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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:20 PM Original message |
Do Mockingbirds "Fly Over the Rainbow Bridge?" |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. The rainbow bridge is for all animals!! And I do think they just fly right over it! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thank you, Dear. I figure I'm in for another session of... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Manifesto for a feral cat-free world |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes shooting cats is the answer! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You, of course are for allowing the cats to kill all our wildlife? |
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Mrs. Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Enjoy Rhetorical Hyperbole Much? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I would like to hear just once how the TNR position is defensible. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. domestic cats are NOT part of North American nature, and when they're fed by humans |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You're right, Muttocracy, and they're competing unfairly with... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. the wolves are analogous to the birds, the domestic cat is analogous to domestic sheep. nt |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Feral and roaming Cat Enablers say: "Killing is not the answer!" |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. The "Vacuum Myth" Cat Enablers swear by. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. This "Odious Cat Hater" has compassion for cats? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Another mockingbird fan here |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Kudos, Duer. You saved a good bird! We were practiced... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I had done it one time prior, with a difference type tho |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Good for you! I have literally helped feed thousands of orphans... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes. n/t |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank you, this little guy was not a pet of course, but we loved him. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm sure they do. And as a cat lover I'll second your advice to keep cats indoors. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you, Skip Intro. I'm so glad I started this thread. There is... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I am too. Common ground for sure. They're both awesome creatures. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The little guy was brave and we saved him from whichever... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. For anyone hand feeding small birds or mammals, these pipettes... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. Are you an advocate for birds? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
22. Cats and Wildlife... A Conservation Dilemma |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap–Neuter–Return |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. FERAL AND FREE-RANGING DOMESTIC CATS |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, birds do fly over the rainbow bridge |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. From the size it appears to be a juvenile. Yes, it is sad. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. More Feral Cat Information |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. "No Kill" with TNR? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Trap, Neuter, Return a humane and compassionate plan? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. Condolences to a friend on the loss of his nesting birds. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
33. Spam spam spam |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. How many kitty pictures are posted each day here? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. My thanks to the supporter who PMed me. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. Anthropomorphism: definition and deadly results! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. My responses to a cat enabler's rhetoric. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
38. Are concerns for our ecology valued here? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. padding your post count again? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, I enjoy being called an odious cat hater. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Are you a bird hater? Signed, Just Wondering... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
44. Dr. Julie Levy supports TNR... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. Animal Advocates... Animal Lovers... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Study: Cat Parasite Affects Human Culture |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
47. Feral cats are NOT wildlife in need of support |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
48. I feed mockingbirds to my cats. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. In that case you may be interested in this story... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Not really interested. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I figured my cat is doing his part to weed out the weak and stupid |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. No, not at all. It means the bird evolved with no fear of domestic cats. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Then it's time to fix that evolutionary mistake |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Five birds times one hundred million or so feral and roaming cats? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You know what's really destroying birds? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Rodent explosion? Read this scientific study, please. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. How about just admitting that HUMANS are the biggest threat to birds (and other wildlife)? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Yes, humans are the biggest threat, and humans excusing... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Honestly, I think you have more of an issue with cats than anything else |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I have an issue with birds being killed in my yard... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. So you're ignoring the larger issues to focus on cats, which you hate? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Whether I "hate cats" or not is not relevant. What is relevant is... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. By ignoring the bigger issue |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. You ask me to ignore cats killing nesting birds in my yard? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. How do you solve that problem? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. With a Havahart trap and trips to the SPCA. A neighbor feeds them. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Logical. Survival of the fittest and all. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Precisely |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. They're illegal aliens, ya know. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Fuck the stupid birds? Not ecology minded, huh? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Not with regards to the birds too stupid to get caught. |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. I would like to think they do! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Thank you, yes, yes, they have. |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. One really has to wonder, though |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Shhh...don't say that |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I would ask why you choose to ignore it? I can't. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Apparently, so are cats |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Why would I raise feral kittens in my house and find them homes... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. You've posted before that you think they should be euthanized instead of TNR |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Not to mention this and other obsessive threads about it. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I am trying to prevent the extinction of more species of our fauna. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. What about the bigger issues of habitat loss and pollution? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. While SPAMMING DU is commendable and valient, I doubt it's real effective. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. +1 |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Despite your responses, some have agreed with me. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. TNR doesn't work. It doesn't stop the killing! The bird killing goes on, |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. You keep ignoring the bigger issue |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. You choose to ignore the cats killing the birds, why? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Because I think the bigger issues of habitat destruction and pollution are where to focus |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Please explain how that makes you right and me wrong? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
91. Trap, neuter Release Guru admits results don't work quickly. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
92. Feral cats are NOT wildlife in need of support |
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