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First my guns, now my CATS? Smithsonian experts agree, cats are Thrill-Killers!
spiegel online, by marco evers, plus other sources
| san rafael blue
Posted on 02/10/2013 1:42:55 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
Mr. Mercat, famous for being a zoologist, says that cats serve the necessary roll of predator. Without predators, the prey population becomes weak and destroys the environment. So we feed the birds because it entertains us but we have an out door cat because they are welfare birds and nasty dirty things.
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posted on
02/10/2013 2:43:04 PM PST
by
Mercat
(Never laugh at live dragons)
To: San Rafael Blue
If you ever have a gopher problem get a cat. Forget about traps and poison, they don't work. I'm convinced that those little rodent merely laugh at them.
I use to live on top of a hill that was infested with the varmints. We got a cat and soon he was chasing down the gophers. He killed all of our gophers and then cleared out the neighbor's yards.
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Cats don’t necessarily eat their kills, they just enjoy watching them die.They play with their food often.
This article is no great revelation. Notice a few cats around and soon the rabbits grow less.
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posted on
02/10/2013 2:48:49 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: Venturer
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posted on
02/10/2013 2:57:52 PM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Doogle
nice shootin Tex...
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:09:07 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: San Rafael Blue
I seem to recal being taught (a long time ago) that predators usually removed prey animals that were old, weak or injured. This supposedly strengthened the gene pool of the survivors.
There are other factors that can account for the reduction in numbers of different species. Dwindling food supply, habitat destruction and disease to name a few. I have two feral cats on my property. I also have over a dozen bird feeders. I haven't noticed any decline in the number of birds coming around for a free meal. If I didn't provide this supplemental food supply I have no doubt that I would see fewer birds. They would just migrate to wherever the food was more plentiful.
To: San Rafael Blue
Cats,Coyotees,Racoons.......
To: erlayman
As hunters go, cats are superb, among nature’s best, but cats are opportunistic hunters and kill for food, and just for sport and play. They hunt and kill whether they are well fed or not, and whether for food or not. It’s just what cats do.
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:35:19 PM PST
by
GBA
(Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
To: San Rafael Blue
My kitty does a great job keeping the mice and gophers down. And last summer she even brought me a rabbit for stewing :)
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:41:41 PM PST
by
Ellendra
(http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
To: San Rafael Blue
Cats, especially domesticated cats, present an ever creeping danger to the safety of birds
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:43:52 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
To: San Rafael Blue
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:56:30 PM PST
by
fattigermaster
(When tigers hunt, the jackals profit...when tigers sleep, the jackals rule.)
To: San Rafael Blue
There are approx. 84 million house licensed cats
I don't know of any community in this country that requires its residents to license their cats.........
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posted on
02/10/2013 3:59:04 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
To: Blue Collar Christian
Those mean, vicious kittehs....we need a kinder, gentler pet. One that will respect the needs of the birds and be more sensitive. /s
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:00:00 PM PST
by
CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
To: San Rafael Blue
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:00:55 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
To: Oztrich Boy
I don’t care who you are, that is funny! Don’t tell Andrew Cuomo, he may start hollerin’ on stage again, with his fists all balled up.
To: San Rafael Blue
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:04:20 PM PST
by
fattigermaster
(When tigers hunt, the jackals profit...when tigers sleep, the jackals rule.)
To: Hot Tabasco
The 86 million number is from the Humane Society of the US. Don’t know where ‘licensed’ came from but the story seems to be from New Zealand where sheeple might assume everybody lives under totalitarianism.
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:04:31 PM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: 9YearLurker
But even wildly successful outdoors kitties catch birdies less often,
I used to think that before I witnessed my indoor cat leap off the back deck and snatch a goldfinch that had landed on one of the coneflowers behind the deck........
FWIW, she hunts off the deck and has repeatedly caught mice and baby rabbits in the garden area on the back of it........
It's very disconcerting when I'm in the den and suddenly hear a squealing from the dining area of a creature my cat has just brought into the house...........(open pet entrance attached to my back deck doorwall.....)
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:06:04 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
To: San Rafael Blue
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:07:09 PM PST
by
fattigermaster
(When tigers hunt, the jackals profit...when tigers sleep, the jackals rule.)
To: redheadtoo
If you ever have a gopher problem get a cat.
If you're refering to a real gopher that lives in a hole in the ground and not a chipmunk, they're easy to get rid of.
Take a hose or a bucket of water and pour it into their hole and flush them out. Then do what you want with them.........
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posted on
02/10/2013 4:10:51 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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