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Why All Cats Should Be Indoor Cats
When the stray cat first appeared on the porch, he had long silky fur. I started feeding him and earning his trust. But as the months passed, he got bitten by other cats. He developed enormous abscesses that refused to heal. His coat grew dull.
Finally, the I gained his confidence enough to lure him into a carrier with food and whisk him off to a vet. Sadly, the big, once-handsome cat tested positive for FIV, the feline equivalent of AIDS. Already, the disease had ravaged his teeth and gums. Most of his teeth had fallen out. His gums were flaming red. Eating must have been agony. The disease also damaged his heart. An infection had also spread from his gums, causing irreparable harm.
It was all over. The injection was painless—but not for me. Now I know better.
The Not-So-Great Outdoors
Feline AIDS is a highly contagious, incurable disease for which there is no vaccine. It can only be prevented by keeping cats indoors. It is one of several deadly diseases that cats who roam outdoors can catch. Unattended cats also face dangers posed by dogs, wildlife, and the scariest predator of all, humans.
Thieves, or "bunchers," cruise neighborhoods for friendly dogs and cats who can easily be picked up and sold to dealers, who in turn sell them to laboratories. Cats are often poisoned, shot, set on fire, or trapped and drowned by intolerant neighbors or bored juveniles. They are hit by cars, accidentally poisoned by spilled antifreeze, or maimed by fan blades when they crawl into warm engines on winter days.
"But he wants to go outside." "We live on a very quiet street." "It's cruel to keep her in." These are things said by people who would never dream of opening the door and sending toddlers to wander down the street on their own.
The way we learn not to let the cat out unaccompanied is usually the hard way. In Pompano, Florida, lost dogs and cats were found in a large storage warehouse used by dogfight "trainers." In South Dakota, a fur trader was caught selling cat skins. In Washington, D.C., a cat let out for her daily stroll returned covered in burns from hot cooking grease. In California, a woman searching for her cats found that both had been shot with arrows.
Today's concrete jungles are far too dangerous for vulnerable, trusting little animals. But how do we prevent Tabby from getting bored in the great indoors? Here's how!
Six Steps to Having a Happy Housecat
1. Bring joy with toys.
From paper bags and rolled up balls of paper to motorized "mice" and laser pointers, toys perk up even the laziest feline. All-time favorites are Cat Dancer and Cat Charmer.
2. Scratch that itch.
Cats love to scratch. Doing so enables them to remove broken claws, stretch muscles, and mark "territory." The best way to save your furniture is to provide lots of "approved" places to scratch. Cat "trees" and posts, cardboard scratching boxes, and those ingenious "cat tracks" (a ball in a circular, partially open plastic tunnel surrounding a cardboard scratching pad) are big hits. Sprinkle catnip on them weekly to keep cats interested, and be sure to replace cardboard inserts when they get worn out.
3. Provide a room with a view.
Windows are cat "TV"—a birdbath or feeder placed near a window can provide hours of entertainment. If window sills aren't wide enough, build or buy a cushioned perch (which are available from pet supply stores and catalogs) to attach to the sill. (For safe window-sill perching, make sure that double-hung windows are propped open to prevent them from falling down on cats, and tuck the cords of blinds up and out of the way so that legs and other body parts don't get entangled in them.)
4. Porches bring purrs.
A screened-in porch or an enclosure accessible through a window is a great way for your kitty to safely commune with nature. KittyWalk Systems makes enclosures in a variety of configurations that can stand alone or be attached to a cat door. If your yard is fenced, another option is Cat Fence-In, a netting kit that attaches to the top of the fence. No existing fence is necessary to install another escape-proof system called Purrfect Fence, although it is advisable to supplement it with sturdy fencing of some kind to keep dogs and other predators out.
5. Take your kitty out for cat walkies.
Cats can be taught to walk on a leash—just be sure to use an ultra-lightweight, retractable leash that's attached to a harness, not a collar. Let your cat get used to the harness for short periods indoors, and then pick a safe outdoor area to explore. KittyWalk Systems also makes a "pet stroller" that allows for longer, brisker walks and provides a measure of safety from free-roaming dogs.
6. Plant a garden—of catnip.
Cats will nibble on it and roll in it. Other healthy snacks are wheat grass, alfalfa, and oat grass. (You can buy seed starter kits at companion animal supply stores.) You can also find catnip toys at the PETA Catalog.
For more information about how you can make your feline's life more felicitous, read PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk's book, 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You.
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I am an advocate of indoor cats for the reasons listed in this article. If you truly love your cat, I would think that you would want to keep it safe. There are too many mean people in the world today that would like to do nothing more than to kill an animal "just for fun." In fact, I heard about an incident just recently where six boys tortured and killed a kitten "just for fun." Worse, one of the parents actually defended her son's actions! So, it's not just the ones who hurt (or worse) the animal, it's also other people who condone it! There are also adults who don't like cats coming into their yards to do their business who set out traps or poison to "get rid of them." They consider cats to be a nuisance. I admit that I do not own a cat but it does not mean that I don't like them. I just don't have one right now. When you consider all of the dangers lurking outside your house, it would seem more humane to keep them inside. My last cat was an indoor cat and she lived to be 18 years old and I never saw any indication that she was unhappy. I played with her, gave her toys and catnip, built a shelf for her to sit on to look outside, and kept her litterbox clean. She was a very happy kitty. So, if you really love your cat, and want to keep her safe from mean people or getting hit by a car, keep her indoors!!! The people in the large cities keep cats in their apartments or condos and the cats live longer than they would if they were let out on the streets. Please, do your cats a favor, keep them inside!!!
