Feel kinda crappy.....had to shoot a cat

[amazondoc]

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IMHO you are expecting too much.

Emissions controls don't "solve the problem" of air pollution -- but they're still a good idea.

Seatbelts don't "solve the problem" of motor vehicle accident deaths -- but we still use them.

Prison don't "solve the problem" of illegal activity -- but we still build them.

And so on.

Nothing is perfect in this world. We can try to make things better, but we should rarely expect to "solve" our problems completely.

How is it lessening the population if you're releasing them back into the wild even if they are fixed?

Because they're not reproducing, of course. You are creating a more stable population -- less reproduction, less migration. That stability decreases the spread of diseases. And since the cats aren't reproducing, the population size decreases over time.

If you kill the cats, other cats will simply tend to increase their rate of reproduction -- therefore no population reduction over all. But if you sterilize them, they CAN'T reproduce.

Now I'm not talkin about barnyard cats here.I'm talking about all the little kitty cities I see set up behind restaurant dumpsters,where people go and set up feeding stations for all these ferals.

I won't argue with you about setting up fed cat colonies. That is quite controversial, would take waaaaaaay too long to hash out here, and it's really not the same thing as what we're talking about here. TNR does not require colony feeding.​

 

[amazondoc]

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IMHO you are taking a short term viewpoint at the expense of the long term consequences.

It is cheaper to hang every criminal than to feed and house them in jail.

It is cheaper to tear down an old house than to fix it up and preserve it.

It is cheaper to let coal-fired plants emit as many fumes as they like than to make them upgrade.

And so on.

"Cheap" does not always mean "good".

 

[buck-wild-chick]

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[redhen]

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You're a trip kid!!

 

[Davaroo]

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IMHO you are taking a short term viewpoint at the expense of the long term consequences.

It is cheaper to hang every criminal than to feed and house them in jail.

It is cheaper to tear down an old house than to fix it up and preserve it.

It is cheaper to let coal-fired plants emit as many fumes as they like than to make them upgrade.

And so on.

"Cheap" does not always mean "good".

Doc while you're at it, you may as well cite the remainder of blueys comment. The one segues to the other....

 

[Boyd]

I love it is cheaper than examples... but it is cheaper and safer to hang a murdurer so he wont do it again.
It is cheaper and safer to lock up dangerous criminals (sex offenders, n such) than to rehab him and let him go.

IMHO I liked some of your examples, but dead is dead. Final solution end of story. Cats, dogs, coyotes, whatever... they kill some of my flock or go after any of my pets, they will be handled just like the human scum i've mentioned above... and I don't build jails for them either.

 

[Boyd]

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Still a predator and still verminous.

 

[mxpres]

Its great that you had the courage to do what had to be done,,although it is a sad thing,you probably protected more than you realize,someone had to do it and you stepped up to the plate

 

[DiVon80]

You did what you needed to do BUT! as long as there is food out... they will be comming. They have a way to know things like where and who has food out So maybe do something a lil different with the feeding schedual/of your pet cats, I put it out and limit it. My neighbor put out a lot and has coons,possums and everything else eating.

 

[Titaniumcranium]

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IMHO you are expecting too much.

No,what I expect is a .10 cent bullet solving my problem,not a $35 bill to get a cat fixed that isn't mine to begin with.

How is it lessening the population if you're releasing them back into the wild even if they are fixed?

Because they're not reproducing, of course. You are creating a more stable population -- less reproduction, less migration. That stability decreases the spread of diseases. And since the cats aren't reproducing, the population size decreases over time.

If you kill the cats, other cats will simply tend to increase their rate of reproduction -- therefore no population reduction over all. But if you sterilize them, they CAN'T reproduce.

See my post above,you remove the problem animals from the equation there is no problem.When new problems arise you handle that problem.Simple as that.

Now I'm not talkin about barnyard cats here.I'm talking about all the little kitty cities I see set up behind restaurant dumpsters,where people go and set up feeding stations for all these ferals.

I won't argue with you about setting up fed cat colonies. That is quite controversial, would take waaaaaaay too long to hash out here, and it's really not the same thing as what we're talking about here. TNR does not require colony feeding.​

If you're not talking about feeding the feral cat your releasing, then your not solving the
the problem in my eyes.You're making more of one by releasing it into the wild where it will have an impact on the native population whereas the cat is a non native species.

Apply your same concept to rats,would you TNR them?Same difference...You're not solving the problem.Simple as that...End of story...​