Feral Cats

xoxoxoBruce · 05-28-2003, 01:46 PM

cats
Should they implode the stadium and to hell with the cats?
Or should they make every effort regardless of cost to save them?

Undertoad · 05-28-2003, 02:16 PM

Here's one of 'em.

Section 207 cat IotD

Uryoces · 05-28-2003, 02:20 PM

You have to flush the cats out. Fire, smoke, whatever. How do make the cats want to leave? How do you make the cats want to leave a nuclear submarine? ...

e unibus plurum · 05-28-2003, 04:03 PM

Bleh... I say: Fire in the hole!
Hell, they already got 9 lives anyway s'whats one less?:p

vsp · 05-28-2003, 04:21 PM

If the way the Phillies have played over most of the Vet's history hasn't driven the cats out, NOTHING will.

wolf · 05-29-2003, 12:47 AM

I participate in a local special interest mailing list through yahoogroups that's all in a tizzy over these cats.

My comments that these are not cute furry kitties, but feral vermin who happen to look like cats was not appreciated.

I even held back on my kind offer to take care of some of the problem (that would have gone over like a lead balloon to be sure ... my solution involves lead, of course.)

Uryoces · 05-29-2003, 03:27 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
I even held back on my kind offer to take care of some of the problem (that would have gone over like a lead balloon to be sure ... my solution involves lead, of course.)

Something like: Pull! RRAOWWW! Pop!

05-29-2003, 05:25 AM

The problem is, of course, that the cats are unadoptable. They can't be "rescued" in the best sense of the word. What really needs to be done is the ASPCA needs to come in and trap the cats, and then they'll all be put down. It costs money, but it's humane.

SteveDallas · 05-29-2003, 09:38 AM

My mind must be wired weird... I read the topic as "federal cats".

Anyway, I'd say make a reasonable effort to capture them, and then let it go. As everybody else has said, we're not talking about Morris from the cat food commercials here.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-29-2003, 08:45 PM

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capture them, and then let it go

Before they implode it there will be a lot of pre-demolition activity and the food will be gone. They'll probably leave on their own. If not, when the explosions start they better run quick.

Undertoad · 05-29-2003, 09:05 PM

My section 207 cat during daytime hours. S/he had scattered into this drainage hole, almost perfectly cat-sized, avoiding me and 50,000 other humans. If she left this hidey-hole and turned left instead of right, she would be on the field.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-20-2004, 07:39 AM

Well, tomorrow morning at 7am (EST), Veterans Stadium in Philly will come down, in an estimated 62 seconds. From the IotD pictures it looks like they've done enough pre-demolition, that the cats should have vacated. Hope so, anyway.

staceyv · 03-20-2004, 08:06 AM

i was a staff member at an animal shelter for 2 1/2 years. what they did, was to trap the cats, have them spayed and neutered and set them free. it's not fair to kill them because they're not pets. if they are positive for feline leukemia or FIV then they will be euthanized, but other than that, they are just sterilized. if all of them were fixed, they would just die out eventually. it's the humane thing to do.
there are caring groups of people who would help with the cause and lots of people who would donate money, also. it CAN be done humanely!

or should i say "it could have been done" humanely? i just read through the entire thread and realized that they're domolishing the stadium tomorrow!? why the hell didn't they strt trapping the cats months ago when they made these plans???idiots!
i don't know what to say, then. it's sickening.

Undertoad · 03-20-2004, 08:22 AM

It's OK, officials say the cats (and rats) are long gone.

godwulf · 03-20-2004, 08:33 AM

I've noted a disturbing and unfortunate tendency among posters to message boards (alas, even this one, where one would expect better) and callers to talk radio shows, to go out of their way to let people know how much they dislike cats.

It's almost always a male thing, and the tendency seems to 'pool' a bit over toward the Right side of the political spectrum, though even some progressive 'men' apparently feel the need to show off on the subject.

Is it a childish reaction to the (what they consider) excessive devotion they see some people display toward cats? (That's probably my favorite theory at the moment.)

Plenty of people don't like dogs, birds, ferrets, fish, but I seldom hear anybody going out of their way to put down those animals and the people who like/own/care about them.