For last 6 months a cat used to come regularly to my house in morning and evening and we used to feed her but unfortunately a week back in the morning street dogs killed her which was very disturbing for me and family.She was having 3 kittens which are only around 6 weeks old and we are daily taking care of them but are concerned that they will also be killed by dogs.We wanted to keep them as pet to protect them but seeing the experts comments now is confused as to how to keep them all safe alongwith giving them a natural habitat.I have a small house.Please suggest.
My little baby had to go outside, I took her outside on her last day alive to feel the grass, the sun, she walked not real far and would need to rest and I shadowed her to protect her then after following her for a long while I gently held my frail sweetheart in my arms and walked her around the apartment complex. When I owned my house I installed a kitty door for Boo could go out she came home with her ear messed up from a fight with another cat and her daddy fixed her up. If I hadn't have let her go outside I would have missed some of the best parts of her personality. She would love to lie in the hot sun and for me she always rolled onto her back exposing her belly, I caught her hissing at a racoon and rescued her, I would take her up on the roof if I was working up there. I felt guilty after selling the house and renting an apt. she had no cat door and would sit and stare at the front door like sling blade. We went for walks and the other tenents were facinated by the way she would follow me, I always kept her safe. I hope we meet again my little baby, I hope we meet again.
Of course there is a vaccine for feline AIDS, and has been for about 11 years. It's called Fel-O-Vax. My kitten has had a full set of immunisations including this one and feline leukaemia. And she would be extremely miserable as an indoor animal. Bottom line is, cats are predatory animals and are not meant to effectively be imprisoned indoors. I understand owners' concerns, and, yes, some animals do go missing, but if an owner is not prepared for this risk, then a cat is not the animal for them. They should get a dog or a rabbit instead. Cat owners need to accept the fact that their animal is not something to be caged. The animal may be 'ours', but their life is 'theirs'. I find it astounding that, in the US where 25% of cats have their claws surgically and painfully removed and this is seen as acceptable, it is deemed 'cruel' to let a cat behave like a cat. Mind boggling. Tell people here in the UK to keep their cat indoors. Even the RSPCA, the largest animal charity in the country, doesn't endorse indoor animals.
We have a 4 year old male cat. We got him from a neighbor when he was 8 weeks old. He has only been outside when we brought him home and when we showed him off at 6 months old and 2 years to a neighbor. He has lots of toys and his own bed (our loveseat). He is loved and he knows that HE is in charge. He is a very spoiled little boy.
I have had two cats run over and another go missing. You know, some people say leave them outside because that's where they were meant to be. That would be great if we were still living in the Garden of Eden and there were no sin in the world. But let's get real! Now because of sin, there are horrid diseases, horrible cruel people, cars that run over cats… and more. I have seen kittens that people threw off a bridge outside and I tried to rescue it but the Doctor had to put it to sleep. I have seen a cat outside with leukemia covered with ants hiding under a table that just came wandering to our house… and I had to put it to sleep. Use common sense. You are not "giving your cat a happier life" by throwing them outside to fend for itself. That's why the cat has an OWNER. You are supposed to protect it from harm.
We have just got our first kitten, he will be and indoor cat, he will have everything he needs. My family have fallen out with us I've the decision to have him as an indoor cat, they think we shouldn't keep him in as its cruel but if we let him out we live on the busiest of roads therefore they think we shouldn't of had him at all. I cannot understand it he will have a high quality of life, has never been outside and is much safer inside, I would beer tell someone they were wrong to have an outdoor cat as it is down to choice and where you live.
I let them go outside, BUT only when i'm outside with them. We live in a small apartment and the landlord HATES cats, so I have to be careful with my cats…
I am a huge huge animal lover, and I'm absolutely vexed as to why people would advocate indoor cats. If its seems happy indoors truly, than that is completely okay and good. Though Ive met many cats that are not. Yes, maybe they have a higher chance of being hurt, or wounded, but I think whats important here is for people to remember simply because you love the cat does not mean it is 'your' cat. Some people have very close bonds to their cats, but at other times the cats need a high amount of stimulation, fun, experience. Maybe your cat wants to experience the outside world and will die happier because of it. some indoor cats get very psychologically damaged by too much repetition It varies from cat to cat. Though its the same question you can apply to a human. Would you rather have a very rich high experience life and die much earlier? Or would you rather have a calm stable life and die quite late? That's NOT to say an outdoor cat will die early, it just may face more battles. You may own the cat. but you do not 'own' the cat. Simply because it may be in more danger outside does not give you the right to deny that option for it. Its a creature, that was a genetic code, with natural inclinations to do certain things. Preventing that, CAN, not always, be detrimental to the cats psychology. I advocate may right for animals, but why in this case I think some people should be more responsible and respectful to an animals wants and needs, not altering its potential healthy existence to suit their own needs. Not always, but sometimes by restricting an animal youre doing so for your own needs, for your comfort because you love the creature and the ego driven aspect of humanity can overshadow the rights of another creature. Being completely safe does not always equal good, positive, and happy. being completely safe can also mean psychological damage. Therefore, simply see what your cat wants, observe, watch closely and lovingly to its needs, if it wants to stay in fantastic, if not, give the cat the respect and rights it deserves.
PETA is right, unfortunately. I have three cats, and when they were allowed to roam, a neighbour attacked two with a weapon and they had to have a very expensive operation to repair their jaws and remove a tooth.
The biggest hazard for outside cats is intolerant people.
Now they are inside…no more freedom, but at least I can relax and they are safe….and pretty happy too, as I look after them.
My cat is an indoor only cat. He doesn't mind though. He likes to look out windows and climb tall furniture. I play games with him and let him claw things. I have catnip and wheat grass for him and plenty of treats and toys. I play a game with him that he loves, I chase him through the house and when I turn to run he chases me and lightly bites me when he catches me. Ive recently bought him a harness and tie out and I go into the backyard with him while he stalks things that are far too fast for him. He is a happy cat. He comes when I call his name and he will follow me when I want him to. He sleeps on my hip and meows when I talk to him or if I sneeze. I could not imagine letting him roam unsupervised, not that it is wrong. It is just wrong for us.
