant* as to think that we know what is best for another person, & the way they see fit to care for their cat, *unless it is plain for all to see that they are mistreating their cat.* As Inglenode so kindly pointed out: "Never assume malice, when Ignorance is a possibility" I was Ignorant as to why everyone felt so passionately about keeping their cats indoors. Without the same threats over here, it is hard for us to comprehend why you all felt that way. Now, we know better;o) As you know Marri, My cats spent years wondering around where they pleased, until the day that Ringo got shot. After that, everything changed for us & our cats too. I am no longer prepared to take that risk anymore. I have a few photos of Ringo with his injuries. But unfortunately, @ the time I could only get my hands on a digital camera, so I have to find a way of scanning them so that I can share them with you all. Perhaps if a few people saw how Ringo looked in the first couple of days after he was shot with a BB gun @ point blank range, they might change their minds about the threat of humans around their cat? We don't have the same wildlife threats that you do, but our young men/ & women can be ruthless when it comes to pointing air rifles and shooting cats. It is a sad fact that they seem to do it for kicks, & It make me feel sick to think that they enjoy it too. At the end of the day, they are all predators.... And it wouldn't hurt any of us to be a bit more tolerant/respectful of how each other feels, & respect the reasons why they feel that way, without calling anyone else names for the way they choose to keep your cat. I hope this explains why I chose to respond to your post? It wasn't to open the debate once more. I know that you know me well enough now to know that I would never choose to bring up an inflamatory issue without good reason & cause. Thank you for sharing that once again, Sheelagh PS: How is my Coco today ) |
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Ping Sheelagh
On 25 Jun, 00:55, Igenlode Use-Author-Supplied-Address-
] wrote: On 24 Jun 2007 sheelagh wrote: On 23 Jun, 23:36, Igenlode wrote: [snip] The Scottish wildcat isn't *quite* the same thing as a pet cat gone wild, despite the fact that the two species are capable of cross-breeding. I'm not sure feral moggies are reckoned as 'wildlife', even here ;-) I don't know about Scotland, Sorry! Do you have wild cats(as such) up there? Oh, I'm no Scot -- or even an expert ;-) But the Scottish wildcat is definitely quite distinct from the domestic cat; more of a miniature lynx.http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/wildcat...k/wildcat.html I don't know anything about a 'wildlife list', though; is this the piece of law that notoriously states that the owner of a cat is not deemed to be legally liable for any damage it commits, whereas the owner of a dog or various other domesticated animals *is*... ?http://www.messybeast.com/retro-legal.htm -- Igenlode Wordsmith The Gentleman's guide to Usenet - seehttp://ivory.150m.com/Tower/GENTLE.TXT Thank you for both links. I appreciated them, & as you say, it clearly defines as you note, that that the law is ambiguous in this instance: I think it would be easy to interpratate it to mean either, couldn't you? While cats were legally domestic animals, the term "vermin" could be applied by gamekeepers to poaching cats. "Vermin" was not legally defined, generally meant a noxious, mischievous, destructive or disgusting animal, especially one of small size, common occurrence and difficult to control. Gamekeepers had an extensive list of vermin which they would shoot, including "poaching cats" and many species which later became legally protected (but which they shot and poisoned nevertheless... Don't get me started off on this one!! I have a friend who's cat was shot by a game keeper. It wasn't a threat or a pest, & never hunted at all. in fact, she was a Birman blue point Queen, with 4 kittens that were 3 weeks old @ the time. When she didn't return after 15 minutes, her owner went looking for her, to no avail. the following day the Game keeper was overheard boasting that he shot a nice pretty white cat on the edge of the forest, & even gloated that it was excellent target practise too....!! The owner went to the game keeper & asked where the body of her cat was so that she might burry it in a place of her choosing, but he denied the entire incident. Fortunately the owner didn't give up there, & went to the RSPCA, who investigated the case, & the game keeper was dismissed from duty because of the overwhelming evidence against him. but this is one single case. there are loads of incidents where Game keepers do get away with this, because of the ambiguity of this law.... .. Finally, did you see the news in the UK today? I noted that scotsmen now have to get a licence to wear a sporran now. the reason for this is because the scottish wild cat fur attached to them is from the Scottish wild cat by tradition. The cat has almost been hunted down to critically low numbers, that they have had to introduce this law to protect the wild cat. Good job!! S;o) |
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Ping Sheelagh
sheelagh wrote:
Hey I know you had a post about rabies take a look at what we have to deal with here in Florida [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] - Show quoted text - I didn't intend this to drag out the indoor-outdoor discussion(?) at all, just to show you some other interesting pictures of bobcats, although I can [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] biggest threat to cats here is traffic, dogs running loose & the 2-legged predators as you've mentioned. Marii, I know that you didn't. nor did I come to that! The reason that I decided to respond to your post & your link, was to point out to others that we don't have the right to declare that what other people do with their cats, is wrong! You photo's really were an eye opener for me, & I think there are a few others that are just as surprised as I was too. My point was to make it clear that until I saw your post, I remained ignorant as to what life is like in the area where your son lives. I have no idea what it must be like to be able to watch lynx, Bob Cats, opossums & spiders the size of my palm in your garden @ all! I was struck between awe, & Horror. I feel the same way that you do about the back & forth debate regarding what is best to do with your cat. However, if a few more of us were educated in the same fashion/ way that you explained this to me, there wouldn't be so many ruffled feathers in the group, because it would be obvious as to why you feel as passionately about keeping your cat protected. Only a fool would allow their cat out in an area that you so kindly shared with us! Do you see what I mean? *None of us should be so arrogant* as to think that we know what is best for another person, & the way they see fit to care for their cat, *unless it is plain for all to see that they are mistreating their cat.