Posted on 07/13/2011 9:08:14 AM PDT by smokingfrog
According to this Mother Jones article, cats kill birds -- many of which are vital to the ecosystem -- at an alarming rate. Wind tunnels have nothing on Kitty.
Also, feral cats are disease-toting menaces -- and their population has tripled over the last four decades. Efforts to staunch the numbers with trap-neuter-return aren't enough.
(They do not, however, suck the breath out of new babies. At least give them that.)
Seems harsh, yes? I am not a cat lover. In fact, I'm a card-carrying not-cat lover, though I've owned cats -- if you can actually own a cat. I once wrote about my disgust that my house had acquired two cats at the same time, but I've never stopped and thought about their impact on the environment (just as I haven't stopped to think about a horse's impact, or a gerbil's).
But you can read more here or here.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.courant.com ...
Idiot author needs to look up the difference between a wind tunnel and a wind turbine. I've never heard of a wind tunnel that killed birds.
He's a little guy ... Mojo ... 25 lbs+ and feared by all rodents in the area
Kriggerel
Since Jul 13, 2011
Welcome to FR. I doubt you ever replied with a photo of a bobcat with a bird in its mouth here before.
Sniff...? Ozone.
IBTZ?
IB4TZ! My first one under this SN!
I found just such a pic.
Copyright by Russ Kerr.
That’s hilarious! Must send it to one of my cat-owned friends.
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One of the neighbors has a cat that visits all the time. If she keeps the mice away, great. As long as it leaves me alone and is not an attack cat I don’t have a problem with it.
For some reason, I don’t think it will back.
Luckily I don’t live in a neighborhood with irresponsible dog owners, accept for one guy who walks his Rotts to the park to use it as their toilet. There are even poop bags available, but I guess the bags are not big enough for Rott poop to handle. A few of my neighbors have outside cats, but none are problems. Quite a few were seen in my backyard and I had never even thought of doing anything about it.
lol!
Thanks for the welcome. No, I’ve never posted that particular pic here before (obviously). I’m mostly referring to other threads in other fora where I’ve tried to argue against animal rights freaks (until I found out the hard way that trying to argue with those folks is a waste of time)
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