On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:57:54 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 9/9/2014 11:52 AM, graham wrote:
> > On 09/09/2014 8:58 AM, sf wrote:
> >> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 07:42:43 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> I feed feral cats and there's an assistant at an area vet who gives
> >>>> out food
> >>>>
> >>>> for those who feed ferals. I pay for most of what I give out to the
> >>>> cats but
> >>>>
> >>>> once in a while she gives me a bag. The food comes to her heavily
> >>>>
> >>>> discounted, usually large size bags that were damaged and can't be
> >>>> sold in
> >>>>
> >>>> stores.
> >>>
> >>> ARE THOSE CATS FIXED?
> >>
> >> I bet they fix the cats. They have the money to do it and most animal
> >> shelters I know of will provide free or low cost spay and neutering
> >> services. My mother had a mini-farm that was across the street from a
> >> county park where people would dump their animals. She fed the cats
> >> (took them in for a health check, spayed and neutered as soon as she
> >> could catch them) because they helped keep the rodent population under
> >> control. Cats don't last long in the wild. She found that 3-5 years
> >> is average. Any feral cat over 5 is living a charmed life, because
> >> they've usually slowed down enough by then to become fox or coyote
> >> food.
> >>
> >>
> > But there are halfwits who are having the feral cats spayed/neutered and
> > then letting them loose in nature reserves!!!!
> > Graham
>
> This is very true!
>
> Do-gooders who end up doing bad.
>
> Good catch.

I said she lived across from a county park. Apparently Graham isn't
familiar with that term.


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