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Phil Cook wrote:
On 23/09/2013 11:14, Jake wrote:
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:16:21 +0100, David Rance

I guess, though, the feral cat population in the country is a lot
more aggressive. I've stayed on a farm where feral cats were almost
encouraged to breed profusely in the barn simply because they took
care of rodents in the vicinity. Those cats, which were never fed,
could hold their own against the farm dogs and I was warned not to
approach them as they would most likely seem friendly only because
they were working out if I was edible or not.

They sound like Horse from Footrot Flats. :-)

Nice to hear of that again!

Actually, I think that's maligning the cats. They are probably
merely sizing you up according to whether you are carrying any
food, and are therefore worth mugging. I am sure that any fingers
they remove would be purely collateral damage, though they would
probably not reject them as a bonus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.