For those who love cats

[none2_none2]

I hope this isn't an in-appropriate place to discuss this... I figured there are people (especially some gays) for whom our pets are the closest we get to having kids. Anyway, I was shocked to find on CNN.com that Wisconsin is considering to allow the hunting of free-roaming domestic cats. The article can be found at:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/12/killing.wildcats.ap/index.html.

There is a URL for those who may want to sign a petition against this.

http://dontshootthecat.com/

Due to an unintentional medical mistake at the vets, I had to put my cat of almost 15 years to sleep. It wasn't easy as I had never done such a thing. However, the mistake was causing him to seizure every 5 minutes, and he could no longer walk. I missed his birth by a few hours, but I was there to hold him at the end. Though it was 6 weeks ago, I still miss him. I will always miss him and his mother and brother who died before him.

This Wisconsin thing really shocks me. I will never understand people that enjoy killing. (Ok, I'm a bit of a hypocrite I admit. I kill bugs, and I'm not quite a total vegetarian. However, for what its worth. I felt so bad about a little mouse that was trapped on a sticky paper trap all day long at work. He was crying all day long to the point that it seemed cruel, so I took him outside and released him. It was hard to seperate him from the paper, but I did.)

Anyway, as I see it, if pets are a problem to birds or whatever, they should round them up, spade/neuter them, but not shoot them. I'd hate to think that had my house cat gotten out, he might have been shot because he didn't have a collar on.

 

[Raimondin]

I hope this isn't an in-appropriate place to discuss this... I figured there are people (especially some gays) for whom our pets are the closest we get to having kids. Anyway, I was shocked to find on CNN.com that Wisconsin is considering to allow the hunting of free-roaming domestic cats.

Anyway, as I see it, if pets are a problem to birds or whatever, they should round them up, spade/neuter them, but not shoot them. I'd hate to think that had my house cat gotten out, he might have been shot because he didn't have a collar on.

Wow, so now it's open season for shooting cats! Unbelievable. Yes, I've owned my cat for about four years now. I never really was a "cat person", I've always owned dogs. Ironically just when my dog died (12 years old) in walked this cat into my life. These people down the street had abandoned her when they moved. I had no idea about how to tend or care for cats, but I learned along the way. Fortunately she was already spayed. I do have a collar on her. Four years later now, I couldn't think how it would be without her. Reading this CNN article is really disturbing to know that such a law ( or license) to kill cats is a possibility. I think the time and the money used for this would be better spent on more education for the public about having their pets spayed/neutered. More TV ads, commercials, etc. It's bad enough that millions are euthanized every year at the pound.

 

[robbie_boy1]

I hope this isn't an in-appropriate place to discuss this... I figured there are people (especially some gays) for whom our pets are the closest we get to having kids. Anyway, I was shocked to find on CNN.com that Wisconsin is considering to allow the hunting of free-roaming domestic cats. The article can be found at:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/12/killing.wildcats.ap/index.html.

There is a URL for those who may want to sign a petition against this.

http://dontshootthecat.com/

Due to an unintentional medical mistake at the vets, I had to put my cat of almost 15 years to sleep. It wasn't easy as I had never done such a thing. However, the mistake was causing him to seizure every 5 minutes, and he could no longer walk. I missed his birth by a few hours, but I was there to hold him at the end. Though it was 6 weeks ago, I still miss him. I will always miss him and his mother and brother who died before him.

This Wisconsin thing really shocks me. I will never understand people that enjoy killing. (Ok, I'm a bit of a hypocrite I admit. I kill bugs, and I'm not quite a total vegetarian. However, for what its worth. I felt so bad about a little mouse that was trapped on a sticky paper trap all day long at work. He was crying all day long to the point that it seemed cruel, so I took him outside and released him. It was hard to seperate him from the paper, but I did.)

Anyway, as I see it, if pets are a problem to birds or whatever, they should round them up, spade/neuter them, but not shoot them. I'd hate to think that had my house cat gotten out, he might have been shot because he didn't have a collar on.

