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View Poll Results: Should cats be banned as pets?
Yes! 6 21.43%
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:09   #31
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I don't think cats give a flying you-know-what ...
It will do when I catapult it!
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:13   #32
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Cats are great pets for people living on their own They don't need much looking after and they are companions for older people.Leave them alone.
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:15   #33
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Cats are great pets for people living on their own They don't need much looking after and they are companions for older people.Leave them alone.
In somewhere like Accy there is much more space with fields and so on. Here the cats only have other peoples gardens where they kill birds! People should have more responsibility for their pets and not let them go round killing birds.

Do you think it's OK for a dog to go round killing cats? If no! Then why is it ok for cats to kill birds?
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:20   #34
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In somewhere like Accy there is much more space with fields and so on. Here the cats only have other peoples gardens where they kill birds! People should have more responsibility for their pets and not let them go round killing birds.

Do you think it's OK for a dog to go round killing cats? If no! Then why is it ok for cats to kill birds?
possibly because cats are "domesticated", and wild birds aren't

if it killed your african grey, or percy the budgie, i think someone would be as livid as if tyke the bulldog ripped up mr tiddles
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:20   #35
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In somewhere like Accy there is much more space with fields and so on. Here the cats only have other peoples gardens where they kill birds! People should have more responsibility for their pets and not let them go round killing birds.

Do you think it's OK for a dog to go round killing cats? If no! Then why is it ok for cats to kill birds?
Cats are more independant than dogs and are naturally hunters and cannot be as domesticated as dogs.
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:38   #36
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People should have more responsibility for their pets and not let them go round killing birds.
It's easy enough to stop a dog from killing birds I would've thought. You simply take it out for walkies on a leash. But how do you stop a cat from killing birds?
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:41   #37
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It's easy enough to stop a dog from killing birds I would've thought. You simply take it out for walkies on a leash. But how do you stop a cat from killing birds?
A dog can be trained. If a dog attacks anything it is down to bad training and irresponsible ownership, whereas a cat is a natural hunter and cannot be trained not to.
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:44   #38
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A dog can be trained. If a dog attacks anything it is down to bad training and irresponsible ownership, whereas a cat is a natural hunter and cannot be trained not to.
Exactly. All you can do with a cat is let it out and in of the house. If it hunts down and kills birds while its out, its not the owner's fault for being irresponsible.
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:46   #39
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Exactly. All you can do with a cat is let it out and in of the house. If it hunts down and kills birds while its out, its not the owner's fault for being irresponsible.
It's just the same with cat fouling. You can't be responsible for it,but you can be fined if your dog does it.
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Exactly. All you can do with a cat is let it out and in of the house. If it hunts down and kills birds while its out, its not the owner's fault for being irresponsible.
could be argued it is, i suppose, as cats don't "need" to go out, and can be kept inside, if you want your cat outside, then you could chicken wire your own garden, would stop birds getting in and the pussy cat, getting out
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could be argued it is, i suppose, as cats don't "need" to go out, and can be kept inside, if you want your cat outside, then you could chicken wire your own garden, would stop birds getting in and the pussy cat, getting out
My son has a seal point Siamese cat who never goes out as she cannot be innoculated as she is allergic to it. She is very happy to stay indoors. In fact if he opens the door she will run back in.
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:53   #42
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could be argued it is, i suppose, as cats don't "need" to go out, and can be kept inside, if you want your cat outside, then you could chicken wire your own garden, would stop birds getting in and the pussy cat, getting out
I would've thought that cooping a cat up in the house 24/7 is cruel in itself. As for requiring every moggie owner in the UK to cover their garden in chicken wire, not really practical I would've thought!
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:53   #43
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i am guessing that down-in-that-there-lundun, where kes is, there will be multitudes of high-rise house cats who don't get out
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:53   #44
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Right thats it, i'm off home to give Bella a good talking to and to tell her not to go after birds :|
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Old 05-09-2012, 14:55   #45
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Right thats it, i'm off home to give Bella a good talking to and to tell her not to go after birds :|
...and if she does happen to kill any birds while she's out, remember, you're an irresponsible owner!
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