"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Baz" wrote in message
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Sacha wrote in :

to fights and name calling.
Others join in and the whole insoluble merryg-round starts again with
no realistic outcome! That is the stuff I referred to.

I do know that the whole cat issue is a difficult and emotive one for
a lot of people and while I've never suffered from it - probably
because I've always had dogs - I have sympathy with peoples'
frustrations. But I could never, ever condone cruelty to a cat just
because it was doing what cats do. I think it's a recognised fact
that cats can't be 'controlled' in the way that dogs can be. I don't
know how a cat owner can stop a very determined cat leaving its own
garden, whereas most dogs can be fenced in.

Point taken, Sacha.

I have to say though, if a person cannot control their "pet", then as you
say it is uncontrollable, making it unsuitable as a domestic pet if you
let
it out of the house.

How do you suggest we control cats, keeping them inside all the time like
they often do in America? That's a dreadful life for them.
I think people need to realise that as much as anyone thinks it's their
right to garden, it's also
other people's right to keep cats. Without gardeners on here threatening
to kill them by antifreeze in their food. I would never live with myself
if I killed someone's pet for the sake of a few ferking seeds.

There is a parallel arguement regarding pigeon fanciers ( at least some of
them). So many Peregrine Falcons have been persecuted by pigeon fanciers
because the falcons predate on their prize birds,

For "some Fanciers" read "some gardeners", for gardens and plants read
pigeons and for cats read Peregrine Falcons.

You will always get selfish intolerant and cruel peole in society.

Bill