To me,keeping a cat indoors all the time would be just the same as keeping my daughter in the house for her entire life. Sure, I can keep her from getting hurt, keep her safe and so on… but it would also mean that she never has her own life. Truly ethical treatment includes, necessarily, FREEDOM. Keeping a cat indoors is more about the needs of the keeper than the cat and completely ignores the fundamental nature of a cat. Perhaps you can defend treating dogs this way, since the environmental niche of dogs appears to be that of a symbiote or even a parasite dependent on humans. But the whole reason that "cat people" are cat people, is that they like an animal that has a degree of independence and wildness to it. If we recognize that trait in cats, then we have to respect their fundamental right to freedom.
Hi Matt. What ever you do don't let your cats outside unsupervised. We own 3 indoor cats 12yrs, 8yrs, 5yrs all rescued as kittens. They have lots of cat posts to scratch on and windows to enjoy the sun and view. We owned a beautiful natured desexed boy bedfore these guys came along. He was an outdoor cat brought in at night. He was 18mths when our neighbour ran over him and left him in the gutter to die. We had called him in at 5pm but he decided to run back out. We didn't worry to much as he hadn't eaten and we thought he would soon return. He was hit soon after he ran out. It rained heavily that night, we found him the next day soaked and dead in the gutter that would have been flooded. Terrible way to go! We cried so much. The fact that your guys don't try to escape tells us that they are very happy indoors. Their skittish nature would probably work against them outdoors. Our cats have lots of toys but their biggest love is chasing a screwed up envelope across our wooden floors! They go outside in our backyard for short periods, always, supervised. I wonder if this has made it more difficult for them to stay in. The girls often try to escape but we feel its best they stay in for their safety and for the wildlife's. Our boy tries to eat everything green when he goes out so would probably poison himself pretty quickly if left alone. The down side for us is no indoor plants and lots of sweeping up fur but I wouldn't risk letting them out unsupervised ever. If your boys aren't desexed then DON'T let them out as toms fight for territory etc. You didn't mention if your 2 were desexed as spraying is also an issue with undesexed boys. A vet will advise you on what is best here. Enjoy your companions and well done you for providing them with a safe and happy home! P.S. Our boy is 8yrs old, he was with his mother till 8weeks and he still hides from selected visitors. A real scaredy cat!
I have two cats. One just turned 1 on the 18th of July. The other will be 3 on the 28th of July. I was debating whether or not to let my younger cat go have an adventure in the yard. But I thought about how he is very adventurous and would be all over instead of in the yard just like a kid. My neighbor tear things up on their fence so that's not an option. I have looked past outdoors. Cats are happy with a cracked window or wide open. In the back of the house they look at the neighbors dogs on the back street. In the front they see and hear all the scooters, cars, kids, etc… I open a few windows. I have 2 cat trees and a post. All are in a different window. They run through the house and I just see the happiness. So now I don't worry about them going out. They aren't missing anything. They are both neutered. The baby wants to follow me everywhere. I open the front door and he is there. Cats like open doors too. I have screen doors. They just lay there and hang out. Cats are always going to look out a window. I give them some treats open a door and some windows I just hearing them purr. It's refreshing. Moral to the story, they are happy with the things they have inside because they match outside. I cleaned the windows today and they are ecstatic!
Hi Matt
I understand your concerns as I also have an indoor-only flat cat.
There are a lot of good reasons for indoor-only cats. I think it is reasonable to be concerned about cats getting hit by cars and suffering other injuries and accidents. Cats also like to hunt wildlife, which may be a concern to some.
If you had adopted adult cats who were used to roaming around outside, then it may be more difficult to justify (and enforce!) keeping them inside. However given you got them as kittens, this is what they're used to.
One of my reasons for wanting to buy my own place is so that I can build an outdoor cat enclosure, and perhaps this is something you might consider in the future?
Hi i'm after some advice really. I took on 2 male cats who are now about 10 months old. They were abondoned when they were only 2-3 weeks old (best guess) and one had a bit of his ear missing. Which I was told was possibly done by whoever abondoned the litter to tell them apart. They were very nervous at first and still are with new people. It took one of them a week to stop hiding behind his bed. But they quickly became very affectionate with me. I worry that I am being cruel by keeping them indoors. But I live in a 2 bedroom flat and I think if I let them out they would be straight on the road. Some neighbours have cats that they let out and they are fine but im not sure mine are streetwise enough to avoid the road. The problem is also I work Mon-Fri so if they were lete out in the morning they would have to stay out all day as there is nowhere for me to put a catflap. They seem happy enough and have never tried to get out when I come through the front door. They have each other to play with and chase around the flat and so get plenty of exercise. They have a large scracthing tree/activity centre which they love. But they do spend a lot of time looking oyt the window which is making me think i should test them outside? One of them in particular is very nervous and meeows frantically if I leave a room and shut the door. This could be attributed to being taken from their mother so young I guess. But im not sure how he would cope with other animals and people in the outside world. I would value any input from cat lovers?
I have a beautiful Siamese boy,he's a house cat,he has everything he wants,indoors,we love him to bits,i would hate someone to take him,or a car injure him,as long as he has his mum an dad,he's happy.
@Tom That's great! Also, please check out PETA UK. 🙂 http://www.peta.org.uk/
We have two cats from a rescue centre in London. They are both indoor cats now and are very, very happy. We are fortunate in that we have a large place in which they can roam (with lots of stairs), but I think the key to their happiness is the love and attention we give them. They have plenty of toys and a stimulating environment. Consequently the furniture remains intact! We let them out on the roof terrace occasionally, which they do seem to enjoy, but they never seem anything less than blissfully happy whilst indoors. They were both in quite a bad way when they were brought to Battersea, despite being allowed outdoors in their previous life. The dangers for a cat outside in London are simply too numerous. There is no question that an indoors life is right for our two beautiful ladies.
