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| Topic Started: Jan 10 2014, 03:49 PM (4,768 Views) | |
| CyborgIguana | Jan 17 2014, 09:09 AM Post #91 |
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You guys are making me feel unnecessarily guilty about having a cat. Though I agree that some of these cat lovers are idiotic! Birds are clearly an inferior species? You have the nerve to say that about the last remnants of the dinosaur lineage?? We don't let my cat out too often, though, so he doesn't hunt much (except pest species like house mice, but we can live without those). He couldn't hunt birds even if he wanted to since he's declawed.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jan 17 2014, 09:19 AM.
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Jan 17 2014, 11:37 AM Post #92 |
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Declawing a cat is cruel, there are claw covers such as SoftPaws, etc... Make sure your cat won't make more cats. Breeding should be privilege of licensed owners and their show-class animals. Edited by Elephas Maximus, Jan 17 2014, 11:38 AM.
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| CyborgIguana | Jan 17 2014, 11:38 AM Post #93 |
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Don't tell me it's cruel, tell my parents. He doesn't seem to particularly miss his claws, though. |
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Jan 17 2014, 11:42 AM Post #94 |
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If he's a lazy & fat type, losing parts of toes is really less emotionally (but not physically) disturbing for this cat... |
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| CyborgIguana | Jan 17 2014, 11:48 AM Post #95 |
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He's far from the lazy and fat type, believe me. |
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| Jules | Jan 17 2014, 11:51 AM Post #96 |
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo
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Declawing a cat is like cutting your fingers. The tip of Peanut's claws is cut on a regular basis though. |
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| Hamikins | Jan 18 2014, 06:59 AM Post #97 |
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You will respect my authoratah.
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Unessisairally telling you some truths? |
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| Orca Freak | Jan 18 2014, 07:31 AM Post #98 |
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Killer Whales rule the World
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I have 6 cats and one dog. All of them go outside from time to time. The cats more than the dogs. But it's our dog that hunts the birds and the mice, not the cats. |
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| Terrena Laxamentum | Jan 18 2014, 08:00 PM Post #99 |
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There is always something going on...
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What breed of dog is it? |
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| CyborgIguana | Jan 18 2014, 08:01 PM Post #100 |
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I was already aware that they were a problem in many places, that doesn't mean we should completely abolish keeping them. |
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| Furka | Jan 18 2014, 08:08 PM Post #101 |
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no but some people should keep a closer look on them.
My dogs are always trying to hunt the lizards in my garden, but they lack the agility and reflexes of cats, so they fail pretty much always (they can't climb trees or walls, and cannot get in very small places). The neighbours cats, on the other hand, massacre lot of lizards every summer, and I don't want to think about the little birds: once one of those cats ate the finches nesting in my garden
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| Terrena Laxamentum | Jan 18 2014, 08:13 PM Post #102 |
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There is always something going on...
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The breed of dog also matters, greatly. Some were bred especially to hunt birds and other small animals. |
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| Hamikins | Jan 19 2014, 11:20 AM Post #103 |
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You will respect my authoratah.
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Puttn words in my mouth.
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| Sheather | Jan 19 2014, 11:37 AM Post #104 |
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!
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Cats are wonderful pets. They're cuddly and affectionate. If you keep them indoors, or only let them out when you can watch them (on a leash? IDK I've seen people walking cats before). If you let your cat run free unsupervised it becomes an invasive and destructive predator not to mention at great risk of being harmed itself. In most of the continental US, though, songbirds aren't endangered and cats do not make sizeable dents in their populations. In places such as New Zealand, however, risks are far greater for these birds have never evolved to escape predators. While they're all but gone now, we did once have lynxes and foxes hunting birds in what are now our cities, so bird populations can generally handle the effects of the new predators: cats. --- Dogs are wonderful pets. They're smart, loyal, and loving. Generally though dogs shouldn't be let to roam free either, though more due to their likelihood of getting hurt than anything else. Dogs, unlike cats, can be trained to not bother wildlife and I've seen such dogs. However, unless you live in a giant rural area, supervise your dog or keep him in a fenced yard with regular walks. Untrained dogs can and do cause great damage to wildlife. -- On the other note my cat is de-clawed but was before adopting him. I morally oppose the process, though personally our cat, who had it done very young, does not really seem bothered. |
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| Furka | Jan 19 2014, 11:40 AM Post #105 |
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I'd add that dogs can be dangerous to other people too if left unsupervised (not saying that all dogs are killing machines, but some can be more aggressive) |
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