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New Zealand Environmental Advocate Launches Campaign To Ban Cats As Pets
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| January 22,2013
| FoxNews/AP
Posted on 01/22/2013 7:08:48 AM PST by Biggirl
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. But the environmental advocate has triggered a claws-out backlash with his new anti-feline campaign.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: cats; environmental; kittyping; napl; newzealand
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PING this over to Slings And Arrows. :)=^..^=
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:09:02 AM PST
by
Biggirl
To: Biggirl; Slings and Arrows
.. for your kittie ping list! MEOW!
To: Biggirl
Uh-oh. Cue Machine Gun Kitty.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:12:07 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Te?xas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:13:27 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Biggirl
Glorified, overgrown rats imho.
To: Biggirl; All
Assault Cats and Hi-Capacity Litter Boxes need to be banned... 5% tax on Friskies, nationwide registration of cat toys, moratorium on balls of yarn... and we need the newspapers to put up a map showing who has register cat toys in your neighborhood...
There will be peace in our time!
It’s for the children.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:18:36 AM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Biggirl
Well, islands do have to be careful. Wasn’t it Guam that lost some native species of birds due to the introduction of snakes? (Where is St. Patrick when you need him?)
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:19:49 AM PST
by
married21
To: Rodamala
I just planted catnip a few days ago in the window box. Yeah, I'm a nip pusher.
/johnny
To: Biggirl
To: Biggirl
Didn't they do that in Europe once, get rid of cats shortly before the rat borne Bubonic Plague wiped out a third of the population?
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:24:43 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Biggirl
Cats ARE a menace to flightless Kiwis. But this ain’t gonna go over well with crazy cat people... (like me and my wife!)
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:25:04 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(Waiting for the return of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.)
To: Biggirl
My baby passed away after being with me for 25 years.
If someone had come to take her before God did, he/she would know why we have a 2nd Amendment.
NZ people owned by cats must be feeling damn stupid for not having a 2A (do they?). B/C it may sound silly but this is EXACTLY the sort of thing TJ was thinking about when he and the rest of the founding fathers enshrined the 2A.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:31:20 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(lib "think": My bumper sticker didn't go into details about that!)
To: Biggirl
Hey, I hope this catches on with environmentalists everywhere. They’ll probably lose the single female vote over this :)
To: Biggirl
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:33:46 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:39:00 AM PST
by
Bratch
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:39:25 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Biggirl
This is such a horrible idea.
In a follow up article, Basement Cat assured that the guy who started the petition would be inundated with hairballs the next time he tried to go to work.
Ceiling Cat has stated he can haz no cheezeburgers, fries, or fizzy beverages in his future until this campaign is cancelled.
And for good measure, no hotdogs or pizza either.
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:39:31 AM PST
by
Gefn
("I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder")
To: freedumb2003
My condolences to you on the sad passing of your cat. Wow, 25 years when having passed! One for the RECORD BOOKS!
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:44:07 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Biggirl
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. 1. It's not just pet cats. More native birds are eaten by feral cats. Banning law-abiding cats won't affect illegal cats.
2. It's not just cats. New Zealand has lots of introduced bird eating mammals
- Rats and mice, which eat native birds
- Brush Tailed Possums, which eat native birds, also mice
- Ferrets, Stoats, Weasels, which eat native birds, also mice, rats
- Cats, domestic and feral, which eat native birds, slso mice, rats, possums
No I agree native birds are getting the raw end of the deal, but what needs to be considered is: take out the top predator, will you help the birds all that much?
My solution: introduce foxes, to eat the cats. (or maybe not)
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:47:46 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
To: Biggirl
You can have my fluffy purr machines when you pry them from my cold, dead lap!
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posted on
01/22/2013 7:48:14 AM PST
by
LifeComesFirst
(http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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