Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ritcv!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Cats killing birds Message-ID: <554@kitty.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 23:29:21 EST Article-I.D.: kitty.554 Posted: Sun Nov 3 23:29:21 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 04:04:53 EST References: <301@drutx.UUCP> Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 26 > I have reason to believe that one of my cats has become a BIRD > KILLER. > ... > Is there any way to disuade him from this practice? I have > seen people put bells on cats for this--but that would probably > drive me up the wall. We feed the birds in the winter--I hate > to attract them to their deaths. > > By the way, these are the declawed cats that people have flamed > me about, and claimed were maimed for life. For all practical purposes, I can't see any way to dissuade cats from attacking birds (unless you had access to a large number of birds in a controlled environment and could `condition' the cat). I also question the efficacy of `equipping' a cat with a bell. If you have ever watched a cat sit in or near a tree and wait for birds, and then CATCH one, you would see how fast the cat was. I don't believe that most birds would react to the bell fast enough to preclude being caught by the cat. The only reasonable solution would be to keep your cat indoors. === Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York === === UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry === === VOICE 716/741-9185 {rice,shell}!baylor!/ === === FAX 716/741-9635 {AT&T 3510D} ihnp4!/ === === === === "Have you hugged your cat today?" ===