I own a chinese restaurant........wuh? just kidding........I have no idea why they would do this cept for hunters lacking deer...........haha........sorry...but it is just to cute to resist..........just leave my cat.........errr pussy alone.

 

[Elmer Keith]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

 

[robbie_boy1]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

*meow*

 

[Raimondin]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

Well, then keep those gun happy shooters out of the neighborhoods, and keep them out there in the boonies. Smells like NRA stuff to me though

 

[The Mutt]

I know it sounds cruel, but these are FERAL cats. They are not only the ones that have been dumped in the woods, but the great-great-great grandkittens of dumped cats. They are upsetting the ecosystem and decimating the bird population. Birds are neccessary for the pollination of plants. The cats are a problem.
Yes, the idea of hunting cats creeps me out. All hunting creeps me out. But something has to be done and this is a way to do it without costing the taxpayers any money.

 

[John Doe]

Pets should not be treated as children or replacements/surrogates as such.

Anyway, I'm with Bob Barker on this one, even though I dislike doing even that much to an animal.

 

[Harrowborg]

Americans.....

 

[Elmer Keith]

Brits

 

[robbie_boy1]

Green Mountain boyz

 

[robbie_boy1]

Did that bass ackwards

 

[Brinnie]

Fuck your little petition, you wannabe activist.

Go kill the first Wisconsonian that open fires on a cat. Nail a note to his head that says: "Here Lies A Cat Hunter. May He Burn I Hell!"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Britney_Spears/fire.png​

 

[Brinnie]

I know it sounds cruel, but these are FERAL cats. They are not only the ones that have been dumped in the woods, but the great-great-great grandkittens of dumped cats. They are upsetting the ecosystem and decimating the bird population. Birds are neccessary for the pollination of plants. The cats are a problem.
Yes, the idea of hunting cats creeps me out. All hunting creeps me out. But something has to be done and this is a way to do it without costing the taxpayers any money.

GUESS THEY SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY DUMPED THEIR KITTENS.

IT'S THEIR HOME NOW.
YOU DIE!​

 

[Brinnie]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

DROP YOUR FIRST BORN OFF ON MY PORCH...
I'LL SPILL HIS FUCKING BRAINS ON THE PAVEMENT.

HE'S NOT A BABY, HE'S AN ANIMAL AND DESERVES TO DIE. PERIOD.
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[robbie_boy1]

someone pissed in someone's wheaties

 

[Etoile]

Brinnie, as the moderator of this forum, I kindly request that you reduce your text size to normal size by removing the "size 6" tags. Feel free to keep your text bold, all-caps, and red. I ask that you adjust only the size, and I ask you to do so voluntarily. I also request that you remove all but one of the black face graphics.

 

[Queersetti]

We try to keep it civil here, Brinnie.

In Portland, we had a big problem wih feral cats around the docks,as you can imagine any fishing port will. The city instituted a program to trap the cats, after which they are vaccinated and neutered, then released.

The population quickly dropped to manageable numbers. There are enough cats to keep the rat population in check, without becoming a nuisance themselves.

 

[Brinnie]

We try to keep it civil here, Brinnie.

In Portland, we had a big problem wih feral cats around the docks,as you can imagine any fishing port will. The city instituted a program to trap the cats, after which they are vaccinated and neutered, then released.

The population quickly dropped to manageable numbers. There are enough cats to keep the rat population in check, without becoming a nuisance themselves.

I don't remember that- when was that?
I lived right on Main downtown for a year and never seen any wild cats.

--
Etoile, as a poster on a free speech board, I say NO! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Britney_Spears/blush.png

 

[Siberiant]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

....................................................

 

[Angel]

I guess people are willing to pay for ammo, but not to neuter their animals before the irresponsibly dump them on the side of the road.

 

[robbie_boy1]

I need to laugh

sorry but some of the kill posts? I'll spill their brains, I'll break em in half. LMAO... I love it when people learn to be cyber terrorists.......*cracks the fuck up*.

 

[Flight420]

Those are not pets. They are animals that people drop off in the boonies, thinking a farmer will adopt them. Shooting those cats is a good thing. Period.

not it is not... period!