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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016

    New Zealand cat-killing competition for children axed after backlash

    Possibly an unfortunate turn of phrase in the headline?  To give some context, NZ apparently has a constant battle with feral cats killing native wildlife, and destroying feral cats is actively encouraged.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:

    New Zealand cat-killing competition for children axed after backlash

    Possibly an unfortunate turn of phrase in the headline?  To give some context, NZ apparently has a constant battle with feral cats killing native wildlife, and destroying feral cats is actively encouraged.
    Sounds like an excellent idea
    Devon.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Oh!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • We took the kids to a farm park that also has a large owl collection. They had some young Eagle Owlets there and I don't think I've ever identified with an animal more than this.

    So is it the scruffy hair, the beady eyes, the long toe-nails, or the helplessness of the animal, that you identify with? o:)
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
     Having reared various Owls myself, it's that seemingly "knowing" look as the eyes follow you around - particularly when it's dinner time  :D 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I bought one of those indestructible ZZ plants. I think I'm destructing it🙁
    Watering correctly, I think. Moved it from North window to South facing room but out of sun. Leaves were going spotty yellow..  I'm peeved.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    I don't know where to put this... and I don't wish to give oxygen to a troll, as they live for strife.... but what can be done about that poster? I believe this person- poses as a he, but there is no reason to believe its own fantasy version of itself- has at least one sock account / alt. It is nothing but rude, including snidely attacking a post by a lady who had mentioned her own disabilities - yet this poster remains.

    Yes, it can be placed on ignore, but for mods to ignore the attacks, tolerate sock-puppeting, and so on, will drive away new, genuine posters and eventually kill the site. Otherwise interesting threads are regularly being derailed by people challenging the troll, which of course is all grist to its mill.

    I skim-read a post a few months ago about a new editor for this site- was her name Catherine? Kathy? I can't find the info now- but I would like to know whether this poster has been brought to her attention and what will be done about it.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    Whoops, have put this on the wrong thread- sorry.
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