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Why do gardeners hate cats?
Okay, so I've done a bit of googling and snooping in the posts in this
group to find out why. There's much talk about "crap" and "poo" - but are you sure it's not HEDGEHOGS that are doing the dirty? We have an office/workshop surrounded by fields and allotment gardens / community gardens. Often, cats come by and especially in the winter when it's really cold (I live in Switzerland) I feed them, thinking (wrongly) that if they don't have a collar they must be wild/stray cats. Come summer, many of the garden allotment folks also feed the cats with barbeque sausages etc., but others poison them or, as one gardener told me, he "presses their heads down into the soil until they are kaputt". Over the past 6 years, over 12 cats suddenly disappeared: on this page there is a pixture of our "gazebo" on our parking lot, where I have potted plants, and the only animals who crap there are said hedgehogs. The cats were always very tidy: http://roundtablespage.tvheaven.com/photo.html Latest disappearance victim is my own cat Büsli who was not only sweet and affectionate and followed me round like a dog, but was also an expert mouse-catcher - very useful as we have food in ourfice/workshop: http://roundtablespage.tvheaven.com/photo2.html so I'm wondering - do gardeners WANT mice? I just don't understand the fuss. If you like nature, surely you like nature's creatures - especially such useful ones and low-maintenance ones! Melanie |
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