My daughter and i have 4 cats, 2 from the cat and dog home, one from a friend and another from a friend. We would not let any of our cats out, too many dogs who are unleashed and we would just worry far to much. The thought of something happening to them makes me shudder. Please keep your cats indoors, they depend on us to keep them safe.
I rescued my cat and she is 15 with out claws, I have only had her for for 2 months she started peeing every 1/2 hour and then she developed loose stools that started to turn grey and she had trouble getting to the litter pan ib time. It smelled awful. I changed food and she was getting sicker, I finally took her to the vet. She has Kitty aids. I had got her booster shot when I got her. If I ever adopt a cat again I will pay the fee to see if they have any disease, I was told that who ever had her before let her out a few times by mistake. That is possibloy how she got nailed. I can not afford the special HIV meds that could prolong her life. She is in terrible pain. Her stomach area is very ridged. I goofed. She is so personable. I hope her spirit comes back as a human.
I need some advice I have a 3 year old neutered male cat. He's lovely and friendly and a real joy in my son and mine lives and part of our little family. 6 months ago we moved to the other side of town my sid went out after a month and I felt really settled in. He loves the the outdoors and is a bit of a a hunter. He's chipped and up to date with his jabs and didn't see any problem with him going out. But last week he disappeared for two days I found him in my old neighbourhood and brought him home fed him lots and he slept a lot. Two days later he escaped through my son's legs while he was going out and that time disappeared for 6 days again I found him in our old neighbourhood last night. I don't know what to do!! Its so hard keeping him in he's crying to get out this morning. I had to shut him in a room just now so my son could go to school. What do I do how can I stop him from wanting to go back to his old stomping ground? Please help!!!
I have an indoor cat that is a very happy cat. He has plenty of toys and a huge cat tree. I walk him every day on a lead and he loves that but also loves to come home and snuggle with me on the sofa. There is no way I would let him outside alone. Too many cars, dogs and even thieves and my boy is a beautiful bengal.
last friday i found my beautiful black cat "little bit" gasping for breath in my carport. I raced her to my vet but she could not be saved. I will never know what caused her death, but am now solidly in the -keep them indoors camp- and urge others to do the same. I pray wherever she is she forgives me for my carelessness
My cat used to live outdoors, but then we had an angry talk with a neighbour. A ginger cat was harrassing his birds. I seriously doubt it was my little boy, but none the less, we had to keep him in at night. But one night, he didn't come home. Or the next night. Or the next. It was about a week before I saw him again. He was lying in the garden with a big bald patch on his head. He looked miserable. Of course I carried him back inside, but when I put him down he was so weak and shaking he could barely sit up, let alone stand. We took extra special care of him and he stopped shaking, but he still couldn't walk or even stand without falling over. We ended up taking him to the vet. I burst into tears when he told me what was wrong. A car had fractured his leg and broke his pelvis. If he had been any slower it could have been his skull. It took weeks to heal, but he made it. He was an inside cat now. He got lost again while I was taking him for a walk -with a collar, which is why you should always use a harness- and was missing for 5 days. Again he found his way home, but he just isn't the same. He often looks out of the windows, distantly, as if he is remembering his life before. I know that if he never went out, never got lost, never got hit by that car, he might have been happier. Nothing to miss, nothing to remember. He is absolutley petrified of cars and I suspect it has something to do with his fear of bells and plastic bags. I wish he'd never gone out, and my next cats will NEVER go further than a covered, fenced in backyard.
I have always found it important to keep my cats indoors. Unfortunatly my parents thought it would be good to let them outside. Finally they just all disapeared. I was so heartbroken with each cat I lost. I now have a new kitty, Chewy, and he is and forever will be a strict indoor cat. I cant bear to lose another one this way.
Message for Bruce – Hi, sounds like your cat may be an unspayed male? If so, maybe think of having him done. Then he won't want to roam so much. Regarding indoors versus outdoors, I live in the UK and rescued a stray mature male and he liked indoors and outdoors, though as he got older I made sure he could not get out of our garden after he misjudged a wall and had a bad fall. I put up a tall wire fence he could still sit and see through. I guess a caring, stimulating environment is key mixed with the kind of temperament of the cat you choose to home, and whether the area you live in is potentially hazardous.
My poor kitten, just got mangled by my neighbor's two dogs that were NOT supposed to be roaming. She was an outdoor cat. 🙁
I adopted Margo after her previous owners' landlady banned cats from going in the garden. Margo went crazy, attacking other cats and humans when kept indoors. Now she has a large communal garden, albeit frequented by other cats and the occasional fox and full of spikey plants. But Margo's ultra cautious with other humans and animals, sees off the other cats and foxes (and I know would be vicious if attacked – I don't trim her claws and anyway fox attacks on cats are extreemly rare) and she doesn't go anywhere near the road. She's only once cut herself on a thorn as far as I know. She only goes out once or twice a day and doesn't stay out for long or go further than the garden – but she does need to go out. Margo is neutered, vaccinated and microchipped and I give her prophylactic wormer/defleaer (she doesn't catch birds or mice though). Margo still attacks people (including my parents) quite viciously when confined indoors for any length of time. So in my opinion, it depends on the cat and on the situation. People and the animal welfare organisation in the UK (incuding the RSPCA) take a much more open-minded/balanced view on the indoor/outdoor question. There is no absolute right or wrong – I think Peta are being overly dogmatic here. To all the people who say "how would you feel scraping your cat off the tarmac", I did worry myself sleepless the first few times Margo went out. But I've never had any doubt that it's right for her to have outdoor access
i live in the uk and at one time had 6 adult cats and 4 kittens. all the adults used to go outside unsupervised, after i found my first cat laying in the road dead i stopped letting them out at busiest times for traffic, i know i shouldve learned after finding my first cat dead but 4 weeks exactly after the first incident, my second cat was found outside injured, late at night. i called the emergencey vet who asked me to check my cats claws and they were shredded…he had been hit, the vet told me to make the cat comfortable and warm and bring him in to the vets in the morning. 6 hours after that phonecall, my cat died in my arms. 2 cats in 4 weeks was too much, rehomed the kittens and the remaining cats are now all house cats, they have a huge 6ft play centre and are acting a lot happier. cats should be indoors, if they are that "special" to you, keep them safe!
