Well said Mike, i love all animals,but cats let to run loose are one of
the most irresponsable things anyone can do. Here in Duncan cats are at
an epidemic proportians and the local SPCA is full. I've heard people
say that putting a bell on the cats collar, but unless it is about
50lbs in size it serves no good at all (the bell that is).
But lets not forget that it is not the cats fault it's in it's nature,
it is the dumb cat owners who are to blame.
I believe a fine of maybe $1000 for allowing a cat to run loose is fair
and then maybe the owners will learn, there's nothing wrong with taking
a cat for a walk on a lead, and there's know reason not to have a house
cat.
All cats should be neutered or spayed unless they are owned by a
recognised,responsable breeder, no exceptions
I think we got one Towhee left out of many Derrick

Derrick Marven
Duncan B.C.
Home of the hybrid

marven at home.com

Mike and Shirli wrote:
>
> Nonsense! Who has determined that cat issues are not appropriate for
> Tweeters? With studies showing that several hundred million birds are
> killed every year by cats in the U.S. alone, I think it is a pretty
> important issue. I surprised a neighbor's cat just as it caught a robin a
> few weeks ago, and though the robin flew off, it probably didn't live long.
> It is almost impossible to find a towhee in a Seattle yard, and song
> sparrows are rare. Cats, on the other hand, are everywhere. The city of
> Seattle regulates dogs, but cats can poop anywhere and kill
> indiscriminately. Seattle needs a tough law against cats that enables those
> of us who don't want cats in our yard to get them picked up and the owners
> fined.
>
> In addition, I think it is inappropriate for anyone to suggest that an issue
> has been covered before on Tweeters and should not be raised again. There
> are always new people joining, and many of us come and go. It is very
> likely that important issues will be covered repeatedly. Put up with it.
> I, for one, could care less about someone's first sighting of a winter
> varied thrush or first spring viewing of an orange-crowned warbler, but I
> have a Del key on my keyboard, just as you do.
>
> If I have missed some set of new rules that were put out on what is
> appropriate for Tweeters while I was not subscribed, and this e-mail is
> inappropriate, please let me know.
>
> And please sign your e-mails. It is frustrating to read a fascinating
> account of bird sightings in the Okanagon and not have a clue as to who is
> writing it.
>
> My two cents,
> Mike Seamans
> Seattle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nene W <northwestmom at yahoo.com>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 9:12 PM
> Subject: Ooops!
>
> >:( I have been informed that my opinion on cats using
> >my yard as a litterbox and hunting ground was
> >inappropriate for Tweeters so I sincerely apologize to
> >you-all for inflicting my (unnecessary) opinion on cat
> >poop (I have nothing against cats, personally) on all
> >the Tweeters and will endeavor, in the short time I
> >have left in the area, to only report bird
> >observations (hopefully on live birds).
> >
> >So to conclude my enjoyable foray into Tweeterdom on a
> >more appropriate note (I have to move from this native
> >NW of mine, to the avian hodge-podge of Maui so will
> >stop Tweetering, probably to the immense relief of
> >some), I'd like to share a (hopefully inoffensive)
> >observation from birddom in my Bridle Trails
> >neighborhood today: Instead of the Varied Thrushes
> >that have been gracing the area the past months, there
> >were scads (I know that's not very scientific but
> >that's what there was) of Robins flocking here and
> >there in several different locations, as opposed to
> >the 1 or 2 I've seen off and on throughout the winter.
> >:)
> >
> >
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