Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Please put a bell on your cat's collar!!!
Yesterday a cat killed another wild bird in my garden. There's a gang of very persistent cats that circle my garden multiple times a day looking for animals to kill. I have eight squirrels (four of which are babies) and plenty of wild birds that come here to eat. I also have two robins and two mice that live in my garden.
Yesterday I had to sit with the dying bird for hours guarding it while the cat sat on the shed and stared at me. These cats have gone after all of the local animals and I've seen four die.
Please protect our wildlife and put a bell on your cat's collar!
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Cat owners should be taxed loads like chewing gum users. The costs need to be paid for by the user not their neighbours.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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They are. VAT on pet food is 20%
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Permalink Reply by Philip on
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Never understood why some cat owners who are perfectly thoughtful and considerate in other matters, don't see a problem with their pets fouling neighbours gardens and reducing the population of birds and small rodents...
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Permalink Reply by Carl on
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Anyone caught deliberately using an air gun to injure an animal can face up to six months in prison and/or an unlimited fine if found guilty under the Animal Welfare Act. “Anyone with information about this incident should call the RSPCA appeal line on 0300 123 8018.”
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Permalink Reply by NickM on
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I imagine it's a bb gun with plastic pellets rather than an air gun being used here. An air gun would do a bit more than sting!
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You can still blind a cat or worse with a plastic pellet gun, they shoot at about 330+ feet per second.
For another perspective the feral cats who hunt in my garden keep the rat and mouse population down and don't seem to be able to get to the birds who visit the feeders.
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Permalink Reply by rebecca on
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Dear Lokididit,
It sounds awful, and I am sorry this has been so hard on you.
Nature is not kind. It is ruthless.
I have a cat and I feed the birds. I feel it is my responsibility to support bird wildlife. May be because I have a cat. A predator who kills maybe one/two birds a year. I feed 100's of birds every week and try to offset my cats natural nature. May be it's our natural nature to look after, to worry and to care about who enters our gardens?
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I have cats(who wear Bells) and also feed birds etc. Most of my neighbours cats do not wear collars so of course no bells.
I found a way to protect the wildlife that I feed in my garden from the cats who are bell free.
I bought a bag of medium sized bells from Amazon, I hang the bells using thin garden wire in my bushes , trees and on fences, and so far it seems to be working.
Worth a try at not a lot of cost.
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Grey squirrels are officially classed as vermin. They are an invasive species introduced from elsewhere and their agressiveness has resulted in the disappearence of the native red squirrels. So if cats get them tant mieux, the law of nature.
I agree re the birds however, and the bells won’t stop the cats getting the horrible grey squirrels.
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Permalink Reply by Lokididit on
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If anything, cats are invasive. They are predators introduced by their owners to a place they would not naturally live. Yes, nature is cruel. No need to make it worse.
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Yes, cats kill birds - lots of them. But the RSPB are clear that they are not responsible for the decline in bird numbers. That is down to human activity.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wil...
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RSPB recommended a ‘dusk till dawn’ curfew.
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/14/cats-kill-birds...
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