On 9/9/2014 1:17 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-09-09, graham > wrote:
>
>> there are halfwits who are having the feral cats spayed/neutered and
>> then letting them loose in nature reserves!!!!
>
> ....where they prey on songbirds!
>
> We do not suffer feral cats, where I live. Last time we had one, one
> resident complained how he wanted to put it down cuz it always
> coughing up hairballs on his deck. I kindly offered to loan him my
> .22 pistol. He declined, but the cat was gone within the week.
>
> I've seen this kinda cat behavior. I usta open a lakeside
> tackle/food/boat rental biz, every morning. In the Summer, the feral
> cats insisted upon coughing up their hairballs on the deck surrounding
> the store and I hadda clean 'em up before opening. I'll never get rid
> of that vision of a big ol' hairball with one squirrel eyeball and a
> set of squirrel teeth hanging off it. Didn't know whether to pick it
> up and dispose of it or beat it with a shovel! 
>
> nb
>
Eeew...
Every bit as much of a problem as I said then.