Bully to the cats everywhere that are taking down flying rats.Sign up for Wirecutter's Top Picks newsletter to get independent reviews, expert advice, and the very best deals sent straight to your inbox. So what we have is small group of uneducated bird watchers who have jointly decided against all the evidence that cats ,all cats are the enemy of all birds.Īs to the pigeon most cities until everyone got their panties in twist trapped and or poisoned this species on a regular basis. Walking here requires you be armed or face being bitten by someone’s dog. This plays out on a much larger scenario in many communities and cities.ĭogs here kill more wildlife, small livestock, cause thousands in damages by chasing livestock and even attack and kill each other. Dogs get all the resources here cats get the needle. Without fail complaints about the loose dogs who were un-socialized and aggressive fell on deaf ears but AC was more than willing to trap the feral ,semi feral cats that were a result of their getting a new kitten every six months and dumping the old one out.
Kitten sounds like a pigeon plus#
I have lived with the nonstop frustration of living next to negligent dog,cat and livestock owners for the last 25 plus years now. Pets aren’t cheap and with them comes great responsibility. The cost to build a sturdy enclosure to house even a small dog is probably equitable to building a catio or safe outdoor space for your cat. We are a different world however the fight of the bird nonsense needs to be halted and firm rebuttals over who id killing what. Units that would fit on existing rentals should without damaging the property should be encouraged.
There is a strong market for catios that are prefab and plans. The fact is there are too many pets of both kinds running at large.Ĭommunity cats should be protected by LAW and their keepers should be registered and colonies identified. This would be a legal condition in order to renew licenses on local levels. Anyone claiming to have a working cat in rural or business districts should have to have the cat ear tipped and micro chipped and S/N. It might be overlooked and poorly enforced in many rural areas (raises hand) but still illegal.Ĭats in urban and city living conditions should be under the same restraint it’s as easy as that. The fact is there are almost no places left that allow dog owners to legally let their dogs roam astray. This is completely different to a domestic cat hunting on his own volition without any human interference. The person trains the animal to hunt because the human gets pleasure from it. They don’t need to.Īs for people using birds of prey to hunt once again this is a deliberate rational exercise. At one time hundreds of years ago hunting was necessary for survival but nowadays it is for pleasure even if sport hunters say they eat the animal they shoot. Also humans use guns which changes the dynamics. They know they are killing an animal and inflicting pain in the pursuance of their pleasure. The key difference between cat and humans in this context is that the cat behaves instinctively without rational thought (something we have to accept) while humans hunt for pleasure and they use rational thought to decide to do so. Thirdly, my cat hunts instinctively and at its heart is the desire to survive.
Secondly, there are no laws forbidding cats preying on birds or other animals. Firstly cats are not bound by laws applying to humans! Obvious. Your comment is extraordinary and totally misconceived in comparing me with a sport hunter. Rodents are easier to catch and are preferred. I have said it before and will take this opportunity to say it again, birds are not the primary prey of the domestic cat. Oh, and slowly destroying the planet that keeps them alive. Humans are programmed to do lots of things which might be seen as strange to an alien such as being addicted to smart phones and text messages or allowing themselves to get fat and unhealthy. The cat is programmed to hunt whether hungry or not. They don’t torture prey and they don’t kill for fun. This is inline with what people who dislike cats often mention domestic cats kill for ‘fun’ and ‘torture’ their prey. Without wanting to be too gory, it takes about 2 minutes for the bird to die of suffocation. My cat has killed three now, all in the same away a stalk and rapid rush to a bird which is blissfully unaware of the dangers until it is too late. Pigeons appear to be less alert than other birds. The danger for pigeons is that they spend time on the ground eating bird seed which has fallen from the bird feeder.
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