Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 13:01:23 GMT
I doff my cap to you GBH!
I am no lover of cats if I am being really honest and my wife has a terrible allergy to cat hairs and some species of dog hair.
Having loved birds all my life I have seen too many needless deaths from roaming moggies. 25 years ago we moved to our brand new dream house with "blank canvass" garden which here on the Moors was devoid of birds apart from the odd Dunnock. It took me 4 years to attract a blue tits to my nestbox and cultivate enough fast growing climbers, trees and shrubs to develop a community of garden birds. Then as I may have previously mentioned it was constantly attacked by the sheer number of cats on our small development of 18 houses. The first pair of tits were both predated by cats as we watched in horror from our window leaving 8 week old nestlings to die.
Two residents kept over 12 cats and many more had one. They all seemed to want to visit and defecate on my garden and it was disgusting, their owners simply shrugged their shoulders when I complained and suggested they come over and remove their cats filth from my lawns and garden. I personally believe cats should be kept indoors or let outdoors in runs. Controversial I know, but in the 1960's the view was pet dogs should be able to roam anywhere!
Luckily for us there is only one cat on the street now as people moved away and the increase in Birdlife in the locality is phenomenal.
I apologise if my views upsets cat owners but I have witnessed too many awful deaths in my time.
I am no lover of cats if I am being really honest and my wife has a terrible allergy to cat hairs and some species of dog hair.
Having loved birds all my life I have seen too many needless deaths from roaming moggies. 25 years ago we moved to our brand new dream house with "blank canvass" garden which here on the Moors was devoid of birds apart from the odd Dunnock. It took me 4 years to attract a blue tits to my nestbox and cultivate enough fast growing climbers, trees and shrubs to develop a community of garden birds. Then as I may have previously mentioned it was constantly attacked by the sheer number of cats on our small development of 18 houses. The first pair of tits were both predated by cats as we watched in horror from our window leaving 8 week old nestlings to die.
Two residents kept over 12 cats and many more had one. They all seemed to want to visit and defecate on my garden and it was disgusting, their owners simply shrugged their shoulders when I complained and suggested they come over and remove their cats filth from my lawns and garden. I personally believe cats should be kept indoors or let outdoors in runs. Controversial I know, but in the 1960's the view was pet dogs should be able to roam anywhere!
Luckily for us there is only one cat on the street now as people moved away and the increase in Birdlife in the locality is phenomenal.
I apologise if my views upsets cat owners but I have witnessed too many awful deaths in my time.