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Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

RE: Veterinarian Fired After Bragging About Killing Cat with Bow and Arrow

huskerbb · Guru

There is no animal control in a LOT of places.

huskerbb · Guru

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
We looove the TNR program. We have poeple come out and do it every year. Free, and cuts down on the number of homeless kittens. And it is more humane than shooting them.

But you still have the same damn feral cats roaming around that were causing the problems in the first place.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Oh, cut the BS, husker. You don't care if there is animal control or not, you wouldn't bother to look itno it when it is so much easier to shoot them. You don't like animals, we get it.

huskerbb · Guru

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Oh, cut the BS, husker. You don't care if there is animal control or not, you wouldn't bother to look itno it when it is so much easier to shoot them. You don't like animals, we get it.

What makes you think I don't like animals?

I like animals--I just don't like all animals. Yeah, a big orange tom cat came into our yard and was fighting with one of our tame kitties. As soon as they were separated, I arkansased that son of a bitch. Neutering him would NOT have solved the problem of THAT cat coming on to our property and causing problems with our tame kitties.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Maybe I think you don't like animals because your first response to basically any animal problem is to shoot it? And shooting someone else's pet if it is on your property is fine, even if it isn't causing trouble? Heck, when your own house pet died, all you really said was 'yeah, wife's pretty upset. Oh well!'
My dad has shot one cat. Ever. It was rabid, and injured.
The feral cats are welcome, and he even puts for out for them.
Shooting a cat for population control is not something someone who actually likes cats would even consider.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

huskerbb wrote:
Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
We looove the TNR program. We have poeple come out and do it every year. Free, and cuts down on the number of homeless kittens. And it is more humane than shooting them.
But you still have the same damn feral cats roaming around that were causing the problems in the first place.

Once they are fixed and released, the problem causing behaviors are, for the most part, gone. A neutered male won't fight over a female in heat. Or spray to mark his territory.

And, God help us all, if we kill all the feral cats. cry

Rats reproduce, much faster than cats. We'd be over run with vermin. And it wouldn't take long.

(A feral female cat, can have around 100 kittens, in 7 years. A common brown rat, can have up to 2000 baby rats, in 1 year.)

I wouldn't want to live in a world, without cats. cry

huskerbb · Guru

And who is going to pay to fix and release that Tom? Hell, who is going to catch the damn thing? No one, that's who.

huskerbb · Guru

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Maybe I think you don't like animals because your first response to basically any animal problem is to shoot it? And shooting someone else's pet if it is on your property is fine, even if it isn't causing trouble? Heck, when your own house pet died, all you really said was 'yeah, wife's pretty upset. Oh well!'
My dad has shot one cat. Ever. It was rabid, and injured.
The feral cats are welcome, and he even puts for out for them.
Shooting a cat for population control is not something someone who actually likes cats would even consider.

If owners were more responsible--there'd be fewer problems.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

huskerbb wrote:
And who is going to pay to fix and release that Tom? Hell, who is going to catch the damn thing? No one, that's who.

Out in the boonies? Maybe no organization is close enough to help. And you deal with it the best you can.

In bigger cities, there are other options.

FNW · Guru

Our cat attracted feral cats as well. If they didn't end up in the pool, they'd end up with buckshot in their balls. Still, they kept coming back when Skittles was in heat.

Our next door neighbor had a fish pond. He complained that our cat was eating the fish. She would disappear all the time, and come home pregnant. About the time she was able to have fixed, she'd disappear again. We think neighbor was taking her for a ride.

ed11563 · Guru

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Maybe I think you don't like animals because your first response to basically any animal problem is to shoot it? And shooting someone else's pet if it is on your property is fine, even if it isn't causing trouble? Heck, when your own house pet died, all you really said was 'yeah, wife's pretty upset. Oh well!'
My dad has shot one cat. Ever. It was rabid, and injured.
The feral cats are welcome, and he even puts for out for them.
Shooting a cat for population control is not something someone who actually likes cats would even consider.

Shooting the male cats is worthless in terms of population control.

If you have twenty cats, half male and half female, and shoot 9 of the 10 males,

Each of the females will still have two litters of kittens per year, just the same is if there were still 10 males.

All they need is one male.

Rabid and injured was being put out of its' misery; that was not for population control.

ed11563 · Guru

huskerbb wrote:
And who is going to pay to fix and release that Tom? Hell, who is going to catch the damn thing? No one, that's who.

The one she shot was not feral, it was someone's pet. And we don't know whether it had been neutered.

huskerbb · Guru

ed11563 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
And who is going to pay to fix and release that Tom? Hell, who is going to catch the damn thing? No one, that's who.
The one she shot was not feral, it was someone's pet. And we don't know whether it had been neutered.

???? Um, ok. Not talking about that one, but thanks for the input.

huskerbb · Guru

Also, I LOVE animals--right next to the mashed potatoes. wink

Well, maybe not cats. I don't eat Chinese.

-- Edited by huskerbb on Saturday 18th of April 2015 05:39:41 PM

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
Also, I LOVE animals--right next to the mashed potatoes.

Well, maybe not cats. I don't eat Chinese.

-- Edited by huskerbb on Saturday 18th of April 2015 05:39:41 PM

All the more for ME!!

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Feral cats cannot be tamed. I love cats, but if a feral cat was messing with my animals, I'd make sure it went away permanently. I don't know if I could take care of it myself, but if I caught it and took it to the shelter - they would kill it.

Of course, I could always get myself a coyote.