Good for you happymarion, after all foxes need to kill in order to eat and are programmed to do what comes naturally. It may be in their nature to kill but it doesn't have to be in ours..
I'll admit that this is the first GW blog I've contributed to, purely as I feel so strongly about it.
Having seen friends lose their late grandfather's silkie bantams to a marauding cat - unlike the usual fox story - I feel it's important to voice my two penneth! Unfortunately for the cat concerned, it also broke into the same aviary a week later when they were fostering a rescued eagle owl. This had a very different outcome..
Given the wildlife that domestic cats massacre, the potential harm they do to me via my vegetable garden and my pet rabbit in her run, I believe they should be shot on sight. If it roams wild then its a wild animal and it deserves no better than a rat or a fox as they're all vermin.
wolfie cats are SEMI-wild they choose to live with their owners,they have the best of both worlds ( un like poor dogs etc )the LAW protects this as they are the only PET that is alowed to roam free! I think it is sad that some people get rid of anything they don't understand anything that is pecieved WILD or have little monetary value, before medicins were made artificialy they came from common WEEDS/plants ,sad to say that our natural larder will be gorn soon and with it cures for as yet unknown ill's........I could go on !
This is an issue that people are very unlikely to agree about. I'm sure if you go back far enough, dogs had a right to roam as well but if cats hadn't been living with us for as long as they had, things would be very different. It's a cultural norm rather than an essential need - don't forget that it's also the freedom to roam under cars, into locked sheds, snares set for rabbits etc.
Today they would undoubtedly be legislated under the Dangerous Wild Animals act that covers animals such as otters, lemurs and other, more predatory animals that people may want to keep as pets. This would mean secure escape-proof housing.
Foxes get blamed for a lot of things and I'm sure that many foxes get a bad rap for being seen with animals that are already dead. They're certainly scared of healthy cats in my experience and will withdraw from any confrontation with them.
Once apon a time humans had the right to roam too :-),that was untill the land was so called OWENED ! being that you can't take it with you and have to ask permission before you can do as you please with it ,he he ,it all seems a bit daft when you think of it ,especialy all we realy want is a cats life !!
I don't know spring has sprung - you're welcome to roam on my patch but I'd still have issue with you hunting my garden wildlife and relieving yourself on my seed beds
He he thanx I have a problem with SLUGS they drive me mad on my organic plot! I don't want to squash or poison the birds it's so annoying when you think you have a nice little crop comming on only to find THEY have decided to party the night before!Aaaaah ;-*
if people decide to have cats as pets, then its only right that, they ensure the cat is properly looked after in the owner's own space. afterall, i dont like to smell cat poo or touch it by accident, so why should i suffer both financially and emotionally for someone deciding to have a cat for a pet. i hate the bloody things with all my being.
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I'll admit that this is the first GW blog I've contributed to, purely as I feel so strongly about it.
Having seen friends lose their late grandfather's silkie bantams to a marauding cat - unlike the usual fox story - I feel it's important to voice my two penneth! Unfortunately for the cat concerned, it also broke into the same aviary a week later when they were fostering a rescued eagle owl. This had a very different outcome..
If it roams wild then its a wild animal and it deserves no better than a rat or a fox as they're all vermin.
I think it is sad that some people get rid of anything they don't understand anything that is pecieved WILD or have little monetary value, before medicins were made artificialy they came from common WEEDS/plants ,sad to say that our natural larder will be gorn soon and with it cures for as yet unknown ill's........I could go on !
Today they would undoubtedly be legislated under the Dangerous Wild Animals act that covers animals such as otters, lemurs and other, more predatory animals that people may want to keep as pets. This would mean secure escape-proof housing.
Foxes get blamed for a lot of things and I'm sure that many foxes get a bad rap for being seen with animals that are already dead. They're certainly scared of healthy cats in my experience and will withdraw from any confrontation with them.
I have a problem with SLUGS they drive me mad on my organic plot! I don't want to squash or poison the birds it's so annoying when you think you have a nice little crop comming on only to find THEY have decided to party the night before!Aaaaah ;-*
Let's live and let live, shall we?