Python Eats Cat: new law proposed

"Martin and Helen heard ‘blood-chilling cries’ emanating from their neighbour’s garden and immediately suspected that it was Wilbur. They were right! The RSPCA turned up and with some piece of hi-tech equipment detected the cat’s ID chip inside the python’s bulging stomach and the faintest, defeated, plaintive miaow. Laugh? At this point of the story I was paralytic with mirth and jubilation " but then I read on and a familiar irritation began to settle on my shoulders.

First, the Wadeys’ bizarre and unjust reaction in complaining about such an outcome. Like all cat owners they seem utterly without any notion of responsibility, either to their neighbours or indeed to the wildlife which surrounds them. Some 80 million wild birds and animals are killed by domesticated cats each year and this may well account at least partly for the rapid decline of some of our garden songbirds " the thrush, the dunnock, the starling, the house sparrow. Not to mention the water vole. But cat owners could not give a monkey’s " that’s nature, they argue, that’s what cats do, they decimate wildlife. "

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

Here's an article commenting upon the incident which I found amusing.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/5258993/lets-hear-it-for-the-python-that-had-the-civic-good-sense-to-eat-wilbur-the-cat.thtml

I saw a big mouth bass eat an alligator in Hi Definition.
I suspect that the alligator did not anticipate that.
He was probably surprized.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

I saw a domesticated dog chase down and eat a rooster last time I was at my dad's cabin in upstate New York. It was sort of surprising, given that the woods there are full of bear and bobcat, etc...that Monty the golden retriever from down the lane ended up being the death of this rooster.
At first I thought the rooster would escape - he kept running through the undergrowth and taking short little hopping 'flights' - but despite me throwing rocks and trying to distract Monty - he would not be deterred - he chased it until he brought it down and then seemed to really relish killing it.

I didn't really enjoy watching that part - although the whole episode was sad and fascinating at the same time. The poor rooster's squawks just got weaker and weaker and then total silence. I realized then that that was the first time I ever watched anything (other than a fish or an insect) be killed (in real life).

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@aidan,

Quote:

I realized then that that was the first time I ever watched anything (other than a fish or an insect) be killed (in real life).

I think I should have said: I realized then that that was the first time I HAD ever watched anything.....be killled....

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A zebra has more than one stripe
and a Golden Retriever has more than one aspect to his personality.

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A snake ate an alligator in a Florida swamp.

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

"Martin and Helen heard ‘blood-chilling cries’ emanating from their neighbour’s garden and immediately suspected that it was Wilbur. They were right! The RSPCA turned up and with some piece of hi-tech equipment detected the cat’s ID chip inside the python’s bulging stomach and the faintest, defeated, plaintive miaow. Laugh? At this point of the story I was paralytic with mirth and jubilation " but then I read on and a familiar irritation began to settle on my shoulders.

First, the Wadeys’ bizarre and unjust reaction in complaining about such an outcome. Like all cat owners they seem utterly without any notion of responsibility, either to their neighbours or indeed to the wildlife which surrounds them. Some 80 million wild birds and animals are killed by domesticated cats each year and this may well account at least partly for the rapid decline of some of our garden songbirds " the thrush, the dunnock, the starling, the house sparrow. Not to mention the water vole. But cat owners could not give a monkey’s " that’s nature, they argue, that’s what cats do, they decimate wildlife. "

Thay might have surgically opened the serpent
and removed the cat.

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Saw a turtle eat a pigeon. Bricks were shat.

T
K
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@Diest TKO,

How did it catch it?

btw I found a dead pigeon, on its back with its little feet pointing at the clouds, on our patio.
Closer inspection of the scene revealed a small round smudgemark with sone tiny feathers in the middle of the (closed) patio window.
Over to you, Sherlock.

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Better rendered:
How did he catch him ?

Neither come in neuter gender.
If thay were of neuter gender, thay 'd become extinct.

David

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@McTag,

I'll find the video. It was on Youtube.

T
K
O

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@Diest TKO,

I saw a pelican eat a pigeon.

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@DrewDad,

That Pelican had nice technique, but I think the Turtle wins for the quick kill. Word is that the Turtle learned this trick from the Crocodile.

Enjoy the music too. LOL.

T
K
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@McTag,

I have zero sympathy for people who let their cats roam outdoors and then complain when they go missing. Domestic cats belong in the house where they can destroy the furniture, vomit up hairballs and make the place stink like a subway station (yes, cat owners your houses smell like cat pee pee. People are lying when they tell you the new and improved cat litter is working - it's OK, we know you love them). Ferrel cats have no place at all. Can you tell I'm not a cat fan? - and I've been very fond of some.

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@DrewDad,

That pigeon was determined not to go quietly.

I once had a piece of rare steak which put up almost as much of a fight.

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@McTag,

Yeah - there's an old Texas saying my dad used to say when someone would ask him how he wanted his steak (he liked it rare)-

He'd say, 'Skin the cow and run it through the kitchen...'

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@Green Witch,

First of all, I didn't find the article amusing. Of course cat owners (I am one) should be responsible for keeping their pets under control, preferly indoors. My wife and I do, always have. I am all for charging owners of cats who let their animals roam, like dogs.

On the other hand, what is a big snake doing loose? No responsibility there?

As far as keeping cats (just like having any pets, like dogs), there can be potential problems, but we have not experienced most of what you list. When we had two cats, neither of them attacked the furniture, but used the large scratching post we provided. Yes, there is the odd hairball, but dogs barf, too.

As far as litterbox smell, it only smells if you do not regularly attend to it. Too many folks don't. We do this several times a day, every day (just like if you had to take a dog outdoors), and we do not have a smell problem with it, and I'm not lying. As well as removing the waste, we clean the actual box itself. If this is done, no problems occur. If you're lazy about it, yes, it won't smell fresh.

As with the ownership of any pet, if one isn't responsible, it can be a nuisance to others. Perhaps we are the exception.

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@Reyn,

I knew I was going to get kitty littler thrown at me for that post, but cats are a hot button issue here. I actually agree with what you are saying, Reyn, especially about the loose snake. I think I get steamed because I live in area where many cats are treated as farm tools and left to fend for themselves in barns or sheds. They kill a tremendous amount of wildlife. I really have not problem with them as indoor pets. I do speak from experience on the furniture issue, having had cats when I lived in a city apartment. You're lucky they like the scratching post - mine preferred the antique sofa and footstool no matter what I did to entice them away from it. The litter box issue is up for grabs. I swear I've never been surprised when someone told me there was a cat in residence, but yes, dogs stink too and some children and spouses do their share of perfuming the air as well. So if I'm ever invited to a tea at your home I will express proper surprise and delight when you kitties come to greet me. Pax.

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@Green Witch,

Green Witch wrote:

[...] I think I get steamed because I live in area where many cats are treated as farm tools and left to fend for themselves in barns or sheds. [...]

This is wrong for folks to do this. It's not unusual for owners to abandon their cats in rural areas. They refuse to take responsibility, which again, happens far too often. I'd be all in favour of charging people caught doing this. It only makes matters worse.

Unfortunately, it's the animals that suffer from various things.

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