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From: scott@mccall.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Cats & WIld Birds
Message-ID: <1760.25726f7f@mccall.uucp>
Date: 28 Nov 89 11:43:58 GMT
References: <822@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM>
Organization: The McCall Pattern Co., Manhattan, KS, USA
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In article <822@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM>, denise@dadla.WR.TEK.COM (Denise Caire) writes:
> I live in a mild enough climate to leave the cat out most of the time.
> I keep him in when it is cold and wet or when he wants in.  I do not
> keep a litter box in the house as I don't care to smell it.
> 
> Denise Caire
>
If I every have to live in your neighborhood or you in mine, you may
find a package of your cat's deposit somewhere on your property.  I
hate stepping in shit, and just because you can't stand the smell
doesn't mean I want to.  

Now to the subject at hand.  I have indoor birds and like to feed the
outdoor ones too.  I enjoy them both.  I also like cats but not when
they're not under control(supervision).  I got a cat that visits my
yard frequently. I've tried to shoe it away only to have it return.
I would talk to the owner but I don't know who it is(if any).  My
next trick will be a bucket of cold water(and winter is coming soon)
on the cat.  If that doesn't keep him away then a kerosine wire brush
on it's butt might give him an idea.  A cat that is fed at a home
needs no birds for a meal.  I would shoot the cat but that's not
allowed in city limits.  For those of you that want to argue against
that, then why should the cat be able to kill the birds?  Or why not
fine the owners of the cat for cruelty towards birds?


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Scott Davis (800)255-2762, in Kansas (913)776-4041
The McCall Pattern Company, 615 McCall Rd., Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
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