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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 12:11:24 PDT
From: Dean Wampler <scenic!nwnexus!amc.com!dean at beaver.cs.washington.edu>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Cc: dean at amc.com, annc at atl.com
Subject: Re: m fill cats
> ...
>
> There is a thread currently running (again) on Birdchat on the "dreaded cat
> problem." A bibliography documenting wildlife and propert damage is said
> to be forthcoming shortly. Thurton Co. is working on a cat control
> ordinance that, if inacted, could serve as a model for King Co. Stay
> tuned.
> ...

This is really a "dreaded people problem", since heartless, irresponsible
people are the ones abandoning the cats in the first place.

dean

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I hope all the concerned birdwatchers are vegetarians, or they
are all just hypocrites.

I have had pet birds that I have loved and cared for, and I
have rescued many an injured bird or duck and taken it in for
care, but wild or stray animals must forge for food. They can
not go to QFC to buy the dead cow or chicken that someone else
killed for them.

I agree whole heartedly. The birds have a chance, they can fly away,
but a cat is no match for the treachery of a man made trap bated with
tuna. Not only would homeless cats be caught and killed, but also much
loved stay pets may be caught and killed. The King County Animal
Control is not a humane society, their objective is to control. The
more I hear about them and the EPA and other such government
organizations I am sure of this. They really do want to decide what
lives and what dies and in what numbers. These organizations are
striving for control, their objectives are not humane. These animals
have no voice but us. This is their planet too. They have the right
to life here too.

"The question is not, can they reason, nor can they talk
but can they suffer." Jeremy Bentham

"The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will
come to understand their lives and take up their
responsibilities to all living things." V.V. Deloria