06-19-2013, 05:29 AM
Oink, you're a pip. I'm gonna read all that? Ha Ha. You don't have to pay attention to me either.
As far as cats and birds are concerned, of course this is a complex issue. One's morals and ethics are constantly being challenged by circumstance. I certainly don't expect or need anyone to understand my point of view. In my life, killing is never the answer. Call me anything you want, but I don't even swat mosquitoes. I don't think killing or violence of any kind are ever the answer although I am not perfect in this regard. As caretakers, we, as humans have a responsibility to fix what we break. We are all responsible.
Of course cats kill birds and yes, sometimes they kill for what someone called fun. It's their nature and how they survive so well. They will long outlive us. Far more damage to our bird populations is being done by us. Extinctions (five since I've been here) are caused by humans so why not kill us as well. Another extinction is now inevitable and was preventable until fairly recently. But the hunters insist on having their ungulates for sport on the slopes of Mauna Loa where the palila live. All it would have taken was a fence but the hunters are paid well to take tourists and to point to where they can kill a sheep. Killing cats at the dump will be nothing but sport. If that's what turns you on, admit it but don't pretend you are curing the problem.
As far as cats and birds are concerned, of course this is a complex issue. One's morals and ethics are constantly being challenged by circumstance. I certainly don't expect or need anyone to understand my point of view. In my life, killing is never the answer. Call me anything you want, but I don't even swat mosquitoes. I don't think killing or violence of any kind are ever the answer although I am not perfect in this regard. As caretakers, we, as humans have a responsibility to fix what we break. We are all responsible.
Of course cats kill birds and yes, sometimes they kill for what someone called fun. It's their nature and how they survive so well. They will long outlive us. Far more damage to our bird populations is being done by us. Extinctions (five since I've been here) are caused by humans so why not kill us as well. Another extinction is now inevitable and was preventable until fairly recently. But the hunters insist on having their ungulates for sport on the slopes of Mauna Loa where the palila live. All it would have taken was a fence but the hunters are paid well to take tourists and to point to where they can kill a sheep. Killing cats at the dump will be nothing but sport. If that's what turns you on, admit it but don't pretend you are curing the problem.