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Posted: Thu, 10 Mar 2005, 1:59pm Post subject: Haha, this is great....cat lovers might not like me |
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Full House
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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Location: im so asian
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Posted: Thu, 10 Mar 2005, 2:07pm Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 26 Oct 2004
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Location: Denver, CO
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Heard about that on the news the other night. It was worth a chuckle. I doupt it will pass.
For the record... I like most cats.
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Posted: Thu, 10 Mar 2005, 3:52pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 10 Aug 2004
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Location: Vegas
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| Quote: | | University of Wisconsin-Madison wildlife ecology professor Stanley Temple, who trapped more than 100 cats and analyzed their stomach contents during a four-year study, has estimated that between 7.8 million and 219 million birds are killed by rural cats in Wisconsin each year. |
7.8-219?? When your range has a factor of 28, you need to work on your statistics. |
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Posted: Fri, 11 Mar 2005, 3:28am Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 22 Nov 2004
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Location: Wild Bill's Backyard
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This thing is loaded.
Here Kitty, kitty, kitty... |
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Posted: Fri, 11 Mar 2005, 10:04am Post subject: |
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Strike 3
Joined: 20 Jan 2005
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Location: Compton - L.A
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| stevedonel wrote: | | Quote: | | University of Wisconsin-Madison wildlife ecology professor Stanley Temple, who trapped more than 100 cats and analyzed their stomach contents during a four-year study, has estimated that between 7.8 million and 219 million birds are killed by rural cats in Wisconsin each year. |
7.8-219?? When your range has a factor of 28, you need to work on your statistics. |
Haha, I hope he's satisfied with the results of his four-year study.
Also, if he shot my cat I'd castrate him on the spot. |
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Posted: Fri, 11 Mar 2005, 3:23pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 19 Mar 2004
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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i'm actually a cat person myself (got two), and not sure how i feel about this. there are a number of vets that are hoping on the train of exterminating feral cats for some valid reasons.
feral cats are great for keeping the rodent population in check, but they decimate a lot of endangered birds (especially ground birds) and reptiles. they can also be a pretty diseased population, and those diseases get passed into the pet population.
i've had a pet rat in the past, and i currently set traps for roof rats. in my mind, these are two different animals, with the roof rat not getting any sympathy from me. i want them dead (humanly killed) and out of my yard.
the problem as the article mentions - how do you tell the difference between an outdoor house cat, and feral cat... |
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