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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:03 PM Original message |
Why do people allow their cats to free range? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. We had one we could not keep in. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. I have one that cannot stay inside 24/7 |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
156. No, you have one you will not keep in! |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #156 |
160. I won't keep mine in, either. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #160 |
164. I want to be free of annoying roaming cats on my property, too. |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #160 |
168. Someone urged me to post this here |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. My neighbor's cat was run over and killed last weekend. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. My 8 year old son's cat was killed right in front of his eyes. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Oh that poor guy. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
157. Thank you! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. Our best friends' 9-mo.-old kitten was killed last week. |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
137. Some people lock their children in closets. They don't get run over. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #137 |
149. Stupidest. Argument. Ever. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
152. Yes'm, and that happens countless times each year! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. same reason people hang bird feeders. I assume |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Please explain. Because that makes no damn sense. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. To attract other animals? Cant think of another reason |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I am sorry if I was snarky. I have a friend |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. No worries |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. About ten years ago, my next-door neighbor's dog killed my cat |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
92. Absolutely! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
100. If someone's cat comes in my yard |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. why don't WE just live indoors? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But tell me how it is fair as a pet owner. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. that is a matter of civil jurisdiction |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. So it is a cat's instinct to kill other animals but not a dog's? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
45. it's not the instinct that makes a difference |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Cats simply create other problems apart from dogs |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #48 |
64. Humans are a bigger danger than either one |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. You're ignoring the role that pets play with "the rest of the living world" |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #76 |
104. we need to "do something" about cats? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #76 |
111. we are not native species either |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
169. it's a benefit because it's the longing of all creatures to be free |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
62. People have no idea just how overrun with rodents they'd be |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Only in very limited circumstances |
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pinstikfartherin (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
91. My mom's Sheltie Taffy (RIP) used to kill mice. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Why don't those lazy cats just get a job? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. One wonders where you get your statistics |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
69. I got that from, my vet who in turn got in from veterinary college. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. So you want to question my source but you can't even come up with one of your own? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. I'm curious |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
139. your expectation about feral cats is wrong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Presumably because some of us have the common sense |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. so do some animals |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
101. Hence the term "roadkill". |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Yeah that number seemed off to me as well. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Thank you. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. yeah |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #71 |
172. yeah too |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
94. I think that is another issue all together. It is one of the |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #94 |
121. Pssst ... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Haha! True! |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. You mean ... |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
138. I currently have a 15YO barn cat. |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #138 |
173. That looks like the cat that comes around here day and night wanting my cats to come out and play. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #138 |
185. my hubbie had a barn cat that lived until she was 18 |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
162. Most indoor-only cats I've met are half nuts. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is no way our kitties would stay in. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because the two of mine I let out during the day (and bring in |
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Noodleboy13 (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Right. Tucker (at 10 yrs) can come and go in the summer, but |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think some of it is upbringing |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. My parents allowed cats outside. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I cannot answer that deep question |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I agree |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. I will say this pisses me off. I have had cats |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. The beagle killed a feral kitten last summer. I was devastated. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I was devastated when my doggie killed the cat. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. The situation on dogs and cats is a bit different |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
72. how do you know what makes cats happy? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. So you're the only one allowed to posses such knowledge? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
99. what you cite is nothing more than a position |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #99 |
115. It's a position based on the knowledge and experience of animal behaviorists |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. think of the "financial experts" and answer that question today |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Is that a version of... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. It was a rhetorical question that you answered with more obfuscation |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. HSUS has a lot to answer for |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. So what is natural about a cat living with a human in the first place? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #131 |
142. I don't argue nature; I argue choice |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. ad hominem is a pretty simple term |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. I wasn't asking; I know |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #150 |
163. Obviously you don't |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #163 |
177. nah |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #142 |
176. amen on choice |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #126 |
175. not obfuscation -- I would trust myself before I trust experts because so many experts |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
155. You're damned right! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
154. Brava! |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It makes them taste better? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Nice post, Michael Vick. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
134. My response to this thread was going to be |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #134 |
167. That was my first thought too but decided not to post it ! |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
