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Must Cats Die So Birds Can Live? (Inside an Animal-Lover Civil War)
New York Magazine ^ | Jun 9, 2013 | Jessica Pressler

Posted on 06/10/2013 12:30:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/10/2013 12:30:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: EEGator

Ping-A- Ling! (hehe)


2 posted on 06/10/2013 12:34:22 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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Are these same save-the-bird get-rid-of-cat people the ones who want acres and acres of windmills? ‘Cause each windmill kills hundreds to thousands of birds. (Birds can’t see the spinning blades.) I’d say give the kitty’s a break. My cat has caught perhaps 10 birds in 14 years. I know, because she gave them all to me. That’s about 10,000 cats per windmill in killing power.


3 posted on 06/10/2013 12:36:05 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: TexasCajun

My Golden Retriever’s job is to hunt birds. Then again, he hunts cats, squirrels and anything else that tries to get at my veggies.


4 posted on 06/10/2013 12:36:51 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: nickcarraway
Who cares. They're F'ing birds.

Dirty... disgusting... filthy... lice-ridden BOIDS.

5 posted on 06/10/2013 12:38:45 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: nickcarraway

Cat lovers will always deny the plain evidence.

Fortunately, the Gaia-lovers have also given us an explosion of other predators like coyotes, wolves, bobcats and mountain lions. Cats could replace mice and rabbits as staples of the diet.


6 posted on 06/10/2013 12:39:10 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: nickcarraway
I got dogs.

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7 posted on 06/10/2013 12:39:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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8 posted on 06/10/2013 12:40:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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We don’t have a feral cat problem in my suburban neighborhood. There are some foxes who have made it their hunting territory.


9 posted on 06/10/2013 12:43:24 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: nickcarraway

Must all leftist meddlers die so the world can go on? (YES!!!)


10 posted on 06/10/2013 12:46:04 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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The plain evidence is that cats eliminate our worst nuisances.

More cats, less lefties.

11 posted on 06/10/2013 12:48:05 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: nickcarraway

Do these people get upset over lions eating antelopes? If not, they should shut up. The only reason why they are dumping on cats is because PEOPLE OWN CATS and it is to CONTROL them.

Not rational, but liberalism is not rational.


12 posted on 06/10/2013 12:49:50 PM PDT by I want the USA back (If I Pi$$ed off just one liberal today my mission has been accomplished.)
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To: nickcarraway

Birds can fly
advantage birds


13 posted on 06/10/2013 12:51:15 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: editor-surveyor

http://www.cougarinfo.org/attacks4.htm


14 posted on 06/10/2013 12:52:02 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t mind domestic cats, however the latest trend by the loons is to trap, neuter/spay and release the feral ones who slaughter many beneficial birds and mammals. Feral felines should be exterminated, period.


15 posted on 06/10/2013 12:53:30 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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I prefer them not to be in my yard. I keep my dogs in my own yard, cat owners can do the same.

I agree wholeheartedly about the insanity of catch, spay, and release of feral carts.


16 posted on 06/10/2013 12:56:32 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: I want the USA back

Are you sure? I thought cats own people.


17 posted on 06/10/2013 12:59:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Cat people always think they are above the law and let their pets roam loose. Cats like to hunt, and I think any cat coming into my yard is fair game too. A catnip encrusted piece of fish in a live trap works well, then I send them to the local shelter.


18 posted on 06/10/2013 12:59:41 PM PDT by wrencher
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To: nickcarraway
My family always keeps a couple of barn cats around on the farm. Keeps the rodent population in check.

Females are, however, spayed, lest they quickly wind up with a couple of hundred cats. They can reproduce like rabbits.

19 posted on 06/10/2013 1:02:28 PM PDT by wbill
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To: nickcarraway

I tell all cat-suckers:

If you were only half as tall as you are AND
your cat was twice as tall as he is then
you wouldn’t be “the owner”, you would be “the lunch”!

I loathe felines...


20 posted on 06/10/2013 1:07:44 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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