On 9/9/2014 1:18 PM, sf wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Park or no park, these cats are a heavy songbird predation factor.