* As Inglenode so kindly pointed out: "Never assume malice, when Ignorance is a possibility" I was Ignorant as to why everyone felt so passionately about keeping their cats indoors. Without the same threats over here, it is hard for us to comprehend why you all felt that way. Now, we know better;o) As you know Marri, My cats spent years wondering around where they pleased, until the day that Ringo got shot. After that, everything changed for us & our cats too. I am no longer prepared to take that risk anymore. I have a few photos of Ringo with his injuries. But unfortunately, @ the time I could only get my hands on a digital camera, so I have to find a way of scanning them so that I can share them with you all. Perhaps if a few people saw how Ringo looked in the first couple of days after he was shot with a BB gun @ point blank range, they might change their minds about the threat of humans around their cat? We don't have the same wildlife threats that you do, but our young men/ & women can be ruthless when it comes to pointing air rifles and shooting cats. It is a sad fact that they seem to do it for kicks, & It make me feel sick to think that they enjoy it too. At the end of the day, they are all predators.... And it wouldn't hurt any of us to be a bit more tolerant/respectful of how each other feels, & respect the reasons why they feel that way, without calling anyone else names for the way they choose to keep your cat. I hope this explains why I chose to respond to your post? It wasn't to open the debate once more. I know that you know me well enough now to know that I would never choose to bring up an inflamatory issue without good reason & cause. Thank you for sharing that once again, Sheelagh PS: How is my Coco today ) he's usually such a good boy - although sometimes he & the little monster can really do a number if I've been careless in the kitchen - we had a party here over the weekend & I thought I'd carefully put away everything edible but overlooked a paper bag of biscotti. Sure enough while we were outside, the boys dropped the bag onto the floor & happily chewed away at most of the broken pieces & even carried away some of their loot under the dining room table. They never let an opportunity pass! -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200706/1 |
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Ping Sheelagh
On 25 Jun, 17:24, "mariib via CatKB.com" u22469@uwe wrote:
sheelagh wrote: Hey I know you had a post about rabies take a look at what we have to deal with here in Florida [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] - Show quoted text - I didn't intend this to drag out the indoor-outdoor discussion(?) at all, just to show you some other interesting pictures of bobcats, although I can [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] biggest threat to cats here is traffic, dogs running loose & the 2-legged predators as you've mentioned. Marii, I know that you didn't. nor did I come to that! The reason that I decided to respond to your post & your link, was to point out to others that we don't have the right to declare that what other people do with their cats, is wrong! You photo's really were an eye opener for me, & I think there are a few others that are just as surprised as I was too. My point was to make it clear that until I saw your post, I remained ignorant as to what life is like in the area where your son lives. I have no idea what it must be like to be able to watch lynx, Bob Cats, opossums & spiders the size of my palm in your garden @ all! I was struck between awe, & Horror. I feel the same way that you do about the back & forth debate regarding what is best to do with your cat. However, if a few more of us were educated in the same fashion/ way that you explained this to me, there wouldn't be so many ruffled feathers in the group, because it would be obvious as to why you feel as passionately about keeping your cat protected. Only a fool would allow their cat out in an area that you so kindly shared with us! Do you see what I mean? *None of us should be so arrogant* as to think that we know what is best for another person, & the way they see fit to care for their cat, *unless it is plain for all to see that they are mistreating their cat.* As Inglenode so kindly pointed out: "Never assume malice, when Ignorance is a possibility" I was Ignorant as to why everyone felt so passionately about keeping their cats indoors. Without the same threats over here, it is hard for us to comprehend why you all felt that way. Now, we know better;o) As you know Marri, My cats spent years wondering around where they pleased, until the day that Ringo got shot. After that, everything changed for us & our cats too. I am no longer prepared to take that risk anymore. I have a few photos of Ringo with his injuries. But unfortunately, @ the time I could only get my hands on a digital camera, so I have to find a way of scanning them so that I can share them with you all. Perhaps if a few people saw how Ringo looked in the first couple of days after he was shot with a BB gun @ point blank range, they might change their minds about the threat of humans around their cat? We don't have the same wildlife threats that you do, but our young men/ & women can be ruthless when it comes to pointing air rifles and shooting cats. It is a sad fact that they seem to do it for kicks, & It make me feel sick to think that they enjoy it too. At the end of the day, they are all predators.... And it wouldn't hurt any of us to be a bit more tolerant/respectful of how each other feels, & respect the reasons why they feel that way, without calling anyone else names for the way they choose to keep your cat. I hope this explains why I chose to respond to your post? It wasn't to open the debate once more. I know that you know me well enough now to know that I would never choose to bring up an inflammatory issue without good reason & cause. Thank you for sharing that once again, Sheelagh PS: How is my Coco today ) he's usually such a good boy - although sometimes he & the little monster can really do a number if I've been careless in the kitchen - we had a party here over the weekend & I thought I'd carefully put away everything edible but overlooked a paper bag of biscotti. Sure enough while we were outside, the boys dropped the bag onto the floor & happily chewed away at most of the broken pieces & even carried away some of their loot under the dining room table. They never let an opportunity pass! -- Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-health/200706/1- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - LOL LOL "o" Mine do the same thing too. Doesnt really matter what type of food it is, as long as it is food... I took a cracking photo of one of the kittens that I am looking after a couple of days ago, on my mobile (cell phone).All you could see was the rear half of the kitten, coming out the rear end of a chicken carcass. I had served dinner, everyone was eating, then there was an almighty crash. Between him and Lilly, the Birman, they had got the whole dish off the side, & were about to dive in to it ... They were ever so cross with me When I took it away from them! I made them wait until after dinner, to allow it to cool down slightly, then took it off the bone to feed them with. I always worry that the chicken bones are so small that they might choke on one of them.... I know exactly what you mean about naughty boys, Lol ) S;o) |
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