My cat's latest victim.

Hmmmm... not good. Is the cat neutered? We've two cats and four rabbits, and if a cat ever did this to one of our rabbits I'd break its neck. Literally. Same goes if the rabbits did this to a cat. Which is highly unlikely, though the latest rabbit, a highly oversexed intact male called Casper, scares the living bejaysus out of the cats (even the large panther-like adult male, Django).

How old is the cat, Tony? Was it a stray when you adopted it (and therefore perhaps of feral origin)?

John

Thats some kill for natures assains!

My old tom cat weighed 7.8 kilos - not an ounce of fat on him, took on a jack russel terrier onece that a neighbour failed to keep under control. It ran after Woody, who had gone under my car.

A right kerfuffle ensued which resulted in my cat coming out of the car unscathed, and the dog minus an eye lid!

The neighbour was not best happy, but what could I do?!?

Sadly he could not compete with a car which caused his downfall, but he was bloody good fun...

They are the most dispicable creatures selfish and unloving,why people have them beats me, drown it and buy a dog.

Im seroius.

We took the cat from the local Animal Rescue Charity last August. They estimated she was about 10 months old at the time (small and kitten like, but already had one litter)and guessed that she had been a pet that had escaped. In the house she is adorable, having never hissed or bared her teeth even. But as soon as she goes outside she turns into a horror. We live in the sticks (for Essex) and so perhaps the local wildlife can absorb her filtering of the weak and stupid. I think I was just shocked to see a weasel close up for the first time.
I did some reading about weasels and stoats on t'interweb and they are quite fascinating creatures. I think I can assume there is a good chance another animal will take over the territory of this one fairly quickly.
Just for info, she was about 25cm long and apart from the puncture wounds in lovely condition.

Tony

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Originally posted by Tony Lockhart:
I just wish there was some way of stopping her doing this.

err, how about just keeping her inside?

It's just nature doing what nature does........

gruesome!

what a cool thread though! I'll take a pic of the next victim from our rescued kitty, Juniper. Even with a huge bell around his neck he gets the birdies and then brings them into the house to shred.

Our other cat, Czarina (I call her Duh-rina, cause she's so annoying), ate my pet flying squirrel a few years ago. That was a drag



pets suck.

I don't see the grizzly picture.

But I too am of the camp 'nature is nature' The weasel got killed, shit happens.

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Originally posted by long-time-dead:
It's just nature doing what nature does........

Except that humans cause a much larger concentration of predators than nature could ever support in the wild.

Apparently, all the dog & cat s**t (much richer than normal vegetarian animal s**t) has caused noticeable fauna changes in some low-nutrient dog-walking areas.

cheers, Martin

KRO,

If dogs are so brill, why don't they bury their own shit?

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Originally posted by andy c:
KRO,

If dogs are so brill, why don't they bury their own shit?

It's a message! Oderous communication.

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Originally posted by garyi:
I don't see the grizzly picture.

But I too am of the camp 'nature is nature' The weasel got killed, shit happens.

Paedophiles just do what is natural to them,should we just leave em to it?

Probably not a good time to own up to my mate's Weimaraner killing an otter last year then....mind you the otter didn't go down without a fight having left a gaping hole in the dogs jowls.

Jim

A close friend of mine decided to get two cats, they ended up with two Burmese, lovely cats, very affectionate to everyone, but boy did they have a killer instinct, evry bird, frog or mouse was brought into the house and sluaghtered.

My overriding memory of these two cats was when I stayed over one night, to be woken up early in the morning with both cats having killed next doors cockaspanial puppy, spreaing the inards around the lounge.

I didn't ask my freinds how they explained that one to there neighbough !

MMMmmmm Nice.

But I do like Cats, Dogs eat there own ****, which can't be good, at lease cats bury theirs.

The idea that nature is nature is ridiculous in these circumstances as cats are artificially fed and treated for illness. No one who owns a cat and lets it roam free to kill at will can be interested in natural British wildlife without showing hypocracy. Why people can abdicate responsibility for something just because you can't do anything about it is beyond me.

I would love my children and grandchildren in the future to see songbirds, voles and mice but I guess the actions of others may well prevent this.

Brendan

Brendan

Brendan

Cats are domesticated WILD animals. They have hunting in their genetic make-up.

You could keep tank-bred pirhanas - would you put your hand in there ?

I think not......

Why do dogs chase cats ?

Down here, a cat that did that would be awarded a medal. Unfortunately though, they don't restrict themselves to killing introduced pests such as weasels.

Luckily I live near to farmland while most of our native animals live in the bush (or what is left of it). I would have a difficult moral dilemma keeping a cat if I lived next to native bush.

Steve

Fit a collar with a bell.

G

Graham, a good idea. We've done that with our cats, partly so they don't kill the plethora of birds which we've attracted to the garden with feeders, and partly so we can tell where they are when they go through their nightly "I don't want to come in, Mum & Dad; I'm hiding close by, but you can't see me" routine...

John

Now she really has excelled herself. This poor thing was on the doorstep this morning:


Tony

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Originally posted by graham55:
Fit a collar with a bell.

G

Not a good idea with cats that frequent outdoors due to the risk of strangulation if the collar gets caught on a fence, tree etc.

Little boots with bells (like Morris Dancers)....... nah, wouldn't work - cats can't tie laces

I believe that elasticated collars are available for this very reason.

G

The latest collars now have a breakaway plastic seat belt type fastener which snaps when the collar gets snagged.

Tony,

I take it that you let your cat out overnight. I did until I found my year old Bengal Snow Leopard dead at the back door one morning. (No match for a car). Try keeping your cat in at night since this is when they do most hunting, it's made a major difference to my other two cats, they hunt a lot less now.

We have fitted her with those safety collars twice now, and she lost them straightaway. As for not letting her out at night, well that works for one night, then she just stays out all day and night when she's next let out!
To even the arguments here out a little though, on the drive to the house today was another weasel..squashed by a car. I lost count of the number of flat-pack rabbits I saw in 20 minutes of driving. I saw a large stag on the verge, probably hit by a car or lorry.... So motor vehicles and modern farming methods must be competing with cats in the wildlife destruction stakes.

Tony

Do birds hear bells on cat collars - and if they do do they know that it is a warning sound???