Cats are happier being able to roam outside. My parents have always had outdoor/indoor cats, and most of them have lived 20+ years. I attribute their long lives due to a healthy life. Cats are smart and agile and it is rare for them to get injured outside. Also, I feel that while they may risk injury, they often live longer lives having a healthy existence. So keeping them inside, while preventing a rare accident, also may shorten their lifespan. I don't think that it is cruel to keep cats indoors only, as sometimes it is just practical to keep them indoors. But it is definitely wrong to say cats should only be kept indoors, due to seeing the joy going outdoors brings to cats, as many other commentors also report.
I gave my cat all kinds of toys and we use to play all the time we even played in the yard, now he is 6 mo old he only want to come in the house to eat and sleep,if I don't let him out when he wake up he act very CRAZY and makes all kinds of LOUD SOUNDS when I can't take it anymore I let him out I may not see him for up to 2 days, when he return he eat we play he sleep and when he's ready to GO.i don't know what to do anymore,I am SAD:)
To all who think cats belong outdoors: You are stupid! Cats should only be aloud outdoors when supervised. Seriously letting your cat out by itself is irresponsible! Do you let your dog out without some boundaries? No you don't, so why do you let your cat roam around your neighbourhood. You people are just making excuses so you don't have to take responsible care of your cat! They need to be watched when outdoors if they are not in a enclosure. BE A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER AND LOOK AFTER YOU'RE CAT! People who let their cats have free range of the outdoors because they think their cat is a 'wild animal' are stupid, ignorant and are irresponsible pet owners and should not allowed to own a cat!
No, Nat, are YOU serious? No matter how you try to spin it cats are NOT wild animals. They are domesticated animals who have been used for thousands of years alongside humans to hunt mice and other vermin. They aren't mountain lions or panthers.
I am sure my pet fish would prefer to swim in a lake as opposed to a small tank, I am sure my dog would prefer to roam around on his own outside, I am sure my former hamsters would of prefered to go outside, but we don't let these animals out ever, and unsupervised as is the case with dogs. Where is the outrage over all the other animals who spend their lives in small cages? Not to mention not all cat breeds are suited for outdoors, a fact people ignore? Would you put a Ragdoll cat, who lack the instinct to protect themselves, outside to wander?
The fact is getting a pet period is a selfish act.
For Fifty-five years, I never gave a thought to a housecat's place in the U.S. I kept quite a few from going hungry in my neighborhood, and, even brought home kittens to my family. I created indoor habitats with climbing and scratching posts,I/we cleaned the cat-boxes, and even had two kittens that played outrageously funny hide-and-go-seek games with out parakeet! That was in Denver during the eighty's. Later, in the late ninety's,I became interested,(recreation ally), in ecology, and the human footprint on Earth.This is when I learned that the common house cat is a genetically modified species created by the ancient Egyptians; A dead culture of death-worshipping people who at least where smart enough to make the exportation of these creatures a capital offense.That's right the ancients knew the dangers.
Also, the house cat behavioral pattern makes them predators with an 80% kill ratio. This means that a cat kills 80% of what it sees, whether it's hungry or not. If it's moving, the cat will kill it first, just to look at it.
We might think that that's cute, but, what about pollinators? Beneficial insects, amphibians,small fish,mosquito-eaters from dragonflies to bats? The best-fed cats are the healthiest 'mini-chernobles' when it comes to destroying bio-diverse habitats.
And who wants cats using their vegetable patch for a poop station? Not me.
There's no 'leash law' in my little town, and good neighbors accept responsibility for their pets and live stock. If I have a dog that I can't, or won't keep out of my neighbor's chicken coop, Then I can't fault him for protecting his property, or his live stock/pets with extreme prejudice.
Accept responsibility for your beloved pet. Not all of your neighbors feel the same way as you do about your pet.
I believe cats should be free to roam that is one of the wonders of owning cats, I have 2 very happy healthy cats who have a great life, I don't believe in house cats its no different to keeping a rabbit in a hatch with a run in the garden completely unnatural, that may suit the owner but not the creature. I do though keep them in a night so they are safe. If there is lots of traffic or you dont have a suitable home then you should not have a cat, lets not go the way we have with children where people are scared to let them play in the street when in fact a child is more likely to be harmed by a family member than a stranger.
I simply can not believe that this opinion would appear on a PETA website. Of course cats should not be kept indoors. Here's a thought:If you can not provide a cat with an IDEAL environment then don't have one. I have cats, two of which I saved after their breeder decided she would have them put down. They had never been outside and lives in a tiny apartment with a dog.They were timid with dull coats. Now they live with me in a house away from any major roads, with a huge garden full of trees that backs on to fields. They have grown strong and healthy with gleaming coats and full of energy. Of course I have them vaccinated against disease. I truly love my cats, I give them the best life I can because I feel honoured to share my life with them. They are not toys or 'things' you can have because you want them. If you love cats and want to do something good for them raise money for a project that neuters feral cats or for the CPL or whatever but don't deny an animal it's right to a good free life. You know, people can live in prison, and they can have lots of things to do, and people to talk to and good food to eat but if you can't get out you are still a prisoner.
