A Chinese restaurant in a town I used to live in got in trouble with the health authorities AND the game warden ... they were luring wild ducks bowls of grain, and serving them up ...
Posted on 05/16/2023 1:45:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“And I saw the great value of feral cats on a farm.”
You’re confusing barn cats with feral cats. Barn cats keep our barns relatively free of mice.
In short we have three categories of cats around here:
1. House cats which are pets. We’ve had a few over the years. They do not go outside.
2. Barn cats which are NOT pets. But they have the sense to leave the chickens, baby chicks, and other birds alone. Otherwise they get classed as feral and their days here become few.
3. Feral cats or abandoned cats. They show up and fight with our barn cats, get shot, and then get fed to our hogs being recycled into bacon.
If you're a cat lover too, then keep them inside your house where they belong unless you live on a farm away from civilization where they perform a service in eliminating barn rats and such.
I have no sympathy for cat owners who complain their outside cat got ran over or poisoned or other such demise.
My cats have had outside back deck territory only and they know it.
> Rat terriers will kill far more rats than cats do. <
I don’t doubt that. But I’ve never seen a rat terrier deployed on any of my relatives’ farms. It’s always feral cats. Maybe that’s because a cat is more self-sufficient than a dog.
Also, my relatives also kept geese. I never saw a cat attack a goose. Would a rat terrier attack a goose?
God gave them the ability to fly, and when in trouble they don't.
I adopted a feral cat. It took a long time to get her to settle down and let me approach her. She will never be really tame, but might be my most affectionate cat now. She has completely bonded to me, and loves to be held. She never goes out.
My cat owner has been hunting feral wabbits
Barn cat vs. feral cat. Interesting. I never noticed the distinction. But I don’t doubt you for a second. I was just a kid when I spent time on a farm. I spent more time thinking about going fishing than watching the cats!
My own farm cats kill 3 or 4 times as many rabbits as they do birds. And probably 20 times as many small rodents (mice and voles).
Where I live in the eastern USA, cats and the ground-nesting birds they are so often accused of destroying were in ecological balance until coyotes arrived. Thus I think it fair to say that it was coyotes that wiped out the pheasant and quail populations in my time, not cats.
Cat-killers will burn in Hell, if there is any justice in the world.
Admirable idea but their numbers are astronomical and predation will continue as long as they are alive.
Kinda like saying don't shoot wild pigs, coyotes and deer, just tranquilize and neuter them and all will be ok.........
Probably but not enough of them.
CCI Stingers are best for rats but I’m sure there is a fascist lockdown against that in NZ.
They massacre songbirds.
A Chinese restaurant in a town I used to live in got in trouble with the health authorities AND the game warden ... they were luring wild ducks bowls of grain, and serving them up ...
Wild pigs unfortunately are a threat to habitats and destroying more than just other animals ability to live, they are destroying farm land. I live in a state in the USA that has a major feral pig problem.
Deer hunting in every state is closely regulated with specific seasons, not indiscriminately killing of Deer and Deer are not Domesticated animals, never have been. Deer do carry diseases that (i.e. Lime Disease) that are dangerous to humans.
https://pestsmart.org.au/toolkit-resource/impact-of-feral-cats-in-australia/
It’ll be fine. What could possibly go wrong?
Capture them and spay and neuter them.
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Then they can join the LGBT+++ victim class.
Ad hominem tangential argument that shows a low IQ and inability to discuss civilly the question at hand.
Those types of tactics by right-center/Conservatives is not different than used by the Far-left/secular progressives.
Rather than debate the subject, attack the person.
Ronald Reagan in his day sat down with Tip O’Neil, the MA Dem and speaker of the House at breakfast every morning and discussed agenda items. They did not always agree and never attacked the person, but debated agenda items on the merit.
While this has been totally lost in the far left, it seems it is becoming more and more lost on the Right in general and here at Free Republic
“Well there is a reason for the term “bird brain”. God gave them the ability to fly, and when in trouble they don’t.”
Thus we pivot back to why killing feral cats is so necessary in New Zealand where cats have obliterated the native and flightless ground bird populations.
Here in Michigan, there are over 60,000 deer/auto accidents every year with most of them occurring here in S.E. Michigan where deer inhabit small forested areas among subdivisions where hunting is prohibited.
In fact, if you would like some fresh venison, there is a dead deer that was hit by a car at the entrance of my sub yesterday. Come and get it......
But I digress, what is your point? What is your solution to the rat infestation in New York? Trap and sterilize and release?
New Zealand does not have snakes though.
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