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jmcquown[_2_]

On 7/10/2017 10:57 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> On 7/9/2017 8:33 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> He also provides food and water for them. He even ran
>>>> electricity to the barn where they sleep so they can have heat in the
>>>> winter. They have comfy beds and fresh water. He doesn't have a
>>>> problem with rats or mice, that's for sure.
>>>
>>> I think that if he gets them neutered, he's doing a great job looking
>>> after them and reducing the problem at the same time. But I really
>>> have my doubts about catching feral cats.
>>
>> Sheldon has made the classic mistake of totally domesticating wildlife.
>> When he dies eventually, so will all the ferals that are used to his care.
>
> Highly unlikely; his ferals live and hunt outside all year round.
> They may enjoy supplementary feeding but if it wasn't there, they're
> very able to fend for themselves.
>
> Janet UK
>
Those cats wouldn't be ferals if some idiot hadn't dumped them, intact
(aka not neutered/spayed) and left them to their own devices in the
first place.

Jill