tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post2540440898840755988..comments2024-03-24T05:58:01.599-04:00Comments on Veggie Revolution: Housecats Kill Hundreds of Millions of Birds AnnuallySally Kneidel, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649128376428335780noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-84464220645241984342008-05-09T17:15:00.000-04:002008-05-09T17:15:00.000-04:00I yam a cad. Ees eed OK to eead peegeons here een ...I yam a cad. Ees eed OK to eead peegeons here een New York Seedy? I hab nebber eaden one, bod I leeb een hope. I yam an ou'side cad, bod my ou'side space ees the rooftarps. You hab a lard ob angry people een here. Maybe eef they had a nice sarft card to stroghe they wou' nard be so mad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-61751220873381136772008-05-08T10:25:00.000-04:002008-05-08T10:25:00.000-04:00Hi Robj98168I know it must be distressing to see n...Hi Robj98168<BR/>I know it must be distressing to see negative comments about cats. I don't hate cats, it's just that I love wildlife, and I am filled with fear for the future of wildlife on this planet. I like indoor cats. When I was a young kid, my family had a bunch of cats and I loved them passionately. None of them were spayed and they had kittens constantly. We must have had an "empty forest" zone around our house, but I was too ignorant to consider that. As for now...I think readers are just frustrated at being powerless to stop neighbors' cats. It is incredibly frustrating for me. Thank you for keeping your cat indoors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-27096833815784318062008-05-08T01:36:00.000-04:002008-05-08T01:36:00.000-04:00I love my kitty. He is an indoors cat. And if he w...I love my kitty. He is an indoors cat. And if he wants to go outside I put a harness and leash on him. After all, we do have a leash law and whether or not people want to admit to it, it is for both dogs and cats. And I cannot believe how many cat haters read this blog!Robj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-24616132253807188762008-05-06T06:54:00.000-04:002008-05-06T06:54:00.000-04:00JoseThe truth is,we ARE indoor citizens. Cats hav...Jose<BR/>The truth is,we ARE indoor citizens. Cats have lived with humans for many thousands of years and it is no more natural for domesticated cats to live outdoors than it would be for you or me to live outdoors. You have a point about habitat destruction, but cats go with the humans! You can't stop construction, but you can keep the cats indoors, happy, healty and away from the birds. By the way, I am very fond of cats, have two and they go out under supervision, just as my dog does.equa yona(Big Bear)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09077234314632732773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-68665905016442233262008-05-06T06:41:00.000-04:002008-05-06T06:41:00.000-04:00To JoseI am very fond of cats. But there is very ...To Jose<BR/>I am very fond of cats. But there is very little about the domesticated cat that is natural. They have lived with humans for thousands of years and they are quite content to live in or out of doors. The problem for wild birds is largely human destruction of their habitat but cats go along with the humans. They are horribly destructive little beggars, We can't stop most construction but we can keep our cats indoors, safe, healthy and away from the birds.equa yona(Big Bear)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09077234314632732773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-48152148951030292592008-05-05T21:17:00.000-04:002008-05-05T21:17:00.000-04:00Wow. How can there be so many cat haters? (Not t...Wow. How can there be so many cat haters? (Not the author of the blog post, but the other commenters.) Cats are just animals like all others.<BR/><BR/>I'll admit, I love cats. I really do. I have two of them. And while I know they'd just love to run around outside hunting birds and small mammals and being as fully feline as they could be, they will remain indoor housecats as long as I'm alive.<BR/><BR/>Because I love birds too. It is possible, you know, to love cats AND birds AND fish AND mice (although I'll admit mice are harder for me to love.) And I believe that in the larger environmental picture, it's best for my beloved, restless kitties to stay inside. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and to Jane -- cats are dirtier than dogs? Cats are fastidious about cleaning themselves and each other. Dogs don't seem to care if they're clean or dirty. (Of course, maybe you don't like dogs either.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-28334156672836224792008-05-05T20:01:00.000-04:002008-05-05T20:01:00.000-04:00Hi,Although you may have reason in some aspects, t...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Although you may have reason in some aspects, the natural thing is for the animals to live outside, not inside homes.<BR/>If there's a small number of birds, is it because of cats or because of humans ?<BR/>Namely because of construction (including the house that you live in) and the polution that we make ?<BR/>And would you like to be an indoor citizen ?<BR/><BR/>Kind regards,<BR/><BR/>JoséJosé Carrilho (Go Detail)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965916774046623372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-84894210775419715412008-05-05T10:28:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:28:00.000-04:00Wow, just last night I saved a rabbit from a stray...Wow, just last night I saved a rabbit from a stray cat, then this morning I found a dead bird that he had killed, then right before I left for work my cat showed up at the door carrying a snake in his mouth. <BR/><BR/>As for the guy above me, there's some device out there that keeps cats away with some frequency that only they can hear. I can't remember the name of it, though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-87341785482523528582008-05-05T05:40:00.000-04:002008-05-05T05:40:00.000-04:00I hate cats too, dirty creatures. I hate being in ...I hate cats too, dirty creatures. I hate being in a house where cats are roaming over the kitchen worktops etc. I am driven mad by them doing their dirty business in my soil, especially my veg patch.<BR/>I have found that they can be kept off garden plants by eucalypus oil. In the UK there's a branded decongestant called 'olbas oil' and I sprinkle drops of that onto tea bags and then bury them just under the soil. The horrible creatues avoid those areas where the oil is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17865787.post-27697598505276589332008-05-02T14:11:00.000-04:002008-05-02T14:11:00.000-04:00I hate cats.Our neighbors have a few that are allo...I hate cats.<BR/><BR/>Our neighbors have a few that are allowed to roam free and they continuously kill the neighborhood birds. Not only that, but one of them goes through my garden and destroys plants! I never heard of a cat digging up bulbs and flowers before, but this big grey evil thing does just that!<BR/><BR/>I wish it were legal to just shoot them. I was at the garden store today, and my wife wouldn't let me buy this gigantic metal rat-trap. I wanted to put it where that awful cat would be sure to step on it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'll find some kind of electric fence that will give it a good jolt.<BR/><BR/>So far, I opted for this "Scotts" cat and dog repellent stuff, but it does not look promising. It will probably make my yard stink too, which will completely ruin the whole experience of sitting next to my lilies, hemerocallis, aromatic surfinias and pelargonias...<BR/><BR/>I hate cats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com