Callousness toward animals in general, and cats in particular, seems to be one of those 'male' things (especially among those who view themselves as 'conservative') in our culture. Anybody who doesn't share that tendency is labeled (as I was recently in a Hunting thread that I started) a too-frequent watcher of 'Disney films'.

View Poll Results: Veteran's Stadium may have feral cats and is to be imploded.
To hell with the cats	13	56.52%
rescue the cats	10	43.48%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

05-28-2003, 01:46 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Feral Cats cats Should they implode the stadium and to hell with the cats? Or should they make every effort regardless of cost to save them? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-28-2003, 02:20 PM	#3
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	You have to flush the cats out. Fire, smoke, whatever. How do make the cats want to leave? How do you make the cats want to leave a nuclear submarine? ... __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

05-29-2003, 12:47 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I participate in a local special interest mailing list through yahoogroups that's all in a tizzy over these cats. My comments that these are not cute furry kitties, but feral vermin who happen to look like cats was not appreciated. I even held back on my kind offer to take care of some of the problem (that would have gone over like a lead balloon to be sure ... my solution involves lead, of course.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-20-2004, 07:39 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, tomorrow morning at 7am (EST), Veterans Stadium in Philly will come down, in an estimated 62 seconds. From the IotD pictures it looks like they've done enough pre-demolition, that the cats should have vacated. Hope so, anyway. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-28-2003, 02:16 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Here's one of 'em. Section 207 cat IotD

05-28-2003, 04:03 PM	#4
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	Bleh... I say: Fire in the hole! Hell, they already got 9 lives anyway s'whats one less?:p

05-28-2003, 04:21 PM	#5
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	If the way the Phillies have played over most of the Vet's history hasn't driven the cats out, NOTHING will.

05-29-2003, 05:25 AM	#8
dave Guest Posts: n/a	The problem is, of course, that the cats are unadoptable. They can't be "rescued" in the best sense of the word. What really needs to be done is the ASPCA needs to come in and trap the cats, and then they'll all be put down. It costs money, but it's humane.

05-29-2003, 09:38 AM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	My mind must be wired weird... I read the topic as "federal cats". Anyway, I'd say make a reasonable effort to capture them, and then let it go. As everybody else has said, we're not talking about Morris from the cat food commercials here.

05-29-2003, 09:05 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My section 207 cat during daytime hours. S/he had scattered into this drainage hole, almost perfectly cat-sized, avoiding me and 50,000 other humans. If she left this hidey-hole and turned left instead of right, she would be on the field.

03-20-2004, 08:06 AM	#13
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	i was a staff member at an animal shelter for 2 1/2 years. what they did, was to trap the cats, have them spayed and neutered and set them free. it's not fair to kill them because they're not pets. if they are positive for feline leukemia or FIV then they will be euthanized, but other than that, they are just sterilized. if all of them were fixed, they would just die out eventually. it's the humane thing to do. there are caring groups of people who would help with the cause and lots of people who would donate money, also. it CAN be done humanely! or should i say "it could have been done" humanely? i just read through the entire thread and realized that they're domolishing the stadium tomorrow!? why the hell didn't they strt trapping the cats months ago when they made these plans???idiots! i don't know what to say, then. it's sickening. Last edited by staceyv; 03-20-2004 at 08:10 AM.

03-20-2004, 08:22 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's OK, officials say the cats (and rats) are long gone.

03-20-2004, 08:33 AM	#15
godwulf Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 96	I've noted a disturbing and unfortunate tendency among posters to message boards (alas, even this one, where one would expect better) and callers to talk radio shows, to go out of their way to let people know how much they dislike cats. It's almost always a male thing, and the tendency seems to 'pool' a bit over toward the Right side of the political spectrum, though even some progressive 'men' apparently feel the need to show off on the subject. Is it a childish reaction to the (what they consider) excessive devotion they see some people display toward cats? (That's probably my favorite theory at the moment.) Plenty of people don't like dogs, birds, ferrets, fish, but I seldom hear anybody going out of their way to put down those animals and the people who like/own/care about them. Callousness toward animals in general, and cats in particular, seems to be one of those 'male' things (especially among those who view themselves as 'conservative') in our culture. Anybody who doesn't share that tendency is labeled (as I was recently in a Hunting thread that I started) a too-frequent watcher of 'Disney films'.

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