Yes it is more dangerous for cats to go outdoors. Same applies to people. But we don't lock ourselves away because the outside world is such a dangerous scary place…
Cats are independent creatures. I will never own as a house-cat and stand by the fact that it is cruel to keep cats indoors.
Are you people serious? You all know that cats are wild creatures and the living indoors is a man made creation, actually not true other species do live inclosed, but not cats. I understnad there are dangers outside that they cannot respond to appropriately, ie: cars, but that's why you shouldn't have a cat in the city. Also, when you keep a cat indoors you take away everything their instincts are telling them to do, could you imagine what that's like? You're indoors and you have these strange urges which cannot be satisfied. I know there are exceptions like bred cats which have a bit less of that instinct and probably more human induced characteristics, or sick cats, but keeping an animal indoors is like keeping a bird in a cage. It completely makes no sense.
I took in a cat I believe is a stray and one of my neighbors keeps harrassing me in person and email about him. I was told he likes to roam around the village and goes to several houses to be fed.
He's been hanging around this building for a long time and I decided to take him in. My neighbor just sent harrassing emails claiming that the "owner" of this cat asked him if he saw it and my neighbor claimed he told her "no," but that he would tell her the cat is with me if I didn't let him out.
A couple of minutes later he sent another email saying she was angry the cat hasn't been there in awhile.
This neighbor has been physically and emotionally abusive towards me over the past few years. He knows I love animals and seemed jealous when he found out I took in the cat.
I believe he's doing this to harrass me. Is there any way I can get him to stop, short of getting the law involved?
I'm in the process of moving and am in not the best of health and so don't need this jerk's harrassment.
What if he is telling the truth about the cat (which I don't believe)? I checked Craigslist and local bulletin boards for notices about lost cats and haven't seen anything about him.
I live in the UK and I keep my beautiful Bengal girl indoors.I rehomed her and she was already indoor accustomed. I felt mean at first keeping her in. I wanted her to experience the outdoors and fresh air and nature. She went out on a leash at first with a soft body harness and gradually now she will potter in the garden under my watchful eye. I don't feel mean now. She has a lovely life, warmth, good food, attention,love lots of play, toys, proper care and routines for vaccination and flea and worm treatment. I get so distressed seeing animals killed on our far too busy roads. Signs up for "lost cat" animals with scars from fighting each other or having been harmed by humans. I fear if I let my girl out because of her breed and appearance that some unscrupulous person would steal her and I honestly believe no-one could give her as much love as I do!
The bottom line is she is a PET. My pet and that is a responsibility I take very seriously. I'm not cruel, unkind or controlling, I just want what is best for her and if that means limiting her freedom and risking upsetting a few old-school folk, then so be it.
Is this article mainly for an American audience? I think most cats in the UK are outdoor cats, and most people consider it cruel to keep them indoors. Mine has access to the outdoors but is microchipped so is trackable. Our problem is neighbours' cats coming in and stealing his food!
I recently adopted a cat that I wanted to be an indoor cat only. I worry with all the stray animals in my area that he will get hurt, lost, or sick if I let him out. Sarge has made us realize that our house is not all that cat safe. He keeps getting into my vents (I suspect chasing mice) and every time I fix one area of my house so that he can not get into the vents he finds a new way in, he has even figured out how to get our vent covers off. I live in a mobile home and the fresh air vents he keeps getting into led under the house so I know where to find him but I am wondering if he is not happy inside, just having fun chasing mice, or what the problem is. Any advice I know mice are trying to come in but they are to smart for any of the traps I have tried.
I love that Peta want cats to be indoor cats. Sadly I live in the UK where pretty much all cats go outside. I hate it, I'm always seeing them at the side of the roads, or owners complaining their cats are sick. What idiots, its their own fault for letting those poor babies outdoors.
My fiancé and I are getting our first cat together soon and that kitty will NOT be allowed out! Yet people have actually had the nerve to tell me I'm stupid and cruel for wanting a house cat. Ugh.


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We love lists. We love horse races, especially the ones without horses .
Put a list or a race result – even the most tentative one – in our sightlines and our eyes light up.
Never mind how meaningless they can be. Take the current issue of Entertainment Weekly. Please, as that immortal Borscht Belt tail gunner Henny Youngman used to say. Or the current weekend box office totals.
Quite the most ridiculous issue of Entertainment Weekly in years is its current list of "100 All-Time Greatest" movies, TV shows, record albums and novels. As an exercise in unabashed cultural silliness, you can't top it.
Here, for instance, is EW's list of the Top 10 TV shows, all of which are comparable only as things that appeared on TV and in no other way whatsoever: 1) "The Wire." 2) "The Simpsons." 3) "Seinfeld." 4) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." 5) "The Sopranos." 6) "All in the Family." 7) "The Andy Griffith Show." 8) "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." 9) "Mad Men." 10) "Your Show of Shows."
I'm only surprised they couldn't figure out a way to stuff news coverage of the Kennedy assassination into that list.
The Top 10 movie list isn't quite as ridiculous, but it's absurd enough. 1) "Citizen Kane." 2) "The Godfather." 3) "Casablanca." 4) "Bonnie and Clyde." 5) "Psycho." 6) "It's a Wonderful Life." 7) "Mean Streets." (Say what?) 8) "The Gold Rush." 9) "Nashville." (Say what, part two?) 10) "Gone With the Wind."
We can't even talk about the Top 100 albums. (Almost no jazz to speak of; no classical music at all. It's all post-rock pop.) Or the Top 100 novels (Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" is numero uno. "Lolita" comes out at 19 and is described as a "brilliant little package" even though a recent paperback edition weighs in at a decidedly chunky 368 pages. Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" is at 27, just ahead of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" at 28, Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale" at 29 and, yes, Richard Wright's "Native Son" at 30).
