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   onguard said, 5 months ago

   “Cats kill millions of small animals”……Wait to you see what Obamacare does to millions of Americans.
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   Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

   Hey are you alive down there?
   http://cheezburger.com/7000780032
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   Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

   My cat never goes outside, except in the screen room.
   She manages to kill every little lizard that gets in, though.
   (brown anoles mostly)
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   Wabbit said, 5 months ago

   Cats may be more deadly than thought, they spread toxoplasmosis that may make us crazy.
   Dont let people make you feel lazy
   if you refuse to clean the litter pan of sweet Daisy.
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   olfart said, 5 months ago

   When I awake at 3 AM to find my wife’s cat staring at me from the bedside table, I try not to wonder what she is thinking. I probably sleep better not knowing.
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   Masterius said, 5 months ago

   Normally I never reply to editorial cartoons, because I feel that editorialists deserve the right to their own, individual opionions, too. However, Based upon the timing juxtaposition between this cartoon and the issuance of a so-called ‘report’ regarding cats being responsible for killing ‘millions of small animals’ , I would like to ask Mr. Danziger if he was aware of the following:

   The headline of the online article read: “Staggering Stats: Cats Kill Billions of Animals a Year”

   Then the middle of the article states: "For this broader analysis . . . estimated that around 84 million owned-cats . . . many of which are allowed outdoors.

   Based on an analysis of past studies, the researchers estimated . . .

   But the major scourges for wildlife were not those free-ranging, owned-cats, but instead feral and un-owned cats that survive on the streets. Each of those kitties — and the team estimates . . ."

   Estimates . . . estimates . . . estimates . . . estimates are not statistics. And if you are going to ‘estimate’, give us the numbers and methodology for which you used to derive said estimates.

   “many of which are allowed outdoors” . . . Really? Define “many”. 5%? 50%? And again, where is the source of this conclusion?

   Thanks for you patience.
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   Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

   @Masterius

   New Zealand was the reason the report was cited recently.
   Islands like New Zealand, Hawaii, and such have birds, small mammals, and reptiles that evolved with no predators. A couple of cats can breed and wipe out entire species.
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   Stipple said, 5 months ago

   I was visiting a neighbor when I heard a strange noise. It took a few seconds to realize why a squirrel should sound odd.
   .
   Cats as pets for the last 12 years and have not heard a squirrel in all that time.
   Used to be lots of them. Furry rats is what they are.
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   fritzoid said, 5 months ago

   “I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful. Who has not seen Satan in their sly faces?”
   – Mattie Ross, True Grit (Charles Portis)
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    dtroutma said, 5 months ago

    THE number ONE cause of the loss of our passerine birds has been predation by “domestic” cats, many gone feral. Cats are HUNTERS, all of them, as the report points out. My cat does have a bell that warns some birds, but she’s still going hunting if she goes out. In the house, the “hunting” between her and my dachshund has a less violent ending to each “hunt”.

    
    BTW, human destruction of habitat is the number TWO cause of species lost in passerines, but number one cause for most mammal, reptile, and many other avian species, like raptors, and aquatic birds dependent on marsh or wetland habitat. Migrants are also in serious trouble, from hummingbirds to geese (an butterflies) because WE are wiping out habitat. (and yes AGW is part of that!)
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    Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

    @dtroutma

    What rescue organizations do around here is caapture feral cats in those spring loaded cages, neuter them, cut a little triangle out of their ear, and return them to the suburbs.
    It doesn’t save too many prey animals at first.
    A couple of times I called and reported dead white pelicans to the organization that picks them up and tries to find out why they died.
    I was told it might be touching two power lines with their wide wing spread and being electrocuted
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    Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

    I am around home more today because the wind is so bad I don’t want to risk bicycle riding or even driving because people are zig zagging all over the roads.
    25 mph winds with frequent gusts to 34 or 36 depending on which airport you choose for data.
    The good news is it is 77 degrees.
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    ruff said, 5 months ago

    @onguard

    You are utterly disgusting.
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    fritzoid said, 5 months ago

    What you need to do is introduce two or three breeding pairs of coyotes into the habitat. They’ll take care of your feral cat problem, and your songbirds will come back. It seems to be working out that way in Golden Gate Park (not by design, though; the coyotes found their way here on their own).
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    Dycel said, 5 months ago

    Cats are cool and on a snowy day having a big orange tabby lap warmer can’t be beat.
    Here in the Sierras we get all kinds of critters from small field mice to black bears in my yard, lately it’s been the vole scourge tearing up the yard or squirrels in the attic and having three cats they reduce the numbers considerably.
    A few years back there was a huge run of field mice a friend of mine who lives up Ward Canyon was telling me she set 7 traps and had to clear them 3 times a day for a while, we remember sitting in the living room occasionally seeing mice run across the floor usually with one of the cats in hot pursuit an on occasion they do drag a squirrel in for something to play with with usually find the damn thing hiding in my boots.
    Here we are in Gods country fully equipped with Gods creatures doing what God intended them to do, there’s a lesson for us humans there also life and death are the norm not the exception to life.
    And for me a least happiness is a good book, glass of Jameson and my big orange tabby lap warmer on a snowy night.
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