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re: How does society benefit from releasing feral cats back into the wild?
Posted on 1/25/18 at 1:19 pm to mikelbr
Posted on 1/25/18 at 1:19 pm to mikelbr
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You're wrong and stupid.
And you are ignorant and emotional. Facts back me up on this 100% and feel free to google. Even domesticated cats kept out doors will kill tons of useful wild animals, even if the cat is well fed (they kill just to do it).
Your ‘community cats’ are killing machines for native small animals around your complex (birds, frogs, lizards). That is a fact.
This post was edited on 1/25/18 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 1/25/18 at 1:26 pm to weagle99
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And you are ignorant and emotional. Facts back me up on this 100% and feel free to google. Even domesticated cats kept out doors will kill tons of useful wild animals, even if the cat is well fed (they kill just to do it).
Your ‘community cats’ are killing machines for native small animals around your complex (birds, frogs, lizards). That is a fact.
spot on. the same thing is true of feral dogs. they don't belong in this ecosystem. why is it fine to kill feral hogs and nutria due to the problems they cause but when it comes to cats and dogs people freak out?
Posted on 1/25/18 at 2:12 pm to weagle99
Yeh...cats are the problem.
Those "native small animals" aren't native to apartment complexes, bub. They're native to the forest/grassy area that used to be where the apartment or retirement living community now stands. The bulldozers that cleared that area killed WAY more useful wild animals than 5 generations of feral cats living there will kill.
I'm not an environmentalist nor do I care how many rabbits are ruthlessly 'slaughtered' a day (rabbits are a much bigger nuisance than cats, by the way, and cats keep those little effers in check). But don't sit in here talking about how cats are the problem, when in the entire time that apartment complex has sat there, cats have killed far less animals than humans killed in the 1 week it took to clear the land.
Sure, the population of ferals needs to be limited somehow since they don't have a ton of natural predators when they're in more urban communities. But you can do that effectively with TNR, plenty of studies to back that. No need to kill them (unless they're rabid or carrying disease) so a few more lizards will survive, let nature work that out.
Those "native small animals" aren't native to apartment complexes, bub. They're native to the forest/grassy area that used to be where the apartment or retirement living community now stands. The bulldozers that cleared that area killed WAY more useful wild animals than 5 generations of feral cats living there will kill.
I'm not an environmentalist nor do I care how many rabbits are ruthlessly 'slaughtered' a day (rabbits are a much bigger nuisance than cats, by the way, and cats keep those little effers in check). But don't sit in here talking about how cats are the problem, when in the entire time that apartment complex has sat there, cats have killed far less animals than humans killed in the 1 week it took to clear the land.
Sure, the population of ferals needs to be limited somehow since they don't have a ton of natural predators when they're in more urban communities. But you can do that effectively with TNR, plenty of studies to back that. No need to kill them (unless they're rabid or carrying disease) so a few more lizards will survive, let nature work that out.
Posted on 1/25/18 at 2:32 pm to weagle99
Our "outdoor" cat keeps our chipmunk population in check. Im good with it cause the little frickers mess up our garden.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 6:54 am to weagle99
Rats and mice. Spayed a neutered they don't reproduce.
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