No, I don’t need to grow up, you need to wise up. THere are alot of shelters that would be happy to help you find home for those kittens. The least they would do is put them on their website (petfinder.com). You could also find a shelter to help you find the low cost spay-neuter facility in your area. Just getting one cat fixed helps stop a larger population. Everytime I see a new cat in the area, I trap it and take it to the shelter who gets it fixed for me between $35-$50. That includes a 3 year rabies shot. This is common procedure for educated sensible people. You need to get out more.
I don’t want 100 cats in the yard, spayed, neutered, rabies shots or not!
You don’t seem to understand, I actually live in the actual “environment”, not in some little gated community, with transplanted trees.
You seem to believe that I get a kick out of random killing, but you are wrong.
There is an agency here. They will come out, set traps, haul the cats to town, neuter them, and bring them back, and TURN THEM LOOSE, and I can’t feed any more than I’m feeding now.
I addition, I don’t want a bunch of CITY SLICKER METROSEXUALS running around in my swamp, I moved out here to get away from them. Hell, the gators won’t even eat them! Could be the gators are filled up with CATS!
Take your little do gooder Sesame Street campaign back to Hilary’s Village, it doesn’t work here in the “environment”.
Just a little ditty from the USFWS Migratory Bird Management Office
Americans keep an estimated 60 million cats as pets. Let’s say each cat kills only one bird a year. That would mean that cats kill over 60 million birds (minimum) each year - more wildlife than any oil spill.
Scientific studies actually show that each year, cats kill hundreds of millions of migratory songbirds. In 1990, researchers estimated that “outdoor” house cats and feral cats were responsible for killing nearly 78 million small mammals and birds annually in the United Kingdom.
University of Wisconsin ornithologist, Dr. Santley Temple estimates that 20-150 million songbirds are killed each year by rural cats in Wisconsin alone.
Feline predation is not “natural.” Cats were domesticated by the ancient Egyptians and taken throughout the world by the Romans. Cats were brought to North America in the 1800’s to control rats. The “tabby” that sits curled up on your couch is not a natural predator and has never been in the natural food chain in the Western Hemisphere.
Cats are a serious threat to fledglings, birds roosting at night and birds on a nest. Research shows that de-clawing cats and bell collars do not prevent them from killing birds and other small animals. For healthy cats and wild birds, cats should not be allowed to roam free.
Work with your local humane society, veterinarians and state wildlife agency to enact and enforce free-roaming cat regulations. For more information:
Free Roaming Cats. American Backyard Bird Society, PO Box 10046, Rockville, MD 20849.
Cats: A Heavy Toll on Songbirds. by Rich Stallcup. Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 4990 Shoreline Hwy., Stinson Beach, CA 94924.
Is there a Killer in Your House? by George Harrison, National Wildlife Magazine (October/November 1992).
Beware of Well-Fed Felines. by Peter Churcher and John Lawton, Natural History Magazine (July 1989).