[joeysteele]

I have to be honest,it is the one thing I dislike as to Cats, after watching one with a bird and a mouse too as a child I was transfixed watching it but the torture they put the bird or rodent through must be really awful.
I accept it is a part of instinct but cats in the wild actually generally only kill to eat,domestic cats even when greatly pampered still inflict endless torture on their prey.

I get a lot of half eaten, or just dead birds with feathers strewn all over in the garden of the house I am in while at Uni,it is a sorry sight and I am rather fed up of having to bury so many birds too.
The people further up next door too, have a really beautiful garden and almost every week they are having to clear up dead birds and feathers then also having to replace plants too from when the Cat gets in a frenzy catching a bird.

I do think they should have to made to wear something to warn other wildlife they are about,if my Dog was killing left, right and centre, he'd be considered dangerous likely.

I adore Cats as Kittens and I would never harm a Cat or let anyone else harm them either but I really don't like this side to them at all.

[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I have to be honest,it is the one thing I dislike as to Cats, after watching one with a bird and a mouse too as a child I was transfixed watching it but the torture they put the bird or rodent through must be really awful.
I accept it is a part of instinct but cats in the wild actually generally only kill to eat,domestic cats even when greatly pampered still inflict endless torture on their prey.

I get a lot of half eaten, or just dead birds with feathers strewn all over in the garden of the house I am in while at Uni,it is a sorry sight and I am rather fed up of having to bury so many birds too.
The people further up next door too, have a really beautiful garden and almost every week they are having to clear up dead birds and feathers then also having to replace plants too from when the Cat gets in a frenzy catching a bird.

I do think they should have to made to wear something to warn other wildlife they are about,if my Dog was killing left, right and centre, he'd be considered dangerous likely.

I adore Cats as Kittens and I would never harm a Cat or let anyone else harm them either but I really don't like this side to them at all.

Still sometimes it's good on a Sunday morning when you are looking for something to put into the omelette...!!!!

[Benjamin]

Just because they are domesticated pets in some countries they are pests in others. The cat was brought to NZ by humans and now is becoming a big pest (along with Possums) for species that only exist in NZ, such as the Kiwi bird. I'm all for action to help prevent the loss of species.

[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Ben

Just because they are domesticated pets in some countries they are pests in others. The cat was brought to NZ by humans and now is becoming a big pest (along with Possums) for species that only exist in NZ, such as the Kiwi bird. I'm all for action to help prevent the loss of species.

I'm sorry I'll never see your point of view, as I am a volunteer worker in a Cat sanctuary for abandoned and maltreated cats....!!!

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

I'm sorry I'll never see your point of view, as I am a volunteer worker in a Cat sanctuary for abandoned and maltreated cats....!!!

I love cats, don't get me wrong. Over here they are a pest though.

[Shaun]

oh well

cats win at evolution, that is all