05-20-2014, 05:53 AM
http://www.kittycams.uga.edu/other/Loyd%...202013.pdf
Nana Valley:
According to these folks at Kittycams.uga, you are dead wrong about cats bringing home their kills. They leave half of them out there and 3/4 of the kills were thrill-killings for sport (not eaten). As for believing the "cat woman", which one? The majority of those to whom that title is normally assigned are out there doing TNR and they all claim that feeding makes the cats less likely to kill. Sounds like your cat woman agrees with those who are against TNR. Feeding just supports a population of killers and makes them better at it.
This type of inconsistency is what I meant earlier when I referred to not doing even basic reality checks. TNR advocates typically say whatever sounds catchy in the heat of the moment or what will play well to the torch and pitchfork wielding mob (thanks terracore) without cross-referencing it against what else has been said. It is not surprising that no accommodation has been made for reality either.
Nana Valley:
According to these folks at Kittycams.uga, you are dead wrong about cats bringing home their kills. They leave half of them out there and 3/4 of the kills were thrill-killings for sport (not eaten). As for believing the "cat woman", which one? The majority of those to whom that title is normally assigned are out there doing TNR and they all claim that feeding makes the cats less likely to kill. Sounds like your cat woman agrees with those who are against TNR. Feeding just supports a population of killers and makes them better at it.
This type of inconsistency is what I meant earlier when I referred to not doing even basic reality checks. TNR advocates typically say whatever sounds catchy in the heat of the moment or what will play well to the torch and pitchfork wielding mob (thanks terracore) without cross-referencing it against what else has been said. It is not surprising that no accommodation has been made for reality either.