Shelter releases 1,000 feral cats on to Chicago streets to combat rat crisis

[bearpoker]

Those are children playing with video games, not rats. GFY

Jester thinks he's funny. It's a common conservative affliction.

 

[bearpoker]

Im ok with this ONLY if they promise to never kill the cats. Its ****ed up to force them to work for you. Force their non-breeding for your convenience. Then after they are done cleaning up your mess just recollect them all and return them to the kill-your-pet line would be pretty wrong to do. If they are going to add the cats in they should become a permanent thing and now the city can be known as the cat city if you are going to abuse them like that for your convenience.

The program in DC provides the cats with benefits in exchange for rodent control services.

 

[JacksinPA]

I've had several cats that enjoyed hunting, but didn't eat their kills. They were in it for the sport.

Like kittens playing with balls of string.

 

[JacksinPA]

I've had several cats that enjoyed hunting, but didn't eat their kills. They were in it for the sport.

I don't think the feral cats are in it for sport. They're in it for survival, which depends on eating free rats.

 

[dirtpoorchris]

The program in DC provides the cats with benefits in exchange for rodent control services.

You cant imagine 1 year from now? "There is way too many cats!" and they pick um all up and throw them in the furnace...

 

[Juks]

I've had several cats that enjoyed hunting, but didn't eat their kills. They were in it for the sport.

It's instincts. Spoiled housecats, like mine, doesn't even understand that it is food, they just act on instinct. I had a breed cat before these ones and he had no instincts what so ever. Didn't chase(except other cats trespassing) or kill anything at all. When birds flew into the house he looked almost scared...

 

[bearpoker]

You cant imagine 1 year from now? "There is way too many cats!" and they pick um all up and throw them in the furnace...

The cats in DC are spayed or neutered so the program doesn't increase their numbers.

 

[bearpoker]

I don't think the feral cats are in it for sport. They're in it for survival, which depends on eating free rats.

True. My point is that cats will hunt whether for survival or sport.

 

[JacksinPA]

True. My point is that cats will hunt whether for survival or sport.

Lions hunt in packs, called a pride. I wonder if the same instinct exists in feral cats, such as when their target is bigger than a single cat.

 

[bearpoker]

Lions hunt in packs, called a pride. I wonder if the same instinct exists in feral cats, such as when their target is bigger than a single cat.

I don't have any experience or knowledge about the cat colonies. I've always thought of cats as libertarians rather than socialists.

 

[JMB802]

Chicago has a lot or rats for sure!

I can't make out the language on the banners in this photo but I'm pretty sure it is not English.

So, I declare this post to be fake news.

 

[dirtpoorchris]

The cats in DC are spayed or neutered so the program doesn't increase their numbers.

I never said they would increase... Man some of you guys have this horrible problem of just completely changing what a person said. I said "what if they decide there is too many" or they dont like it anymore. All those kitties are probably going into the furnace.

 

[dirtpoorchris]

Lions hunt in packs, called a pride. I wonder if the same instinct exists in feral cats, such as when their target is bigger than a single cat.

Tell me one time where a pack of housecats murdered a large target. Have you seen a housecats teeth? It would take them like 5,000 bites to kill you or more.

 

[trouble13]

Shelter releases 1,000 feral cats on to Chicago streets to combat rat crisis

Program called Cats at Work places two or three felines outside residences and businesses to deal with rodent problem

www.theguardian.com

Program called Cats at Work places two or three felines outside residences and businesses to deal with rodent problem

An animal shelter in Chicago has released 1,000 feral cats throughout the city to combat a rat crisis.

Through a program called Cats at Work, the Tree House Humane Society, a local animal shelter, releases feral felines on to city streets. The initiative places two to three cats, all spayed, neutered and vaccinated, outside of residences and businesses to sustainably deal with Chicago’s rodent problem.




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The cats are animals that “would not thrive in a shelter or home environment” and are usually subject to long stays in animal control centers or euthanization, according to the non-profit’s website.
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Interesting way to turn a burden into an asset. But it could be considered biological warfare: releasing one species to eat another.

I think its a great idea. Cats are much cleaner than rodents and if they are spayed the population is being controlled. They need a way for animal control to easily identify them so they are not repeatedly catching them.

 

[dirtpoorchris]