Chicken killing dog is back

[paganfish]

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You are right...to some degree.

I didn't mean to say that ALL cats have a better chance than ALL dogs. What I meant to say is that MOST cats have a better chance than ANY dog. Cats will go feral and do NOT rely on a pack to hunt as do dogs. This much is true!

When I said this it was made in reference to the success in a hunt for food. A cat has a higher likelihood of successfully hunting for itself than a dog. For the very reasons I mentioned above.

There are factors to consider and yes you are right not ALL cats will survive in the wild and I'm not encouraging they be LEFT in the wild (I do cat rescue. I have a couple of feral I am feeding in my barn that someone just left in the neighboring farm and they mossied their way here.)I apologize if it came out any other way.

I was merely using comparisons.

Pedro

 

[ORChick]

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You are right...to some degree.

I didn't mean to say that ALL cats have a better chance than ALL dogs. What I meant to say is that MOST cats have a better chance than ANY dog. Cats will go feral and do NOT rely on a pack to hunt as do dogs. This much is true!

When I said this it was made in reference to the success in a hunt for food. A cat has a higher likelihood of successfully hunting for itself than a dog. For the very reasons I mentioned above.

There are factors to consider and yes you are right not ALL cats will survive in the wild and I'm not encouraging they be LEFT in the wild (I do cat rescue. I have a couple of feral I am feeding in my barn that someone just left in the neighboring farm and they mossied their way here.)I apologize if it came out any other way.

OK, point taken. Generic cat does probably have a better chance than generic dog. But neither do well if they are used to living in a home. Chickens were originally jungle fowl, but are not suited to living in the wilds alone anymore - at least those we keep as egg/meat producing livestock. We ourselves are descended from people who very successfully lived in caves, and hunted and gathered. Few of us could do that today. My point was only that too many people, when tired of their pet, or when they find it has grown too big, or eats more than expected, or..or..or, feel that "it is basically a wild animal" and will do fine left in the woods. And, unfortunately, more people think this way of cats than they do of dogs or chickens. I just didn't want a false stereotype to be allowed to gain credence. Pax?

I was merely using comparisons.

Pedro

 

[ORChick]

Oops, it looks like I put my comment in the middle of Paganfish's quote. Is it possible to edit? If not, I apologise for messing things up, and hope that his bit, and my bit, are obvious from the contxt.

 

[paganfish]

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Kewl! NO, you did fine...thanks for feedback!

Peace-

Pedro