26-08-2013, 10:42 AM
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Cats - sheesh!
I know I have gone on and on and on about dogs but I have harboured concerns about the cat population for quite a while too. They are killing so much wildlife it is nearly beyond comprehension. How so many creatures, birds especially, can survive such an onslaught takes some consideration. Maybe they are indeed decreasing in numbers all the time - well lets face it they must be. We are not the only country where wildlife is taking an almighty thrashing.Cats killing billions of animals in the US
(BBC News link)
Not only this but feral cats are now becoming a major issue.
Feral cat population growing in south Buckinghamshire
(BBC News link)
Indigenous wild cat species are also under threat from cross breeding with feral cats.
Scottish wildcat could be extinct 'within two years
(BBC News link)
Again it brings me back to whether we can continue to think we have a god given right to have certain kind of pets.
26-08-2013, 10:44 AM
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But that's what animals do - they kill one another, they always have. Can you really blame people for the behaviour of ferals though? I'm not particularly a cat lover but I don't detest cats.Learn to share the planet Mark and some of your stress will evaporate
26-08-2013, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ben-varrey
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But that's what animals do - they kill one another, they always have. Can you really blame people for the behaviour of ferals though? I'm not particularly a cat lover but I don't detest cats.Learn to share the planet Mark and some of your stress will evaporate
. But these topics need to be aired and thought about surely?
26-08-2013, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Baxter8
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OMG I now realise you're simply a wind-up merchant. Do you spend time trawling the internet for these sensational news stories that provide little evidence of what they're talking about! Really - go get a life - seriously.
Nah ~ it's only attention seeking innit
26-08-2013, 10:52 AM
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Dunno what you lot are getting so shirty about. This stuff is all over the news. It is NEWS. Cats are a problem with regard to wildlife big time. Not attempting to wind anyone up at all - honestly, or seeking attention either, just posting news stories that are worthy of discussion - or so I thought.*ducks head*
26-08-2013, 10:54 AM
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I hadn't realised until recently what a troll was - apparently it is mostly as you say, an attention seeker (often pathological) that deliberately posts anonymously and negatively on websites because of a lack of a real life, in short a saddo with psychiatric damage!
Originally Posted by Rachel
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Nah ~ it's only attention seeking innit
26-08-2013, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Baxter8
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I hadn't realised until recently what a troll was - apparently it is mostly as you say, an attention seeker (often pathological) that deliberately posts anonymously and negatively on websites because of a lack of a real life, in short a saddo with psychiatric damage!
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26-08-2013, 10:56 AM
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Re: Cats - sheesh!
Originally Posted by MKJ
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Dunno what you lot are getting so shirty about. This stuff is all over the news. It is NEWS. Cats are a problem with regard to wildlife big time. Not attempting to wind anyone up at all - honestly, or seeking attention either, just posting news stories that are worthy of discussion - or so I thought .*ducks head*
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