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I like my friend's cat but I would be uncomfortable owning one myself due to the damage they do to wildlife e.g small birds and rodents.
It's in their nature to hunt of course, and that cannot be helped, but for me it wouldn't be a reasonable trade off just so I could have a fluffy pet. Much rather have a dog
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This man's best friend they aint.
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The communal gardens where my late mum lived, used to be an oasis for birds..
Unfortunately, one cat became two, then three, then four and more. They soon began fighting with each other.. scared off the birds and chased after squirrels.. i did manage to spot a Scottish wildcat from her kitchen window over a two day period in August 2013.. It was stunning.. Wish I took a picture of that sighting, considering it was in Glasgow.. Anyway.. This story does not surprise me.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...s-us-academic/ "Kill all stray cats and keep the rest indoors, says US academic" |
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...i did manage to spot a Scottish wildcat from her kitchen window over a two day period in August 2013.. It was stunning.. Wish I took a picture of that sighting, considering it was in Glasgow..
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Anyway..
This story does not surprise me.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...s-us-academic/ "Kill all stray cats and keep the rest indoors, says US academic" |
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its size and the markings on its coat (head, body and tail) match pictures of the Scottish wildcat.. it never came back on the third day which is why i regret not filming it on my ipad when i had the opportunity..
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I think the only real difference an amature can spot is the tail - wildcat is bushy at the end, domestic cat narrows to a point. The coat is pretty much the same as a tabby.
There are lots of cross breeds though - thats why the true wildcat is pretty much gone, too much interbreeding for those left to be considered wildcat rather than domestic. |
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Hi,
The thread seems to have evolved into "cats kill things, so they are horrible" but that wasn't the point of the thread. The Beast was a prolific hunter, I didn't like it, but that is what cats do, equally he would snarf them down, which squares the circle for me, as it is in line with my view that if we want to eat meat it has to be killed, but we should eat it all of it (I love offal, all of it) and not just kill for the hunt, or eat the nice looking bits. And If we want to get into bad traits, I haven't seen a news report recently about a cat savaging anyone to death. But back to the thread theme, although I tend to anthromophosis (sp) but... We both miss each other; If I worked way for a few days, I am told he used to wait on the driveway at night for me, and he would have a temporary hump with me when I finally came home ![]() We have our bash faces thing, which he doesn't do with anyone else. If the OH is holding him, and I come into the room, he will want to come to me. There is a bond, whether his little feline brain sees it as friendship, who knows
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I love cats.
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