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chip said:Its a f***ing cat, and it died how nature intended. Can't stand them myself for the carnage they visit on wildlife. Seems an excessive sentence when violence to humans usually results in a lesser punishment. It is a bit sick though.
chip said:Its a f***ing cat, and it died how nature intended. Can't stand them myself for the carnage they visit on wildlife. Seems an excessive sentence when violence to humans usually results in a lesser punishment. It is a bit sick though.
chip said:Its a f***ing cat, and it died how nature intended. Can't stand them myself for the carnage they visit on wildlife. Seems an excessive sentence when violence to humans usually results in a lesser punishment. It is a bit sick though.
tedebear said:Doesn't matter what it was chip it didn't deserve that!
The excessive carnage they cause on wildlife is caused by stupid owners who don't bring them in at night...Not the cats fault!
chip said:But it is only a cat. I agree it didn't deserve that but an owl or snake owner would feed live mice to them, what is the difference as far as suffering is concerned? Our attitudes to animals amaze me, we happily poison and squash many harmless ones because they are ugly or continually catch them on hooks in ponds for sport but get all upset if its someones mobile shit machine that gets killed. Sure, he should be banned from keeping animals and have his mental state examined - four months in prison is just absurd.
I don't agree with the logic in your last sentence. Cats kill whatever time of day and that is one of the reasons they have be semi-domesticated. There are simply far to many cats around, look at the ammount of supermarket space for cat food and the number of adverts on the television. It no wonder that there are hardly any birds in most towns anymore.
chip said:But it is only a cat. I agree it didn't deserve that but an owl or snake owner would feed live mice to them, what is the difference as far as suffering is concerned? Our attitudes to animals amaze me, we happily poison and squash many harmless ones because they are ugly or continually catch them on hooks in ponds for sport but get all upset if its someones mobile shit machine that gets killed. Sure, he should be banned from keeping animals and have his mental state examined - four months in prison is just absurd.
I don't agree with the logic in your last sentence. Cats kill whatever time of day and that is one of the reasons they have be semi-domesticated. There are simply far to many cats around, look at the ammount of supermarket space for cat food and the number of adverts on the television. It no wonder that there are hardly any birds in most towns anymore.
Well said. People's attitudes to animals in this country is beyond bizarre. Sadly, anyone who dares suggest such a thing gets vilified. Good on you.chip said:But it is only a cat. I agree it didn't deserve that but an owl or snake owner would feed live mice to them, what is the difference as far as suffering is concerned? Our attitudes to animals amaze me, we happily poison and squash many harmless ones because they are ugly or continually catch them on hooks in ponds for sport but get all upset if its someones mobile shit machine that gets killed. Sure, he should be banned from keeping animals and have his mental state examined - four months in prison is just absurd.
I don't agree with the logic in your last sentence. Cats kill whatever time of day and that is one of the reasons they have be semi-domesticated. There are simply far to many cats around, look at the ammount of supermarket space for cat food and the number of adverts on the television. It no wonder that there are hardly any birds in most towns anymore.
Commander said:I like animals. De-f***ing-licious.
chip said:But it is only a cat. I agree it didn't deserve that but an owl or snake owner would feed live mice to them, what is the difference as far as suffering is concerned? Our attitudes to animals amaze me, we happily poison and squash many harmless ones because they are ugly or continually catch them on hooks in ponds for sport but get all upset if its someones mobile shit machine that gets killed. Sure, he should be banned from keeping animals and have his mental state examined - four months in prison is just absurd.
I don't agree with the logic in your last sentence. Cats kill whatever time of day and that is one of the reasons they have be semi-domesticated. There are simply far to many cats around, look at the ammount of supermarket space for cat food and the number of adverts on the television. It no wonder that there are hardly any birds in most towns anymore.
readingstockport said:Whatever else you may think that last paragraph is simply crap. The main reason there are not many birds around anymore is because of the state that people now keep their gardens in, all nicely trimmed lawns, decking and no wild areas any more. Add to that our caring 'guardians' of the countryside who will grubb any hedgerow given a quarter of a chance let alone half of one and you'll be closer to the truth. Young sparrows and the like are starving because there are no more grubs for them to be fed on and they cannot survive on seeds, unlike adult birds.
I have several cats and there is never a day passes in my garden that I don't have one or all of the following ...
Sparrowhawk, sparrows, robins, blackbirds, tits, starlings, kestrels, the occasional heron and even, rarely, red kites overhead.
Never once have any of the cats I have managed to disturb a bird, let alone kill one. I keep an area of my garden overgrown and the wildlife thrives. And I live in Reading midway between the town centre and the mad stad in a built up area.