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Helen here
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Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2008 06:28 pm |
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Eeeuw! I agree that folks aren't so smart when they get in a fret about feral cats. We do forget the purpose served by barn cats. This is the most rat free place I've ever lived in and it's all thanks to them!
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Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2008 02:57 pm |
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Maybe the feral cats aren't so bad after all? 
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/261016.html
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 10:55 pm |
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It used to be that when you called the city about an animal (like a bat in your house) they said call Sussex County. The County said they didn't know nothin and gave you a referral to "Critter Control". You called Critter Control and it was some guy who simply said to open the window and it would fly away. Guess what? It worked.
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 12:55 pm |
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Not just the terrorist cells of cats. But the gang activity the city says does not exist. The 10 street tuna lords and the Front street litter panners own the streets.
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 06:22 am |
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| Now might be a good time to implement the training the officers received at Blackwater to rid the city of these terrorist cats.
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 05:30 am |
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| They decided to take a Lieutenant and make him the Officer of animals and policies! I suggested they make him Public Information officer as well. It can't take 40 hours a week to manage our out of control wildlife in the city. So many other important issues than to worry about cats!!!!!!! GOOD LORD!!!
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 05:25 am |
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Is there a new animal control officer? I thought the city had contracted with the Kent County SPCA to handle animals. I hardly think Milford needs to hire another new employee . . .
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 09:06 pm |
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| Well, A few years back you could buy a dog leash at the beach resorts that was wired up stiff, nothing was in the harness, looked like you were walking an invisable dog. I think we should get some of these and drive the new "Animal Control" officer insane!
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 06:57 pm |
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Horses help build this town not the cats.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 05:57 pm |
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Bluesman wrote: The alpha male cat of the colony (our cats father) was killed this past spring right at the edge of BR 1, I watched the car swerve and hit him on purpose. He was a big old maine coon cat about 25 pounds.
They're wild animals just like foxes, deer and rabbits. Why is everyone suddenly so hostile against wild animals? Is it now that the world is only there for humans? I can understand if there's an outbreak of rabies (actually a rare occurrence) but otherwise I don't see why some people get so upset about feral cats. There are a lot more important things to fix around here and it seems to me this is just a diversion.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 05:48 pm |
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So what is wrong with horse drawn vehicles? I thought folks wanted Milford to become a quaint little town where tourists want to come. Wouldn't it help if someone decided to have horse drawn carriage rides as many tourist towns do? At least they could allow it with a special license.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 03:36 pm |
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In that section it also states horse drawn vehicles. I see the intent to stop a business from having a horse taxi but it limits the Amish if they chose to come to town by horse or if anyone wants to take a wagon ride thew town. It does not say for pleasure or hire
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 12:21 pm |
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I get really mad because these cats are ones that get left behind when these transients move in and out. Like the old joke "it only takes 2" is so true, even with cats. The alpha male cat of the colony (our cats father) was killed this past spring right at the edge of BR 1, I watched the car swerve and hit him on purpose. He was a big old maine coon cat about 25 pounds.
The mother has now taken up with a new alpha male that was left behind when a family moved from here about a 1 1/2 ago. She had a litter last winter and for whatever reason brought all 4 kittens right to our door step. We took them and found homes for all of them, they were about 8 weeks old. She just had another litter recently and there were 7 that would come to eat and get water now there are only 4.
What they need to do is have strict fines for anyone who abandons a pet, no first time warning either. They shouldn't penalize the people who are trying to do the right thing.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 04:17 am |
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Blues, sounds like the county and city still don't intend to do anything. They're trying to make humane individuals like yourself take on the job and expense of taking care of the cats. It's more or less the same as what they're doing with public sidewalks -- making a few pay more than the many.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 01:35 am |
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Thats in city limits and if they order me to do anything, I will stop. These cats were here long before I came here.
We had about 18 the first winter we were here. We are spending our own money spaying/neutering/shots to get the colony under control, because the county wouldn't do anything.
A micro chip is just a money maker for someone. The vet notches one ear for identification on the kittens.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 11:49 pm |
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Bluesman wrote: The mother and father are both part of a feral colony of about 10-12 ferals and come around when their kittens are born as do the kittens. We trap the kittens ( and find homes if they are young enough) If they are older we take them to our vet for their shots and have them spayed/neutured, then we release them again.
You'd better read the new rules. I saw something about "caretakers" like you being required to register each feral with the City and put a microchip on them. There are probably a bunch of other things you will have to do. I guess the idea is to make being a "caretaker" so obnoxious that people will just start knocking the cats off.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 11:44 pm |
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DelawareRick wrote: Opinion Seeker wrote: My guess is you've never had a cat
My guess is you have too many.
Not so. I have friends who adopted cats that were once on the loose and know how to avoid cars. These cats are inconsolable if they can't go outside. I don't see what is the harm of pet cats going outside (assuming they are neutered) and don't see a reason to restrict freedom for a creature that is doing no harm. They can't be trained not to leave the yard or climb the fence and most of them will not walk on a leash. Dogs, on the other hand, are relatively easy to restrain in a fenced yard or on a leash. If allowed to run loose many of them will attack people and other dogs.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 10:50 pm |
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We have a house cat that was born as a feral we have had since it was about 7- 8 weeks old. He was born under our shed the first winter we were here, he's completely domesticated has never been outdoors since we got him (he won't even go out if we leave the door open).
The mother and father are both part of a feral colony of about 10-12 ferals and come around when their kittens are born as do the kittens. We trap the kittens ( and find homes if they are young enough) If they are older we take them to our vet for their shots and have them spayed/neutured, then we release them again.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 10:21 pm |
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Opinion Seeker wrote: My guess is you've never had a cat
My guess is you have too many.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 10:19 pm |
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My guess is you've never had a cat
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 08:31 pm |
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If dog owners are required to keep their dog(s) on their property why shouldn't cat owners be required to do the same?
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 08:12 pm |
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Have you caught the headline on page 4A of today's Beacon? There is proposed legislation about animals. Most of it has to do with feral cats and how a feral cat caregiver must deal with the feral cats. These rules may not be unreasonable, but if you read the actual text of the legislation on page 27 it places restrictions on pet cats which are not "feral" by definition.
This is the text: "It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit any dog or cat owned, kept, maintained or in the custody or control of such a person to run at large, either upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, alleys or thoroughfares of the City of Milford or upon private property of any other person or persons."
It also says: "No dog, cat or other animal shall be permitted in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, parkway or other public place in the city or in or upon any property belonging to said city unless said animal is on a leash and is under the complete control of the person owning or, at the time, in possession of said animal."
Now, in the case of dogs, this is not unreasonable nor unusual in a city ordinance because dogs can cause a lot of trouble, are able to be walked on a leash and can be allowed to run in a fenced yard. But cats? Have you tried to fence in a cat? Have you tried to walk a cat on a leash? Let me hear your experiences because I need a good laugh today.
The only practical way to obey this law is to confine a cat inside, but almost any cat expert agrees that unless a cat has been confined inside from birth, it is cruel treatment to continually confine a cat. Many think it's cruel under any circumstances. Cats are not a danger to society as are loose dogs. It is a cats nature to roam, whether they are "feral" or kept as pets with licenses. Any civilized city that I know of has excluded cats from the leash laws and prohibitions from running at large. What is the matter with these people running this city?
What do the rest of you think? The final vote is at the August 25 council meeting and comments are due at the City Clerk's office no later than 4:30pm on August 18.
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