On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:25:33 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> 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.

I think people's pets are just as bad.


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