Re: What, no one is interested in watching the corn grow?


"Phyllis Nilsson" <phyllisnilsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>I think it is because of sanitary reasons in the transport as well
>as the centers. I saw a shot yesterday of a shelter for animals as
>well with crates, cages, etc. Not being an animal person, I
>wouldn't be able to understand putting my life at risk because they
>couldn't come with me. Animals are very good at taking care of
>themselves when they have to. My sister (who is definitely an
>animal person) says it is instinct.
>
WADR, your sister is wrong. While domesticated animals still engage
in many instinctual behaviors, hunting is a skill which must be
taught during their early months. Instinct may tell them to look
for prey, but they haven't the foggiest idea of where to find it,
how to stalk it effectively, and what to do when they catch it. My
cats wouldn't have the slightest idea of how to deal with anything
bigger or faster than a spider. That's one of the problems with
people who abandon animals out in the country. Residents of those
areas frequently find them starving or dead from starvation and
disease, right near where they were abandoned, still waiting for
their owners to return for them.

Part of the problem is that domesticated cats and dogs never develop
into a true adult state. They stop in a sort of perpetual
adolescence, friendly and trusting, more interested in playing than
hunting, and never prepared to go ferel.

Eliyahu


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