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Killer cats: The invasive species in your backyard
CBS News ^ | October 27, 2018 | MATT MORRISON

Posted on 10/28/2018 9:37:50 AM PDT by hiho hiho

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To: hiho hiho
Feral cats are an even bigger problem in Australia where they have already caused the extinction of 20 species of wildlife.
From a year and a half ago: "War on feral cats: Australia aims to cull 2 million"
 

61 posted on 10/28/2018 10:26:44 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Nuke the Caravan!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Some neighbors cat at my bird feeder dont get the message of a Crossman at 2 or 3 pumps may need to up it to 4 or 5
Owner, whoever they are, may get the message after picking one of those festered things out.


62 posted on 10/28/2018 10:28:08 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: null and void
Wiping out cats did wonders for the medieval human population...

In the conflict between cat and cat hater, God voted for the cat when he sent the pandemic plague.

63 posted on 10/28/2018 10:29:59 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: be-baw

Never mind, don’t want to talk to you. That was a sh*tty and cruel thing to say, even if it was a joke.


64 posted on 10/28/2018 10:31:17 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: DouglasKC

Everyone I know who has livestock in a barn has barn cats. It’s essential to keep the rodents out of the feed and dirtying things up.

No shortage of deer population anywhere around.


65 posted on 10/28/2018 10:32:02 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Bell Bouy II
Owner, whoever they are, may get the message after picking one of those festered things out.

When the owner finds out who's doing it you'll face serious animal cruelty charges and never be able to own a firearm again.

66 posted on 10/28/2018 10:32:36 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: hiho hiho

Cats as an Invasive Species rank second only to DemocRats.


67 posted on 10/28/2018 10:33:25 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: RooRoobird20

I should point out that I didn’t want to talk to you to begin with. You can’t take a joke.


68 posted on 10/28/2018 10:34:51 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: hiho hiho

Jeez, I didn’t know people were upset at cats being invasive, but illegals people aren’t upset....?


69 posted on 10/28/2018 10:35:22 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: DouglasKC

You seem nice.


70 posted on 10/28/2018 10:36:30 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: hiho hiho
All species are invasive. It's called "nature". I'll tell you about one - the snow melts off two springs ago and I discover that a family of moles has been very, very busy in my yards, which are now hell to mow and worth your life to walk on. The "native" species was the cats who were here first. And they took care of the problem.

Still, I have to wonder. Are we really sure that old ladies don't eat cats? I mean, if you were a cat-eating old lady isn't the first thing you'd do to deny it? And they all deny it, don't they? Well, it sounds suspicious to me...

71 posted on 10/28/2018 10:37:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: lastchance
"I think too the number of songbirds killed is greatly exaggerated."

I don't know about that. I had two cats that were indoor/outdoor cats. We had a pet door, so they could come and go at will. The two cats had all the store bought cat food they wanted- the bowl always had food. But between spring and fall, they brought inside at least one bird a day, not to mention numerous lizards, snakes, rabbits, mice, bats (yes bats), etc... . This started when they were about one year old and lasted until they were about ten years old. They usually didn't even finish killing them, they were just playing. They left the killing to the dog.

72 posted on 10/28/2018 10:46:09 AM PDT by fini
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To: Bell Bouy II

http://www.straypetadvocacy.org/PDF/AnimalCrueltyLaws.pdf

Scroll down and find your state, shooting a cat with a pellet gun is a felony charge in most.

You’ll blow money on lawyers, lose the ability to ever own a firearm, in some states never be able to vote again etc.


73 posted on 10/28/2018 10:46:21 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I hope Australia enjoys the upcoming rat population explosion and the waste and diseases it will bring.


74 posted on 10/28/2018 10:46:39 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: hiho hiho

Earthworms are also an invasive species.


75 posted on 10/28/2018 10:51:18 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Birds are a prey species (most of them). They do better if there is a predictor around.


76 posted on 10/28/2018 10:59:37 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Snickering Hound

Closest neighbor is 4 acres way E&W and 25 N&S.
All the states have a least one exemption I could use maybe more.

Keep yer stray kitties out from under my bird feeders and there 9 lives will remain at 9 and I am sure mine are not the only feeders they scout out.
Theres plenty to eat between here and where ever they live

PS I own a cat,stays in and doesnt like my feeder interuptus visitors either.
Matter fact goes nuts when the stray(s) shows up. Traitor lets me know its there.
Thanks for the info


77 posted on 10/28/2018 11:06:42 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: john drake

“Waiting for WW III, it”ll be a humdinger.”

Don’t worry. I’m sure that all our refugees, Dreamers and illegals will jump right up and help defend America.


78 posted on 10/28/2018 11:12:05 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Bell Bouy II
Closest neighbor is 4 acres way E&W and 25 N&S.

Which really narrows it down when the Sheriffs Dept is looking for who is doing it.

You might go to Walmart or Home Depot for chemicals designed to make cats stay away.

Otherwise you'll be wearing a set of bracelets soon.

79 posted on 10/28/2018 11:13:15 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
When the owner finds out who's doing it you'll face serious animal cruelty charges and never be able to own a firearm again.

My own cats are indoor-only. But if they were allowed outside and I found out that a neighbor shot them, you would never be able to HOLD a firearm again. Anyone harming a hair on one of my cats would release Tiger Cat Lover in me and I would be afraid of what I'd do.

80 posted on 10/28/2018 11:18:26 AM PDT by EinNYC
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