Re: PETA Kills Animals

> And they don't compare with the local rescue service I volunteer for,
> where adoption rates run well over 95%. We have the time to foster
> feral kittens until they are socialized, treat injured and parasitized
> cats until well, and so on. However, unlike the pound, we also have the
> option of spaying and neutering feral unsocializable cats, then
> chipping, ear-clipping, and returning them to their catch-site if they
> were caught in well-nurished condition.



>>Maybe that's hard on the local bird population.


COMMENT:

No doubt, but I have the feeling that the birds and mice are more in
danger from the total population standard housecats that get outside
time, than from feral cats. Simply due to the numbers, and the fact
that cats hunt for "sport" as well as food. A lust for feathers and
flying stuff is written into their genes. They even have a "word" for
it. It's sort of a jaw-chatter.

I suppose if you're a "bird person," all this bugs you more. But I seem
to have less sympathy for animals in their natural wild, even if they
are cats. It's as though we have some extra responsiblity for animals
we've taken out of their normal environment and overbred. When
abandoned, they're in a truly impossible position without even the
chance of a bird or mouse.

Or it may be that if I thought hard about the plight of the average
animal in the wild, I really would go nuts. So I pretend "la-la-la-la"
that it's like Bambi out there.

SBH

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