Bloody Cats In Garden

[watson]

Just a reminder that if you find a post offensive, the way to notify the mods is to report the post which is done by clicking the red triangle with the black mark in the middle.
Otherwise, we'd be here reading everyword of everypost.
Thanks people

[Sturdee]

...posts advocating cruelty to any animals (whether tongue in cheek or no) should be deleted.

I didn't think any of these posts are tongue in cheek, else the posters would use smilies.

Anyway advocating culling of cats is not cruelty.


Peter.

[mic-d]

Just a reminder that if you find a post offensive, the way to notify the mods is to report the post which is done by clicking the red triangle with the black mark in the middle.
Otherwise, we'd be here reading everyword of everypost.
Thanks people

ah ok didn't know

Cheers
Michael

[Stuart]

I fully second Watson's post.

And along those lines, there are a number of subjects that I can't even be bothered reading past the title, either because it is the same old crap over and over (and no, I'm not referring to useful topics that happen to reoccur....), or because it looks like it will become so.

I've said this on a number of occasions, as much as there are 'formal' moderators, the forums have as many moderators as there are members. In some instances, a reply post will be enough, or sending a PM, or a reddie. As Watson has pointed out, report the post - might be worth reading the forum rules again because reporting is definitely documented there. You might not have the tools to lock a thread, delete posts, edit posts etc, but reporting it will result in it being read and considered by (typically) a number of moderators. The action taken may not always be visible either, there is a lot that happens in the background to keep this place running as smoothly as it does. If you report a post/thread, that post/thread WILL be assessed.

Do keep in mind, there are only a few moderators, and this place is HUGE.

[mic-d]

I didn't think any of these posts are tongue in cheek, else the posters would use smilies.

Anyway advocating culling of cats is not cruelty.


Peter.

No, but some methods suggested are.

I also should say that I'm all for culling feral cats in country areas. I grew up in the country and I used to hate cats in the same irrational way that some have voiced here. And I am not unaware of stark realities of life in the country. I grew up on a dairy farm and one of my enduring memories is of dropping litters of pups in a hessian bag into the waterhole on the way to school and burying them after school - several times. That's just the way the farm operated- I now know better. I also now know better that cats are not evil, devious, cruel creatures in any kind of cognizant way that a human can be cognizant of such things. Humans have a duty of care to the ecology which includes the humane treatment of all those mistakes we have introduced. In the city, I'd say the majority of stray cats are owned by one's neighbours. We've evolved the faculty of speech and communication, why not use it to educate those irresponsible owners (which might include highlighting your right to trap them and deliver them to the pound)

I ain't going to say anymore on the subject.
Cheers
Michael

[mic-d]

Do keep in mind, there are only a few moderators, and this place is HUGE.

amen to that. Too huge.

Cheers
Michael

[HappyHammer]

I ain't going to say anymore on the subject.
Cheers
Michael

amen to that. Too huge.

Cheers
Michael

Fibber

HH.

[journeyman Mick]

Fibber

HH.

Actually, he never said he wouldn't post any thing more to the thread, just that he wouldn't say any more on the subject.

Which he hasn't.

Mick

[smeds]

Go brickie you just might have hit the nail on the head, but to all the cat lovers out there in fantasy land Boo Hoo have a cry, i give full marks to those that do keep their fur balls in night and day, but those that have the attitude that they need to roam free like a wild beast and kill any other native animal that crosses its path, i have no sympathy for.
Why oh Why was that dumb animal thought of, at least a dog is a companion, cats only come to you when they need a feed

[Toolin Around]

Anyway advocating culling of cats is not cruelty.


Peter.

I Wouldn't say that. Simply because the authorities let it happen knowing that those that are most active in culling any sort of "feral" animal are bogans. They come up with all sorts of ways to torturing animals and do nothing to solve the problem (Trapping and or poisoning the animals on your small property does nothing to solve the problem. It only perpetuates cruelty. And in some sociopathic way makes you feel better). Putting pressure on the authorities to direct resources (money) towards finding a permanent solution is a far better idea, but that would limit your ability to get your jollies by slaughtering animals. Eg. Australia Zoo is working on a drug to sterilize female foxes - a permanent and HUMANE solution to the problem. Civilized people look for more humane solutions to the problem - one that has some hope of solving it.

Some great bogan examples

Cane toads shot out of spud guns. Only the defiantly and deliberately stupid would consider this a solution. But it does encourage their inbred offspring to be even worse sociopaths than they are.

Or this one. A (no longer) friend's four year old son runs up to me and says as I remove a cane toad from the path "we throw them against the wall to get rid of them" I says how many times do you have to throw it against the wall before it stops moving? He says "lots, they don't died easy." I think the look on my face to the father said all there needed to be said - a55hole, how could you teach your son that.

Or this one. I have someone espousing the virtues of pouring detol on cane toads to kill them. I ask what happens when you do this (already knowing the answer). "they wriggle all over the place and go crazy". Why do you think they do that. "Dunno says the wise woman". I says it's cause you are essentially chemically burning them to death. Same thing if i were to spray you from head to toe with acid. Her response (now you have to know she's quite educated - shes a lawyer) "Well how else am I going to get rid of these fu^king pests" As she says this she has a look like I just pi55ed on her birthday cake.

My supervisor only had one shot gun shell left to kill a large litter of kittens. His solution was to stand back a bit farther and let fly. But the noise and movement that he expected to come from the sake made him quickly run up with a shovel and bury what what was left so he wouldn't be troubled. Inbred is a compliment to an ass hole like this.

Or farmers that hang the half dead dingos and foxes on the fences in some sort of sick and twisted superstition that it'll ward off other dingos and foxes.

Or as the idiots have posted here home made poisons that take hours and sometime days to kill. If you are one that employs such methods, and you know who you are, you are truly a sad individual. But since it's you who I categorize as deliberately and defiantly stupid it's highly unlikely that you care - but in fact laugh about it.

Now to be fair I think that there needs to be solutions found to solve the infestation of feral animals but putting it in the hands of stupid people like the examples above should be disgusting repulsive to those that are of any sort of civilized nature.

[HappyHammer]

Just as a matter of interest how do you get rid of cane toads humanely?

HH.

[Eli]

Well it must be obvious by now Toolin' isn't a cane toad golfer. Are they any good to eat?

[Sturdee]

I Wouldn't say that .

I disagree.

As I said advocating culling of cats is not cruelty. Maybe the way some people may go about it is, but that is another subject.


Peter.

[smeds]

Happy Hammer, the supposed humane way to kill cane toads and this is advocated by the RSPCA is to put the toad in a plastic bag, place it in the freezer and the cold puts it to sleep and it dies. they say it causes it no pain. the only problem you have is to make sure you get the right piece of meat out for the barbie lol.

[Gra]

Well it must be obvious by now Toolin' isn't a cane toad golfer. Are they any good to eat?

Weres Wongo when you need him

Will solve both cat and toad problems


Where is the tongue in cheek smilie ?