COMMENT 231245
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2011-11-09 10:17 AM |
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Poor Birdie, what a way to start the day.
Thanks for being his/her hero.
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COMMENT 231252
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2011-11-09 10:30 AM |
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what if that cat needed that meal to live? survival of the fittest...
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COMMENT 231258P
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2011-11-09 10:45 AM |
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uhhh ok but what about the cycle of life? what if someone snatched that piece of chicken out of your mouth next time you sat down to dinner?
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COMMENT 231261
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2011-11-09 10:48 AM |
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awww well I guess that bird lives to see another day before another hungry kitty eats it. How do you know it was a feral cat and not just a naughty, hungry outdoor kitty?
that bird might have been intended as both a snack AND a present for its owner.
:D
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COMMENT 231268
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2011-11-09 10:59 AM |
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That bird was obviously someone's pet that flew the coop. Good job rescuing it from the cat... which can find another source of food. Maybe the cat can ask for handouts in front of CVS or some other business on State... or at the beginning of freeway onramps... seems to work for a lot of the "other" cats in this town.
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COMMENT 231269
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2011-11-09 11:04 AM |
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231252 If that cat can't find anything else to eat then it isn't very fit, is it? And Darwin's "survival of the fittest" is descriptive, not prescriptive ... there is no basis for arguing that human ethics should be ruled by it. And it is generally misunderstood -- in biology, fitness has nothing to do with violence or ruthlessness, it is a measure of the ability of an organism or population of organisms to produce viable offspring. The most fit cats are those that have taken advantage of human society by becoming domesticated.
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COMMENT 231278
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2011-11-09 11:20 AM |
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OP here. Calm down people. I feed the feral cats. They had already had breakfast and they'll have dinner too. No need to eat birds in my neighborhood.
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COMMENT 231288
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2011-11-09 11:40 AM |
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Yay for both 269 & Angelica! One's wisdom & another's good heart made me smile this morning. :)
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COMMENT 231312P
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2011-11-09 12:51 PM |
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Thanks Angelica for your good dead! Please don't listen to those negative posters, as I believe the majority of us are happy to read about your heroism. (Not only in saving the bird, but in feeding the wild cats.) Smile.
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COMMENT 231325P
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2011-11-09 01:30 PM |
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I think the bird was a present from the cat to you, Angelica!
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COMMENT 231339
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2011-11-09 02:07 PM |
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But they're mighty good eatin' for the pennies they cost!
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COMMENT 231344
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2011-11-09 02:22 PM |
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So ANGELICA is feeding feral cats. Wonderful. I assume you also feed the raccoons and opossums. I'm glad I don't live next door to you.
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COMMENT 231374
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2011-11-09 03:07 PM |
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I'm really glad I don't live next door to 344...
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COMMENT 231464
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2011-11-09 05:36 PM |
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feral cats chase birds regardless of whether they've been fed.
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COMMENT 231494
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2011-11-09 06:44 PM |
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Good job. And what's with these new negative posters? I see a pattern of two of them commenting on everyone's posts and finding something nasty to say on any topic. This isn't the site for that.
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COMMENT 231521
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2011-11-09 09:38 PM |
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Ecologists and wildlife advocates want domestic cats out of native environments, because of their destruction to other native wildlife including birds, rodents, small mammals, lizards and other creatures. Cats hunt whether they are hungry or not. Keeping the kitties (introduced by us and then abandoned) in the wild and citing "survival of the fittest" dooms both them and the local song birds. Not to mention lizards.
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COMMENT 231559
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2011-11-10 07:17 AM |
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Cockatiels escape and get eaten by hawks often. They flail and squeal when they fly and make easy targets. This one is lucky you found him. I always feel sorry for the owners who post lost bird signs. Cockatiels are usually eaten within minutes of escaping. I've seen it myself.
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COMMENT 231597
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2011-11-10 08:37 AM |
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ALL cats are feral and keep humans as pets, we do everything they want! And they purr their thanks.
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COMMENT 231622
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2011-11-10 09:18 AM |
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Feral cats should be euthanized, not fed. They do a lot of damage to wildlife.
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COMMENT 231726P
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2011-11-10 01:35 PM |
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622 Feral humans should be treated the same!
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COMMENT 231806
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2011-11-10 06:28 PM |
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I prefer the trap/release after neutering.
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