On 9/9/2014 1:59 PM, sf wrote:
> 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.
>
>
They can be, but you have a far greater likelihood of them being kept
inside or on a leash.

Feral?

Not so much.