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Stand up for your cat

Brendan Bendar

Lot of shade being thrown at cats recently, on BBC 4 this am we had a lad from Fremantle Aus.advocating cats be confined to a ‘Catio’. A patio fenced in for cats!!!

Also RTE have expressed an opinion that cats are “killers” and should be kept inside during nesting season.

Cats are very useful animals, keep vermin controlled.I have one myself and only time I saw a rat around the gaff was when I dropped a gherkin out of a jumbo burger and saw a lad chewing on it.

No sign of the fooker since..defend your animal folks, they do important work.

Let them roam free.

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Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331795#Comment_120331795

I hate the dog ones too. No matter how placid a dog is, they are still an animal and can be unpredictable.

Then you get the whole "oh they've never done that before"

[Deleted User]

Oh my mother hates those "cute" videos of cats getting close to babies... they make her very nervous. I wouldn't let a cat near a baby either. What if the baby annoys the cat and they scratch them. Those claws are fking stabby!

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331535#Comment_120331535

Another theory is they are attracted to the smell of milk and plonk down for a snooze. Cats will curl around an adult's neck too for warmth.

tayto lover

An old lady who lived near me had 18 cats. I asked her what she did with all the kittens. She told me she drowned them in a bucket of water but that she wasn't cruel because she heated the water. When she died all the cats disappeared and probably went feral.

SuperBowserWorld

The biggest danger to animals, plants, humans and the planet from cats and dogs is the meat production cost of pet food. Tiddles and Fido need loads of natural resources to produce, ship that food and get rid of the waste. Not to mention c02

Sorry for putting in such a downer on here. 😁

My cat said he doesn't give a ****. He didn't create the problem and won't have to deal with it. Also cats don't go to heaven as they don't have souls. So he's especially uncaring. 😁

blackbox

Do you think that maybe cats got blamed in the wrong for cases of cot deaths?

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331621#Comment_120331621

A cat will sit on any heat source.

There are media reports of deaths from this and actual attacks but there must be like a billion cats and very few reports.

fineso.mom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331535#Comment_120331535

Yes, definitely has happened. I remember as a small child in the 70's my grandmother going ballistic when a cat came in the kitchen window and jumped into my baby brothers bassinet. Her neighbour's baby had been suffocated by the family cat sleeping on the baby"s face years before.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120330783#Comment_120330783

Let them eat pussy.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331165#Comment_120331165

Cats can be very territorial.

They've been known to smother a new born, which is why it's recommended to bring baby's worn clothes home from hospital before the baby to get them used to the scent etc.

Now I haven't heard of a recent case that I can remember any way. Probably because there's more awareness of it, but according to my mam there were a few cases in her generation.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331126#Comment_120331126

Probably also came off ships as I think rats did.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331174#Comment_120331174

We live in a era when people steal pets. I get what your saying.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331201#Comment_120331201

It seemed like it needed clarifying.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331166#Comment_120331166

Ye,I know.but the states!!

who what when

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331165#Comment_120331165

While exceedingly rare unfortunately it has happened.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331128#Comment_120331128

I don't get how you could misinterpret my post like that. Your first paragraph I agreed with in my post in question (cats are prey as well as predators - that's why there are catios and cats kept indoors all the time, to keep the cats safe).

I don't live in such an area, but such scumbags do exist. And the OP expressed objection to catios and cats being kept indoors all the time - but those are preferable to harming or killing cats. And they keep the cats safe.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331140#Comment_120331140

Which one has Coyote, Cougars?

Mrs OBumble

I've never heard of a cat killing or injuring a small child.

Flinty997

I think its slightly misleading to say "cats" not "feral cats" even after its pointed out.

It nothing to do with being fond of cats or not. Its because while you can keep a pet cat inside a feral cat you can't. Its an entirely different problem.

Brussels Sprout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120330099#Comment_120330099

Judging by your avatar pic you look to be a neutral voice on this particular topic!

beachhead

The states? Is that the United States of America because Australia has states as well.A holiday there?

Flinty997

In the states feral cat actually do have predators birds of prey, Coyote, Cougar etc.

If you in an area where people are poisoning/drowning them. Its not the cats that are the problem.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120330001#Comment_120330001

Same for me and true.Cats in Oz are decimating the native species of various small animals,some are already extinct.Cats were imported to Australia-most likely to keep the British gentry entertained.

[Deleted User]

I absolutely love cats but I wouldn't lose the plot over someone pointing out issues they may cause when feral, non spayed and roaming free. Calm down and engage like an adult. A number of people here get bizarrely angry over things they merely dislike/disagree with.

A catio is commonplace in the US. It's actually for protecting the cat. Cats are prey as well as predators. Ditto why they're kept indoors all the time. Give me that any day instead of scumbags advocating poisoning/drowning them.

ednwireland

"let them eat birds"

dxhound2005

I ignored the bit about RTE expressing an opinion. It makes no sense.

AllForIt

oh goodie, an excuse to post pics of cats I've snapped on my travels this week ...

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120330298#Comment_120330298

I was more referring to...

"Also RTE have expressed an opinion that cats are “killers” and should be kept inside during nesting season."

If they'd done any research they'd know its feral cats causing the issue. Which begs the question how do they suggest keeping feral cats inside.

dxhound2005

I did not note any hysteria in the radio report about Australia. I knew nothing about the subject, but a little research on the internet suggests that it is a far from trivial issue. I was aware of the damage being done in Australia by other introduced animals, like rabbits and camels.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/australias-cats-kill-two-billion-animals-annually-180977235/

Flinty997

It's feral cats that are a problem. That's why they have initiative to neuter the wild population. It's also a problem in countries and/or habitats with flightless birds. Where cats have no natural predators. So their population grows rapidly.

Of course like any thing these days it's exaggerated into hysteria. Someone fat pet cat isn't going to do much. Considering we've concreted over the parks, and killed of the biodiversity that sustained things like birds.