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| Save the birds: Don't let cats roam free, campaign urges | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 1 2016, 02:18 AM (498 Views) | |
| Darcie | Mar 1 2016, 02:18 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/save-cats-birds-1.3464452?cmp=rss&cid=news-digests-canada-and-world-morning I have never had a cat I allowed outside, IMHO it is unfair to the cats and birds to let them roam. |
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| FuzzyO | Mar 1 2016, 03:01 AM Post #2 |
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I really miss letting the cats out. It used to be a great pleasure gardening with the cats. There's nothing like picking up a sleepy sun-warmed cat when you want to take a little break. I stopped not so much for the birds but for the dangesr the cats faced. Too much traffic these days and too many stray cats carrying disease. |
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| angora | Mar 1 2016, 03:16 AM Post #3 |
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Unfortunately, I can no longer let my cats out. When I lived in Stratford our property had bird houses and bird feeders galore and the cats roamed the acreage. The did kill mice and moles and an occasional bird but our place was the neighbourhood hangout for many species of birds. They lived as nature intended. We had a pair of hawks living at the lake across the road and they were a threat to birds and cats alike. Here there is a bylaw forbidding one to let their cats out. There are no birds. Riddle me that, catwoman? |
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| Kahu | Mar 1 2016, 08:44 AM Post #4 |
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You're starting to see what happens to birdlife (and other species) if cats are free to roam as we have. |
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| angora | Mar 1 2016, 09:00 AM Post #5 |
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Cats are free to roam where I lived until July this year. There is wildlife flourishing, birds of every description. They woke us up in the morning and sang us to sleep at night. As I said, where I presently live cats must be kept indoors and I never hear or see a bird. When we drive to the stores we see seagulls and Canadian Geese and that's it. There are a lot of squirrels though. |
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| Dana | Mar 1 2016, 09:04 AM Post #6 |
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My neighbour is going to start gardening this year. I told him that he would then know why I do not want cats visiting in the yard. Not only the birds but all the poop in the veggie beds. |
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| Deleted User | Mar 1 2016, 09:18 AM Post #7 |
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I don't believe in letting cats roam free outside. It is dangerous for the birds and they tend to poop in other people's gardens. :MapleLeaf: |
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| Kahu | Mar 1 2016, 10:14 AM Post #8 |
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We have many view points out there about cats (and dogs) ... I'm very much extreme right about cats free roaming outdoors and their effect on native wildlife. I'm much more of a dog fan anyway ... a well trained dog restricted to the property. As a country we've never had an in-house cat law, and lots of people have more than one cat too ... so the idea that cats should be kept indoors is a bit hard to get across to the masses who've never been exposed to the idea. Ban Cats? Please get real. Quest to ban cats Cats are evil Cat campaign buoyed Pets |
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| Durgan | Mar 1 2016, 11:09 AM Post #9 |
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I like to see cats wandering around. There are many in my neighborhood. I just wish they would get more robins and rabbits. My dog always considers them fair game to chase if given the opportunity. |
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| wildie | Mar 1 2016, 11:22 AM Post #10 |
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Speaking of cats, I visited my daughter today intending to measure up a kitchen drawer that she wants to install a pair of roller slides. Her cat is big , grey male that has an insatable curiousity. I removed the drawer from the cabinet and immediately he hqd to climb inside in order to check it out. I had removed the pulls and dropped them inside th drawer. He just had to play a game of hockey inside the drawer. Batting the pulls all around and having great fun. Im not a cat fan, but this guy is always amusing.ï |
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| angora | Mar 1 2016, 12:14 PM Post #11 |
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Individual cats - like all of us. We had a company in today changing all the windows. We locked the cats in separate bathrooms. Our miss priss hid all day and would not come out until coaxed with tuna after the men left. Our Ruckus was walking around behind them trying to poke his paw into everything. They loved him. Everyone does. But our beautiful Butter is our princess. Wildie, your daughter has one of the special ones. :) |
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| wildie | Mar 1 2016, 05:08 PM Post #12 |
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He's certainly different! My daughter is a groomer with her studio in the basement. This cat just has to observe each and every grooming . He has no fear of strangers, dogs and other cats. He's about 2 years old and he was exposed to the coming and goings of the clientel from when he was a wee kitten. Sometimes, it seems that he thinks that he is a dog. That is natural enough as my daughter has a small, crossed chiuawa female that adapted him as her own. To this day, she is always grooming him. This cat is allowed outside, but is always tethered with a harness and leash. |
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| FuzzyO | Mar 1 2016, 05:20 PM Post #13 |
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He sounds like quite the character! |
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| angora | Mar 2 2016, 02:55 AM Post #14 |
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My BFF is a therapist and takes some clients still at home. She had a big grey cat named Major and he took it upon himself to be a therapy cat. During her sessions he would stay in the room and sit close to or lean against any client who seemed to need comfort. Unfortunately he had to be put to sleep - age and illness - after a year or so she got another cat who has no interest in anything but her own self. :) |
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| Shorty | Mar 2 2016, 05:14 AM Post #15 |
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We live in a strata that only allows dogs of a minimum height. They and cats must be on a leash if outside. No one here has a pet. It doesn't stop the neighbourhood cats from coming in and killing the birds. They decimate the quail. |
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