Feral cats should be helped, not shunned

marshallnewsmessenger ^ | September 27, 2009 | Laverne Hughey

[SamiGirl]

Don’t worry about feral cats. Worry about feral people.

[WVKayaker]

I certainly hope you’re not serious about that graphic. If you are, better put on your flame retardant suit.

My dog Spot no longer deals with cats.

[maggief]

“Time for Obama to appoint a feral cat czar.”

Here is a candidate, nickname Kitten.”

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13429725

Ft. Collins “furry” woman admits to sex with teenager

[truthkeeper]

You got that right.

[Gabz]

I know of at least 2 organizations just in one small community near me that works on trapping and spaying and neutering the feral cats. The woman who runs one lives across the road from me. Between us we have about 25 of them at any given time.

I currently have 11, but 3 of them are spoken for and will be going to their new homes within the next week or so.

[WVKayaker]

I think every touchy feely bleeding heart should encounter a feral rabid cat so they can experience the naturalness and loving tenderness of nature.

[dr_who]

That sounds disturbingly similar to the Mouse Problem in the 60's and 70's.

Ah, what to do. Problems abound.

[vetvetdoug]

Don't worry about feral cats. Worry about feral people.

I use the same method for protection against either of them.

[Gabz]

Ping a ling!!!!!

[JoeProBono]

PONG!

[Daffynition]

Those are mighty fancy looking 'burgers, sir. Too good for ferals. :-P

[RichInOC]

“Ahhhhhhh! I love free-range!”

[Utah Binger]

[JoeProBono]

[WVKayaker]

Ummmmgh!

[Utah Binger]

Sweet little Ruger 10/22

[calex59]

I’ve been feeding scraps to our local feral feline. I’m a little mad at it right now, it killed our garden bullfrog friend.

He was just being a cat. You know the old saying, "You knew darn well when you took me in that I was a snake", well it applies to cats and dogs also, they are what they are. Cats are among the best natural predators in the world, that is what they do. Sorry about your little frog friend but(well maybe not so little if he was a Bullfrog).

[AZLiberty]

A few years ago, there appeared a plague of pigeons in our area. It was starting to look the “The Birds”. Over time, however, the number of feral cats increased as did the number of random piles of pigeon feathers. Now we seem to have reached a balance with only a few pigeons in the neighborhood.

[WVKayaker]

Closest I've been is the Ruger Ranch in AZ...

We speak Winchester and Smith/Wesson here.

[vetvetdoug]

Our neighbors must be kinfolk. On Halloween night back in 2001 I came across a burlap sack thrown out on the back road with blood and guts strewn everywhere. It looked like the kittens got out and were attacked by a pack of coyotes that did the bunch in pretty well. I was just looking around when a small male cream colored DSH kitten ran up to me as to say, Help!. Well, I put him in my truck and took him home and he's been there ever since. My daughter named him Tinchy after the pup from Song of the South. He's pretty wise and won't get too far from the house or barn..I say he respects coyotes pretty well.