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Thanks to the cat people, who let their felines roam, I now have some orphaned baby house wrens in my yard. These birds, through no fault of there own, are now going to die without their parent to feed them. It's not cute to have your cat kill birds, snakes, etc. anymore than it would be cute if my dog were to roam around killing cats. Please keep your cats indoors, where they won't be getting run over by cars or killing birds. Wildlife have a hard enough time surviving without being slaughtered for your pet's entertainment.
22 Comments
geefin (Registered User)
Oops! I didn't mean to vote for this. This is a rather silly topic. Cats kill birds, birds kill insects, insects kill other insects, and on and on. Isn't that how nature works?
Can we close this please?
raven (Guest)
Dave (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Annelies Gamble (Registered User)
Hi,
We understand that this is a matter of concern. Can you provide any constructive solutions that the city could implement in order to fix this problem?
Thank you,
Annelies
The SeeClickFix Team
John Holmes (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Pepe La (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
A few suggested solutions:
Cats Indoors! The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats
http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html
DogsyesCatsno (Guest)
Cait (Guest)
Dave (Guest)
Bells do not work, cats are silent hunters.
On another note has anyone considered what the human race does to this planet EVERY day?
Anonymous (Guest)
Good point Dave.
If you are interested in stopping your cat from getting birds, my friend swears by the CatBib! http://www.catgoods.com/index.php
Uncle Egg (Guest)
Cats eat birds. Now that I think about it, I eat birds, too.
The thing is, my cat goes out, finds the birds, chases them and kills them. The birds I eat are raised in windowless factory farms, fed growth hormones and antibiotics, slaughtered by machines, shrink-wrapped and sold in supermarkets.
Frankly, I think that if one of us should stop eating birds, it should be me. In the mean time, my cat should go on doing what nature dictates he should do, and I will be proud every time he leaves me a "gift" at the back door.
Get over it.
Anonymous (Guest)
Uncle Egg (Guest)
It is a federal offense for a person to kill migratory birds. Not so for a cat.
However, a person who maliciously kills an animal in the state of Connecticut (as you suggest) is subject to the state's animal cruelty laws, which can carry a five-year prison term.
So I strongly recommend members of the SCF community disregard the advice of the previous poster, who obviously has no idea what he/she is talking about.
Anonymous (Guest)
The Effects of Cat Predation on Wildlife
from the USFWS Migratory Bird Mangement Office
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/cats.htm
Anonymous (Guest)
Uncle Egg (Guest)
Annelies - The SeeClickFix Team (Guest)
Hello,
Thank you very much for using the SeeClickFix site. This issue has been publicly documented and will stay on record. However, I am going to close this issue as I think the discussion has broken down a bit. Please feel free to email me with any further questions at contact@seeclickfix.com.
Thanks,
Annelies
The SeeClickFix Team
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