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Cat-killing bird-watcher heading to trial
The Houston Chronicle ^
| April 13, 2007
| HARVEY RICE
Posted on 04/13/2007 8:33:45 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
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To: Citizen Tom Paine
If there is a hungry animal around, I will feed it.If there's a hungry coyote around, I'll feed it a feral cat!
To: VRing
The responses to this thread should reinforce why its there.Right on. Those responses make it clear there's no telling what any one of these do-gooders who puts animals on the same (or higher) level as human beings might do if 'provoked.'
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:11:14 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: mugs99
No reports of anyone contracting rabies but they have found rabid cats and are giving some people shots as a result. Therefore, the answer is “hopefully none” but that is because measures are being taken. Four cats tested positive in the last week, one after scratching someone. Also raccoons and bats are testing positive. Health officials say it is usually 4 or 5 cases a year. At least 11 people are doing the shot regimen now. The trend is alarming. I suspect global warming is the cause. :)
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:11:53 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: lormand
I never saw a cat, feral or otherwise, $#!^ on my car. The more birds they get rid of, the better.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:12:40 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
To: ClearCase_guy
That's some twisted thinking. I don't think it's twisted. The feral cats are non-native and introduced by humans (and in some cases propagated by humans). If humans act to un-do their previous acts, the results of which they find to be deleterious, aren't they just recognizing and rectifying previous mistakes?
To: Fawn
“Feral cats are like birds.....untamed and free to go where they want”
Not. Feral cats are not like WILD birds. Feral cats are neglected, diseased, and FERAL animals that have been bred for domestic lives and then been been cast -off from their natural state of human pampering. They are not a NATURAL part of our ecosystem and should be shot on sight. They spread disease and injury to our pampered domesticated cats.
Before you get all preachy: I have 3 cats, 4 dogs and 2 birds (and 3 children who some consider feral animals). They are loved and well cared for and all (’cept the kids) were taken is as strays.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:17:49 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
To: BradtotheBone
When there’s a coyote in the neighborhood eating cats, cat people don’t use felony animal cruelty charges to protect the coyote. Instead, they cry for state animal control come in to protect fluffy!
But when their cats abandoned offspring are loose eating other people’s pet birds, the nutcase cat people then fantasize about torturing and killing anyone who would harm poor fluffy.
67
posted on
04/13/2007 9:18:11 AM PDT
by
CGTRWK
To: goodnesswins
good one. I’d like to see her caress a feral cat.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:20:51 AM PDT
by
zek157
To: Fawn
Feral cats are like birds.....untamed and free to go where they want. Feral cats wreck ecosystems. Native bird species do not.
To: BradtotheBone
Doesn’t sound like a feral cat problem, more like a feral people problem, and some postings here confirm it, imo. . ;-)
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:24:02 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... BumP'n'Run 'Right-Wing Extremist' since 2001)
To: steve-b
I have never had a bird spray obnoxious smelling pee all over my bushes, tires, and upright structures around my home either.
The less cats the better.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:24:10 AM PDT
by
lormand
(Michael Wiener - the tough talking populist moron, who claims to be a Conservative)
To: steve-b
I hate grackles.
All grackles must die.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:24:53 AM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
To: anton
If it was “YOUR” cat....it wouldn’t be “feral” would it?
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:25:40 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(We need to cure Academentia)
To: Slings and Arrows
This one looks interesting for later reading. Bump. Might even be worthy of the not-a-ping list, I can’t tell.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:26:43 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter just needs one Rudy G Campaign Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM)
To: BradtotheBone
Shudda used a subsonic .22 short.
But not on the toll booth collectors. Well, maybe not.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:29:34 AM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
To: BradtotheBone
He will walk. (Write it down.)
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:30:29 AM PDT
by
OldEagle
(May you live long enough to hear the legends of your own adventures.)
To: BradtotheBone
Not that anyone cares about my story. But here goes.
We feed our birds faithfully, and we have many. We also have indoor/outdoor cats. But in spring and summer when the birds are mating and nesting, we do NOT let the cats out because the birds have no chance. But in fall, the cats are out.
To: VRWCmember
People who feed feral animals are extremely irresponsible. If the guy wants a pet then he should buy/adopt an animal and properly care for it. Feral animals are nobody's pets.Whew, that's amazing! Just don't understand people like you. I've got 3 feral cats that I've had for 5 years. They've become wonderful much loved pets.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:33:34 AM PDT
by
mupcat
To: PAR35
Feral birds are more of a health threat than feral cats. Presuming you mean wild birds and not some of those vast flocks of escaped macaws I've seen...
The big difference is that the birds are supposed to be there.
The cats should be in an animal shelter or someone's house. If not, they are a nuisance species and should be eliminated like coyotes, etc.
To: thepainster
Feral cats can be tamed. Some take longer than others.
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posted on
04/13/2007 9:43:55 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(http://www.hartzvictims.org/)
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