The whole exercise seems like either 1) One person's willfully eccentric rundown or 2) a committee making even less sense together than bad committees usually do.
And now let's talk about one of America's favorite recurring horse race results: each Monday's Top 10 in weekend movie box office totals.
If ever there were a weekend that proved the list tells you almost nothing about films and everything about audiences, it's the weekend we just had.
In the top four were : 1) "Monsters University" $46.2 million. 2) "Heat," $40 million. 3) "World War Z," $29.8 million and 4) "White House Down," $25.7 million.
To me, the paramount issue with movies ought to be quality: Given the kinds of movies they are, what's good and what isn't?
"Monsters University" is bad Pixar and, therefore, merely a mediocre movie. (There's a certain middling level beneath which Pixar movies never sink). "White House Down," on the other hand, is a hugely enjoyable action thriller that happened to come out a few weeks after a lesser "Die Hard in the White House" movie called "Olympus Has Fallen."
The list, then, tells you nothing whatsoever about movie quality. It speaks volumes though about what audiences want and, most importantly, need.
It makes perfectly good sense that the biggest need of American movie audiences is for real family movies, i.e., movies you see with 6-year-olds and spry 60- and 80-year-olds, too. Pixar movies – like Disney movies of old – are all of that. Parents feel safe taking kids to "Monsters University," or dropping them off. It's a primal need for a huge American audience.
Even more significant, by far, is the No. 2 film, "The Heat," which continues to bash the bejabbers out of a deeply foolish movie industry's apparently terminal reluctance to figure out appealing movies for women. "The Heat" stars two of the more beloved figures in movies right now, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, a pairing of such immense audience magnetism that the movie would have had to be all thumbs not to score big.
"World War Z" is a plushly upscale horror movie so well made that it takes almost all possible embarrassment out of a card-carrying grown-up lining up for a zombie movie. At the same time, it's so elegantly suspenseful – especially in its reshot ending – that any gaggle of teen gigglepusses and gore fanciers is going to have the experience of seeing a very good movie along with one with an undead army, whether they wanted to or not.
"World War Z" is, in other words, on a lower level, what "The Exorcist," or "Alien" or "The Shining" once were – an upscale and truly mass-audience horror film.
That a film as entertaining as "White House Down" could only clock in at No. 4 with a take of $25 million says less than nothing about the film itself, which is more fun than at least 80 percent of what's likely to be released the entire summer, than it does about a Hollywood creative community that is repeatedly killing itself by substituting marketing for creativity.
We are being bombarded with movies of so much mega-budget CGI sameness for a world movie market with no interest whatsoever in the niceties (or, for that matter, meannesses) of our beleaguered language that some of us were struggling with apocalypse fatigue before we'd even hit July.
And that's before some spectacular-sounding summer fantasies ("Pacific Rim," "R.I.P.D." "Elysium") are even sent our way. Whether they're deadly overkill or exhilarating and witty excess is what remains to be seen.
With two "Die Hard in the White House" movies released so close together, you can feel renewed appreciation for "Now You See Me," a creative number about a bunch of magicians who get together to rob banks and mount populist attacks on the more heedless 2 percenters in this world.
Its off-the-wall charm and cast of flavorful non-stars and senior stars (Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman) has given it a $100 million box office.
No, that's not quite up there with, uhhh, "Fast and Furious 6," but it means that there does indeed remain a summer movie audience in America for something that hasn't been done before – or, at least, not for a very long time.
Think of what movie summers might be if we saw two or three of those a month during the summer months, along with "Fast and Furious 7" and "Iron Man 4."
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Kenny Chesney has announced that he plans to take a year off from touring. The hiatus will come in 2014 following the conclusion of his current "No Shoes Nation" tour.
"I love touring more than anyone in the world," Chesney tells The Hollywood Reporter.
"I love the band, the crew, the whole team -- and it's weird to not be looking at next year's stage design, but I shouldn't make albums to service the tour. So I'm going to put the music first, dial it back and do the strangest thing in the world: not hit the road next summer."
He adds that, while it's always a struggle to come off the road, a new album will allow him to take on new experiences in the future:
"Music is the reason I do all of it, so right now, when I'm coming off an album that took me places I didn't know I was gonna go, I think that's what I should be exploring."
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A 200-block Jackson Street woman reported Wednesday afternoon her boyfriend hit her with a vehicle door as she was getting out of the vehicle, knocking her down. She reported they had been arguing. Steven L. Jordan, 19, of Tiffin, was charged with domestic violence.
A theft from a locker was reported Wednesday afternoon at Columbian High School, 300 S. Monroe St.
A 600-block South Sandusky Street woman reported Wednesday afternoon her cell phone had been stolen.
A 100-block Gail Lane woman went to the station Wednesday evening to report her ex-husband broke into her home and took savings bonds.
A 100-block Cottage Avenue man went to the station Wednesday evening to report his truck had been broken into overnight.
A person reported Wednesday night a man was down in the roadway. Christopher W. Frederick, 21, of Tiffin, was charged with disorderly conduct.
A man requested to speak to an officer Thursday morning about his son and daughter-in-law fighting Wednesday. The man reported she chased his son with a knife and beat him.
A caller from United Way, 201 S. Washington St., reported Thursday afternoon a female client was causing a disturbance. The woman had thrown herself on the floor and was yelling.
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Tammy S. Stierhoff, 43, of Clyde, was charged with criminal damaging for an incident on Sept. 16.
A 1000-block East TR 201 caller reported a theft and damage to property Wednesday afternoon.
Eric H. Marcha, 39, of Green Springs, was charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday.
