On 6/7/07 09:58, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:20:30 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 5/7/07 19:35, in article , "Alan"
wrote:

In message , Sacha
wrote

Lots of cats are house cats and never, ever go outside. Dogs are either
let
out or taken out, I agree. Personally, I think it's cruel to keep cats
cooped up in a house all the time, looking through the window at the
wildlife! However, friends in e.g. USA have explained to me that their
cats
are house cats because of the number of predators that can harm them. Here
- apart from man, there are only two dangers I can think of for cats, dogs
and foxes.

Foxes are not a problem for cats otherwise there would be no problem
with the number of cats in my neighbourhood. There was a documentary on
TV some years ago about the urban fox. It showed a few encounters
between cats and the fox. They either avoided each other or the cat
always won.

Foxes will kill cats. I've had friends who have lost cats that way, e.g.
out on a wild and untamed piece of hillside above their house. I'm not
talking about urban foxes only - we have both cats and foxes in the
countryside, too!

A kitten we gave away was killed by a fox.

Buzzards will also take small cats, dogs and kittens.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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