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Alan;812051 Wrote:

Why is it that the 'final solution' is suggested for foxes but when
people ask about other vermin such as the cat a different approach is
always suggested. Cats do a lot more damage in an urban environment
than
foxes ever will.

The cat, (another foreign import),

Well, the domestic moggie, anyway. There *ARE* indigenous wild cats, and
they are far more lethal hunters than feral pets. They are protected,
thank goodness.

Many (many) years ago when I was a gillie on a deerstalking estate in
Inverness-shire, I decided on a Sunday (no stalking on a Sunday) to
investigate a great heap of boulders at the bottom of a precipice on
Creag Meggidh, some of the rocks were the size of half a house.

The lower half of the heap was covered with smaller fallen stones,
gravel, earth and peat, which meant one could climb down deep beneath
the 'ground' level.

Hoping to find interesting things - bones, stone tools perhaps, even
weapons stashed after the (17)'45, I started to descend.

I heard the sound of kittens...

I'll tell you, I came out of there one whole lot quicker than I went in.

affects both town and country
alike,
exacting a heavy toll upon our native songbirds every year.
If fact, were it not for the foxes, we might be up to our knees in
semi-feral moggies.

I think that is a bit of an exaggeration, but almost a valid point.

But the situation is somewhat different, they are not a native wild
species, and at some point were allegedly someones domestic pet,
ie someone was responsible for it.

Unfortunately, cats don't have owners, they have servants.

O.K., make it illegal to pass on or sell any cat that has not been
'doctored',
stop them breeding out of control.

Now, I wouldn't quarrel with that, but I rather think that if anyone
tried, they'd wish rather that they'd stirred a hornets' nest with a big
stick...

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Rusty
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