Apology

thanks footloose, Now i know what trolling is.
shane.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Footloose. I understand that feral cats can be a problem to wildlife, but i must say, that my cats are extremely well behaved, and that they are well trained & kept on a leash at all times. I have taken them on several camping trips with me over the years & not once had a problem with them. Perhaps some people should take a look at what other idiots are doing to the environment, but thats another debate :)

Cisco

Jim (Footy) is being very diplomatic. Trolling is more about posting an inflammatory topic to incite arguments and verbal battle. These generally degenerate into abuse, insults and general behaviour that would not occur on a face to face basis.

Such is the way of forums. The moderators here have tightened it up and the forum is the better for it.

Cheers,

Jim.

Gday Jim
Maybe Ciscocat should have a look at the "Pussy Willow" outside William Creek
Murray

sorry but im yet to see any cat that wont kill anything that moves (yes plenty are also claimed to be very well behaved - but they still kill anything that moves)

whats more they are carriers of toxoplasmaosis which is present in their faeces. native animals have little resistence to it.

there are just too many reasons to not own a cat and the idea of taking one out bush just boggles my mind

this probabally says it all


Do cats harm wildlife?
All cats, even well-fed pet cats, can kill wildlife. In Victoria, on average, each pet can kill 25 creatures every year; this adds up to 12.5 million creatures every year. At the same time, feral cats eat the equivalent of seven native rosellas each week, over 70 million creatures each year.

Most wildlife killed by roaming pet cats is often caught just outside the back door. All cats, including your pet cat, hunt by instinct. Often a captured bird or possum will appear undamaged but, almost certainly, it will die within 36 hours from shock or infection. Cats’ mouths are hot-beds of bacteria. One bite to a native animal leads to rapid spread of infection against which it has little resistance. Cats carry Toxoplasmosis, a disease which can devastate wildlife populations

Chaps,

Make no mistake, I despise Cats and think the miserable beasts should be considered as vermin.

I was just defining trolling, but will accept that Cisco may be one of the few responsible Cat owners.

Cheers,

Jim.

Obviosly not if they even contemplate taking their cat camping

If a third of the worlds pop has Toxoplasmosis ???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

get outmore, are you one of the persons that likes to inflame posts?

Cisco

get outmore, sorry to correct you, but, this post was never about cats, this post was a personal apology from myself. Please stick to the topic at hand so that my post doesnt get moderated again.
Thank you.

Cisco

Im nort intentionally inflaming anything but i love the bush and wildlife and theres no way i can read mention of taking a cat out camping without firing up

Thanks Shane.

Cisco

You've hit the nail exactly on the head Dick and we would all do well to take note.Well put.

Cheers Mick

I however became inflamed.... I must keep my eyes open to people who troll and not get sucked in!

My brother owns FOUR cats... lets them out of an evening if they want to go out. I can barely stand to visit. His back garden has nothing left alive... but neither does most of the Merri Creek.... His neighbours also have cats roaming. AAAARRRGGGHHH!


There I go getting inflamed again.

Sandman, thank you for your reply, i wasn't aware that Lake Eyre is a national park.

Cisco

Royce, you illustrate once again that cats have people. Most often irresponsible people.

Hello Motherhen, i tried that last night and did recieve a reply saying that my post had been reinstated, but its not there.

Cisco

Who has a dog???

I have a friend who is agnostic, and dyslexic.

He daily ponders the question:

Is there really a Dog?

Agreed. Mine are workers and kept in control.

Youd think by 50 I could count - rollseyes - that should have read 'eats at least two native animals a day" to equal 40 million native animals a day.

I still have a vid copy of the doco all these years later but Video players to view it on are few and far between, one day i should get it transcribed to a DVD.

Apologies - I hate to "misquote" anyone with the credibility of Harry Butler OBE, even if it was an unintentional typing slip.

I guess it's called getting old!

Cheers.

Flywest, I would PM (Personal Message) you but you need to cough up with the readies and become a member.

If you are down Mandurah way drop that video in and I'll put it onto a DVD for you. Only takes an hour or so.

cheers

Good onya Daza. Keep up the good work.