153. That was my first snarky thought as well. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've done it in the past |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. My indoor/outdoor cat is 16 or 17 now |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't know why other people do it. I know why I allow mine to |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because too many cat "zealots"..... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That doesn't actually answer the question. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You're right, so I edited my post n/t |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well that goes for dog owners too. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. No, probably not. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Huh ... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I like pie |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Me too ... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Everything |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The edited version makes more sense ... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Ok, missed the first version |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. My orange cat is going on 15, outside all the time since age 4. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. The cats that feeds here were strays. Won't come in. Can't blame her. |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's dependent on the situation |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Everyone has to make their own decision about what's best |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You're right |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. you can vaccinate your cat against feline leukemia |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fitz has only been coming inside since December... |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
83. keep him in for 7-10 days after surgery |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #83 |
110. Will do... |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
47. My tortie adpoted us about 5 years ago from 3 houses down the street. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
50. there are too many cats as is... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. I have 2 cats and a dog |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
56. I knew of some people |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. ! |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. lol |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
59. Exercise and fun. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
60. because they enjoy it and i live in a low traffic area |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
63. my indoor/outdoor cat is 15 |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
65. We were adopted by a stray once. We could neither keep him in nor out. |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
66. I've had.... |
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octocat lady (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
73. Cats need fresh air...It's inhumane to lock up animals! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So one of your cats broke her legs, and the other got stuck in the |
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octocat lady (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Um...we got her out of the tree (clarifying)...And guess what? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Maybe while I am at it, I should also neuter and spay my kids. |
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octocat lady (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Do children reproduce? Do they have the same gestation rates? How about consciousness? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. for the kids, yes, certainly |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. You're simply perpetuating a myth |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #86 |
141. here are ASPCA facts about feral cats |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. its inhumane to let my cat get lost, get run over by traffic or break her legs |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
87. Because they're cats. (n/t) |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
89. Mine would go bonkers if I didn't let him out |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
90. I'm forced to keep my cats outside because my crazy ex hates cats |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. How on Earth can someone demand in divorce settlement |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. He's just got every warped perceptions of the world... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. You are divorced and no longer live together. I can't undersand |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #108 |
122. I second that there is no legal way that could be in a divorce settlement. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #90 |
127. I know this isn't cool to say, but, honestly, I hate people who hate cats. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
144. I almost feel that way about people who hate dogs. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Yeah, I just don't get that. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #90 |
145. Bullshit, there's no way a divorce settlement could say that |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
93. Oh pish. I have a 20 -year old cat who has always lived outdoors. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
98. Free range tastes better |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
102. my cat free-roams and is well into her teens |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
103. Owners that allow their cats out are being irresponsible. |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
105. Because they hate wild songbird populations |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
106. Chaucer stays in the house full time. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
107. A Free-Ranging Cat Would Last About 3 Days In My Neighborhood. |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
109. We've ALWAYS had indoor cats... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
112. I have a cat who is indoor / outdoor |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #112 |
130. Does he have a sister cat named Magenta? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. LOL |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
113. You don't let your child play in the street. Why would you put your precious pet in the same danger? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
114. . |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #114 |
143. I am guessing that is why this thread was started. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
117. Becuase they're animals. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
118. My indoor-outdoor cats... |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
120. Why do people like to pour salt in other people's wounds? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Because, like french fries, they'd otherwise taste pretty bland? |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
129. We have 8 cats. We live in the mountains. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
132. Is longevity preferable to quality of life? I assume these figures include abandoned cats |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #132 |
146. But people like me feel guilty that someone else's cat |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
135. free range cats are tastier. that's why nt |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
136. Our kitty is free to come and go. Has been for 12 years. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #136 |
158. I have seen my dogs stretch a cat's bowels out twenty feet in an instant! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #136 |
165. anyone who would risk their cat being run over by a car is the real asshole. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #165 |
174. "Born free, as free as the wind blows... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #174 |
178. domesticated animals are hardly born free. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #178 |
179. I think kitties are the exception... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #179 |
180. including under cars. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Yeah it can happen. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #181 |
182. sweetie is right. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. If you ever come visit, you can be entertained by our rabbits... |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
140. my cat was feral, and she is unhappy unless she can go outside |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #140 |
170. i think its different when you own a true feral cos those cats can take care of themselves |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
151. Because they don't love them enough to be responsible! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
159. Mine goes out every day-on a leash |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
161. Mine catch mice at our rural place. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
166. You're right it sucks but.... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
171. Cats are free-roaming animals. |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
184. Even ferals in managed colonies live longer than three |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
186. Because they are clueless, selfish bastards that don't understand the harm they are doing |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
187. My cat was a wandering vagabond and lived 20 years |
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