Posted on 06/10/2013 12:30:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Our dogs catch squirrels, it’s what they do.
But speaking of “kittens”...my guys are fishermen and Peta has a campaign against catching fish. One of the most insipid PETA campaigns was aimed at children to “Save the Sea Kittens.” You’ll have to see it to believe it.
http://features.peta.org/PETASeaKittens/
All of my cats live inside, so if a bird breaks in he is trespassing (and, thus, fair game).
PETA is against TNR??? the advocate directly killing cats??? this the same group that calls fish ‘sea kittens’???
>>More cats, less lefties.
Absolutely. We need bigger cats that hunt Progressives, bat them around for a while, and then eat them.
>> the feral ones who slaughter many beneficial birds and mammals
...like rats, mice, and snakes?
You must not live in the country. We NEED our feral cats. They serve a purpose.
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“Clowder” ... I learned a new word today.
Cats kill birds-so do all the predator animals in the woods, including foxes. I keep my 3 cats indoors, along with my dog-outdoor cats and dogs have short and brutal lives in the country-coyotes, feral dogs, raccoons, wild hogs, and a mountain lion consider them fast food. There is no shortage of birds here-I feed them, and have a bird bath for them.
Awhile back, a dove got inside when I had a door open, taking out the trash. My Husky and all three cats went after the thing, and it didn’t last 15 minutes-my smallest and most agile cat grabbed it right out of the air with both front paws when it flew over the loft. I did not let them eat it, but everyone got treats. If that makes me anti-bird, so be it...
My cats live indoors, but I’ve been presented with several murdered mice and even a garter snake that wiggled under a door somehow. I have no pest problems, not even insects...
Antelope with night vision glasses: "Carl, I can totally see you!"
Got to agree. Mine went out every night, and would always bring her catch into the house. One garden snake, four mice and two birds in 9 years.
The liberal approach to environmentalism is to make people do with less. Helping the environment by hurting people.
The sensible approach to environmentalism is that, if there is a shortage, make more of whatever it is, and release it into the wild.
The difference between the two approaches is that only the latter works. This is because not only is it oriented to solving the problem, but it is indifferent to controlling or oppressing people at the same time.
The liberal approach is actually indifferent to the environment. It wants power, control and money, and sees shortage and deprivation of humans as the way to get it. The extreme of this was the profound pollution and environmental degradation left behind by the communists, that will take a hundred years or more for others to clean up.
So, you want more birds? Make more birds. Don’t oppress the kitty.
In this neighborhood, it is not safe for either cats or children to be in their own yards, because of the radical lesbian who lets her large dogs run free (in defiance of the leash law) so that she can shout in commanding, manly tones, "Come! Come, Peter!" (I am not making this up.) And don't even try to reason with her. She seems to have the homeowner board cowed, too.
I actually observed my cat leap off the deck and snatch a goldfinch that was feeding on a coneflower plant and brought it into the house to show me.......
If I were worried about my kids (or grandkids that I don’t have, yet) with respect to a dangerous neighborhood dog, it might not end well for the pooch. It is sad it has to be taken out on the dog, and not the owner, but that’s the way it is.
Yeah, but I’m living in a permanent-blue state. Not much longer.
Party Mix is the best cat training aid, in my experience. My kittie was in the middle of pouncing on a mouse when I leaned over the porch railing and said, "Come on in for Party Mix," of course in my most charming voice while shaking the bag. Cat took just a couple of seconds to decide, and opted for his fave crunchies. Of course, they're always on hand and I always follow thru, giving him the promised treats. I wonder what's in that stuff that's so addictive.
Where I live I hear a lot of birds singing.
Honestly, I’d be somewhat OK if people would at least bell their cats. Fundamentally, I don’t want cats in my yard taking out songbirds and the yard bunny that lives in the big burrow in the middle of the dogwood/azalea island out front.
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