Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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Judith, that's horrible! I have just taken in 3 rescue cats, and will be letting them out in a month or so. Two of them are kittens, 9 months old now. This really scares me. However, but last 3 cats were never attacked, one was even observed by my neighbour, she was asleep on the lawn, and a fox was rummaging by the back fence, did not even look at the cat. Are you sure it's foxes, and not staffie type dogs that are attacking them? And do you have any idea what's happened to your two cats?
I do agree re. the fox problem though, and I am worried for my cats. I am sure others are worried about their children too, after last year's horrific stories. I am not sure lacing food with contaceptives is the way to go, other animals may eat it too, and who knows how that will affect them? Poison won't work - for the same reason, other animals. The solution is to destroy their dens, apparently flooding them works. It's just finding them..
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Hi Con,
Anette is certainly the woman to advise you on this but you could try giving Wood Green Animal shelter a call, they have a shelter in Lordship lane. I got my old moggy from Cats protection in Archway when he was a mere slip of a cat.
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Hi Con, Liz has some good suggestions. I got my 3 from the Celia Hammond Animal Trust, and I cannot praise them enough for the fantastic work they do. The nearest branch is in Canning Town, and you will need to contact them and have a home visit before they will allow you to adopt a cat / kitten. Something thats' really sensible, as that ensures the cats go to good homes, and won't be traumatised by being left homeless yet again. Link here: http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_us...
Spring is normally kitten season, so if you're after a kitten you should wait a little. For rescued kittens, if you're after a cosy pet straight away, get one as young as possible. Mine were 8 months when I got them, and now, 6 weeks in, they're still pretty terrified of everyone and everything. But they'll get there! Good luck with your kitten adoption mission.
And don't let cat haters put you off... ;)
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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I'm sure we should support a Vixen's Right to Choose.
Wouldn't a more human/e approach be to initiate a programme of domesticating and microchipping all of Harringay's urban/e foxes? Just because our ancestors wanted to rear sheep and chickens shouldn't mean that we perpetuate their prejudice in favour of the canine and against the vulpine and lupine. And as for the quite useless feline - pshaw!
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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I had to kick away a fox that had a cat backed up against my door. It was a foot away from me and quite determined. My neighbour confirmed that the day before she'd had to beat it with a stick to make it drop a cat. This was no kitten, it's a big adult male. So yes, foxes do take cats. This was last February when it was cold and frozen, I suspect a desperate hungry vixen, when do they whelp?
No solution to offer, just the info that this is a real problem.
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Why all this petty bigoted interference in Mother Nature's food chain? Next time kick the cat away and s/he'll enjoy the chase and, no doubt, benefit from the unwonted exercise.
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So, Anette, where do you draw your moral lines between kicking foxes and kicking cats? At least the fox in question was pursuing its natural predatory heritage to some small extent; the pampered cat, having probably initiated the encounter from the shelter of Pamish's front doorway, relies on the nearest human to fight its battle for it.
And no, it wasn't meant to be funny.
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In my defence, I correct my line to 'kick at', I'd be too scared to make actual contact with a fox. And Big Ginger is far from pampered, he's one of those cats that no-one knows who he lives with, he just leeches off several households and survives fox-style. Their inequality was size-based not privilege-based.
Eliza was pampered, and I am in low-key grieving for her loss still, so please temper your wit with kindness.
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OAE, I draw the line WAY before kicking animals of any sort, it's cruel. Full stop.
However, foxes have become a pest and a threat to other animals which are not their natural prey. So I am in favour of a humane way of getting rid of them. Turturing, kicking and mistreating not included. I hope this clarifies.
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