Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Dear cat owners ....
.... For weeks now we have had a pair of robins nesting in our ivy. They put up with my family going in and out of the garden, danced around us, flitting here and there, always busy. It's been an absolute joy.
No more. The baby robins are dead.
If you've got a cat, put it on a leash. Our bird populations are getting decimated. Keep your cat inside or don't have one at all. Otherwise you, not the cat, are responsible for our declining wildlife.
No more. The baby robins are dead.
If you've got a cat, put it on a leash. Our bird populations are getting decimated. Keep your cat inside or don't have one at all. Otherwise you, not the cat, are responsible for our declining wildlife.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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Because, if you know anything at all about animals, they're two different species, who function and live differently to each other. I would have thought that was obvious?
Like I said before, it's nature, and you need to deal with it. I could, as an example, come up with some sob story about the beautiful, fluffy pussycat who belonged to two absolutely lovely little children who loved it with all of their little hearts, but sadly one night it got eaten by the big bad fox - but again, it's nature. Fox was hungry, cat was there. It does not make the fox evil. Just an animal who acts on instinct. Or just like the pretty pony who got frightened and kicked it's little owner in the head. Pony was not evil, it just did what came naturally. Or the eagle who dived down and picked up someone's beloved pet rabbit, and then pecked it's little eyes out. Eagle was not evil, just hungry. Get it? Nature is cruel, animals act on instinct. Toilet training does not really come in to that part of it.
Let it go!
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Permalink Reply by Cat on
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Absolutely agree with Annette, except possibly in relation to the comment that nature is cruel. We humans view nature in terms of our own value systems and so perceive it as cruel when we find some aspect of it upsetting. But nature is what nature does.
Incidentally, the average clutch size for a pair of robins is 5-6 eggs, and two clutches per breeding season is normal. Do the maths. Maintenance of the population would dictate that, on average, 82% of robin chicks plus both parents wouldn't survive. That sort of mortality rate is precisely why they have relatively large clutches. Though I can readily appreciate that might not make Matt feel any better about 'his' robins.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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OK, OK, you've convinced me to get a cat after all. Better stock the fridge up with zebra thighs. :)
Wonder if they sell them in aisle 13 at Sainsbury's .... in a rather large tin can, with extra jelly.
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