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From: riks@shark.UUCP (Rik Smoody)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: barbara's cat-astrophe
Message-ID: <1465@shark.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 17:38:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 17:38:43 1983
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Mouse traps are not strong enough to catch a cat.... try muskrat traps.
	Bear traps are overkill, and often have such a large set of
	jaws that they might snap completely around the cat and miss.

Large, vicious dogs work well for deterring the cats, but large dog tracks
	don't do much for incipient carrots either.

You might try the Vic Atiyeh method: sit on your back porch with a 22.

Or you could ask the owners to train their cats to stay home OR ELSE.
	If it's your own cat, then it's up to you to figure out HOW to
	train a cat anything, and I have little sympathy.

Rik Smoody