war on neighbors cat

[Mark_T]

Not sure why JayG feels required to mock references to wild animals in urban settings. I live in a city and right around my property I have rabbits, muskrats, racoons, foxes, woodchucks, squirrels, skunks, beavers, and deer. It is not unusual for a bear, coyote, or moose to wander in to the city as well. No samsquanches yet.

Cats are the least of my worries, but if I was having cat problems I'd be with the trap 'em, bag 'em, and drown 'em group. Got no use for cats.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Mark_T

Not sure why JayG feels required to mock references to wild animals in urban settings. I live in a city and right around my property I have rabbits, muskrats, racoons, foxes, woodchucks, squirrels, skunks, beavers, and deer. It is not unusual for a bear, coyote, or moose to wander in to the city as well. No samsquanches yet.

Cats are the least of my worries, but if I was having cat problems I'd be with the trap 'em, bag 'em, and drown 'em group. Got no use for cats.

I was mocking the comments made by another. (making a joke).

I wasn't the one that made a stupid statement about cats hunting wild game. I seriously doubt a house cat (or even a feral one) would hunt wild game. Mice, rats, small birds and of course 986 soft tops definitely, but wild game, don't think so

Seriously, you have all those animals in an urban area? Urban areas generally are the inner city or at least the highly built up areas of a city. They typically are not large plots of land with lots of space around them.

I have not been to Winnipeg, so I can't know for sure, but you really have moose, deer and bear wandering around the urban part of the city? Maybe in the suburbs and outlying areas, but in the city?

I live in the suburbs of San Diego and we do see coyote in the street every now and then, but I live very near a large park are that is completely undeveloped. Hell we see skunks, raccoons, and lots of rattlesnakes and other forest creatures in the trails, but its a rare site in the neighborhood. We even had a mountain lion spotted the other day. Now that kitty could do some serious damage to a car.

Hell, BigJake's schoolmate caused far more damage and no one is advocating shooting, poisoning or otherwise harming him

I guess you like mice and rats, because cats are really good for keeping them away.

I'm not some kind of PETA wacko (not to insult PETA people), but anyone that advocates cruelty to animals should have the same done to them.

For crying out loud, its a cat and there are lots of ways to protect you car that don't involve violence and childish behavior

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by JayG

Seriously, you have all those animals in an urban area? Urban areas generally are the inner city or at least the highly built up areas of a city. They typically are not large plots of land with lots of space around them.

If you do a quick satellite view of Winnipeg you will see that two main rivers join right in the center of the city The banks of these rivers have been maintained, for the most part, as a wide natural greenspace, and so the animals tend to come up the river bank not realizing they are entering a city.

Moose and bear don't actually show up that often - usually about two bears a year and maybe a moose every two or three years. All the rest of the critters are commonly seen in the city. The beavers and racoons are real pests. There is a herd of about 300 deer living in a large forest preserve in the southern part of the city.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Mark_T

If you do a quick satellite view of Winnipeg you will see that two main rivers join right in the center of the city The banks of these rivers have been maintained, for the most part, as a wide natural greenspace, and so the animals tend to come up the river bank not realizing they are entering a city.

Moose and bear don't actually show up that often - usually about two bears a year and maybe a moose every two or three years. All the rest of the critters are commonly seen in the city. The beavers and racoons are real pests. There is a herd of about 300 deer living in a large forest preserve in the southern part of the city.

sounds beautiful. I will have to come visit
Something else for the bucket list

[jb92563]

The cat cure is simply to bring mother nature to the rescue.

Bring in animals that consider cats prey and let nature takes its course.

There is a couple of big owls in my neighborhood that leave droppings full of cat claws.

Kittens disappear by the dozen weekly.

However, sometimes the cure is even worse, as I have had talon claws puncture my boat cover during the nightly chaos.

I keep the Boxster garaged.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by jb92563

The cat cure is simply to bring mother nature to the rescue.

Bring in animals that consider cats prey and let nature takes its course.

There is a couple of big owls in my neighborhood that leave droppings full of cat claws.

Kittens disappear by the dozen weekly.

However, sometimes the cure is even worse, as I have had talon claws puncture my boat cover during the nightly chaos.

I keep the Boxster garaged.

They did something like that in the Philippines or Guam. It was a snake and mongoose. One of then was out of control and the other hunted it as prey. They brought one in to control the other I don't remember which was which, but the end result was they fixed one problem and now have another.

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by JayG

Hell, BigJake's schoolmate caused far more damage and no one is advocating shooting, poisoning or otherwise harming him

I did. I thought he should have been shot, pissed on, and kicked in the nuts.

[TWODAN]

In the first two weeks we had Lucky, she chased a fox from the back yard. She hunted the usual critters until the table was turned on her. Wylie got her one night. Lived by the sword and died by the sword. I called her Lucky because she was lucky we didn't give her back after the girls "found" her. Guess it wasn't a stupid statement after all.

Originally Posted by JayG

I was mocking the comments made by another. (making a joke).

I wasn't the one that made a stupid statement about cats hunting wild game. I seriously doubt a house cat (or even a feral one) would hunt wild game. Mice, rats, small birds and of course 986 soft tops definitely, but wild game, don't think so

Seriously, you have all those animals in an urban area? Urban areas generally are the inner city or at least the highly built up areas of a city. They typically are not large plots of land with lots of space around them.

I have not been to Winnipeg, so I can't know for sure, but you really have moose, deer and bear wandering around the urban part of the city? Maybe in the suburbs and outlying areas, but in the city?

I live in the suburbs of San Diego and we do see coyote in the street every now and then, but I live very near a large park are that is completely undeveloped. Hell we see skunks, raccoons, and lots of rattlesnakes and other forest creatures in the trails, but its a rare site in the neighborhood. We even had a mountain lion spotted the other day. Now that kitty could do some serious damage to a car.

Hell, BigJake's schoolmate caused far more damage and no one is advocating shooting, poisoning or otherwise harming him

I guess you like mice and rats, because cats are really good for keeping them away.

I'm not some kind of PETA wacko (not to insult PETA people), but anyone that advocates cruelty to animals should have the same done to them.

For crying out loud, its a cat and there are lots of ways to protect you car that don't involve violence and childish behavior