"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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Awful as it is when it happens to your pet, it's not as if they were
actually trying to kill your cat. I'd even say that its a case of the pot
calling the kettle black if you let your cat roam loose in a bird
sanctuary
and then get upset that people snare birds there. Here in Canada, the
single thing most threatening songbirds is roaming house cats. Are Guinea
fowl even native? If not, you could even say that people catching them
were doing a service - if they could guarantee not to kill anything else.

Derek, yes, I absolutely agree with you, you make many valid points. Here in
South Africa in the 'gardening scene' cats are a mighty contentious issue.
In some of the local gardening magazines ppl have even gone as far to label
cats as 'serial killers', a tad heavy but their view nonetheless. You either
LOVE cats or hate them, no grey areas there.

Derek, this is a third world country, and although we don't have Lions and
Giraffes roaming our back gardens (as many foreigners think) its pretty damn
wild here in Africa, who's to say that they WERE'NT hunting for cats?
Possibly they were, you never know. You have to see it to believe it!


It's a bird sanctuary. There's no way she's learned a lesson that would
teach her to "stay out". She is, though, a cat. She might be less likely
to be snared. The only way to keep a cat safe, is to keep it indoors.
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derek

Indeed, Nedra's advice aswell. The GF and I have decided that the cats can
have the best of both worlds. They are free to roam during the day (when its
so hot they mostly laze around anyway, then at perhaps 6-7 o clock we will
lock them in for the night, this at least will give them some sort of outlet
to do their 'business' and at night when the hunter in them awakens they
will be indoors. Perhaps not the most perfect strategy but i just could'nt
keep them locked up all day long. Thanks for your insightful comments. May
you have a well deserved weekend.
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**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**