A caller reported Thursday morning a man was crawling through an apartment window in the 11000 block of West SR 18.
Several items were reported stolen Thursday morning in the 1100 block of South SR 587.
A first-block East TR 201 person went to the station Thursday morning to report the theft of a tree stand and other items.
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Jared Engler, 23, of Fostoria, was charged with animal neglect for an incident Aug. 13.
A woman went to the station Wednesday afternoon to report someone had been using her Social Security number.
A bicycle was reported stolen Wednesday evening in the 500 block of Maple Street.
A 100-block Summit Street man reported Thursday morning someone broke into his garage. Items were taken.
A woman went to the station Thursday morning to speak to an officer about her husband stealing a check from their company.
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Michele D. Magers, 48, of McCutchenville, was cited with a seat belt violation and a stop sign violation following a non-injury accident Wednesday morning at the intersection of West TR 26 and South CR 47.
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After being celebrated on a number of days this year already, Adele cherishes the one that means the most – Mother's Day.
The singer-songwriter, 24, couldn't contain her excitement over the British version of the holiday Sunday.
"Happy mamas day to all of us!" she Tweeted on the special day. "This is my first one! Never been happier :) xx."
Adele most recently showed her love for her 5-month-old baby boy after buying a kitschy Oscar statuette reading "Best Son," to match the one she earned herself for singing the theme song in the James Bond fllm, Skyfall.
The singer has not yet publicly released the name of her son with boyfriend Simon Konecki, although it is rumored to be Angelo.
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In their efforts to serve the Grover Norquist no-tax increase pledge instead of the American people, House Republicans may have already lost their chance to get the best deal for the GOP's austerity-obsessed budget hawks.
Republicans like failed VP candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, remain as disconnected as ever after their 2012 election losses. For some reason, Ryan and others Republicans believe that if they just continue to create spin in their own little bubble and repeat false claims, the country will follow them anywhere.
But their power to control the fiscal agenda diminished when voters sent Barack Obama back to the Oval Office for a send term.
The message was clear: The American people want millionaires and billionaires to share the burden of reducing the federal deficit through higher taxes. That puts Ryan, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a difficult spot. If they compromise, they risk alienating their shrinking but loyal ultraconservative base and their big money donors. If they don't, they will be blamed for sending the country over the "fiscal cliff" in defense of tax cuts for the rich.
The Obama administration knows it's in a better position now than in 2010, when Republicans successfully held the debt ceiling hostage in order to force an extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest Americans.
Still, it is the Bush tax cuts that are fueling a big part of the deficit problem.
As Bill Clinton so aptly pointed out in his 2012 Democratic National Convention speech, "People ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I always give a one-word answer: Arithmetic."
Republican math simply does not lead to deficit reduction; it makes it worse. But there is also a fairness issue in play.
Since the collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and subsequent government bailouts, the American public has watched Wall Street bankers recover with higher profits than ever, while working class families continue to struggle to find jobs. What the 2012 elections said louder than Republicans care to hear is - enough!
Obama is taking his promise to defend the middle class to the negotiating table with a mandate from voters.
The Hill reports: "President Obama is taking a tough opening stance in talks over deficit reduction, pushing Republicans to accept a plan that calls for $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over the next 10 years. The figure is double the $800 billion last discussed by the White House and House Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) during their 2011 negotiations on raising the debt-ceiling limit."
There are still some questions as to whether or not changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will be on the table. But even if they are, any cuts to the popular "big three" entitlement programs are likely to fall far short of the slash-and-burn approach Republicans want, and might have gotten in 2010, if they had not so stubbornly blocked the Obama administration's "Grand Bargain."
It would behoove Republicans to read the message in the 2012 election results and become part of the solution instead of continuing to be the source of the problem.
If Republicans refuse to accept tax increases on the rich willingly, they will get them unwillingly on Dec. 13, 2012.
President Obama said Tuesday, "I am not going to budge," according to a Huffington Post source. Extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich is no longer an option for the GOP. Obama added, "I said in 2010 that I'm going to do this once, and I meant it."
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Could Diddy possibly be Lady Mary's latest love interest?
Sadly, no – but for a minute there he really had us going.
When the hip-hop mogul and part-time actor announced to his 8.7 million Twitter followers Wednesday that he would be a series regular on the next season of Downton Abbey – his "favorite show" – it seemed ridiculous.
But then again, producers of the smash-hit PBS series recently announced that they are trying to diversify, and Diddy has done serious roles, including that of the son, Walter Lee Younger, in the 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun.
So, maybe?
PBS and Masterpiece quickly shot down the rumor when they told The New York Times in an email: "So funny but it's just not true. Really. It's not true."
But in the end, there was a grain of truth to Diddy's announcement when he later posted a Funny or Die video that jokingly inserted himself into the show as Lord Wolcott.
At the beginning of the video, Diddy introduces the clips of himself on the show and proclaims that Downtown Abbey is his favorite show of all time. (To see the "Downton Diddy" video, click here, but be forewarned it contains explicit language.)
Later, as the made-up Lord Wolcott, the new owner of Downton Abbey, he chides the Dowager Countess, played by Maggie Smith, as being "a little b––y" after she delivers one of her signature put-downs. He even throws the first ever Downton Abbey White Party, a humorous nod to his real-life annual Hamptons bash.
"Now that was some riveting period drama," Diddy says at the end of the video.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
The Dorchester County Sheriffs Office is warning of a phone scam from people impersonating law enforcement and demanding money.
Chief Deputy Sam Richardson said the office has gotten several complaints from people who say they got a call from someone claiming to be a Sgt. or Capt. Wade or a Lt. Brakk from the Berkeley County Warrants Division.
The caller tells the victim he didnt show up for jury duty and now theres a warrant for his arrest.
The caller then says the victim must buy a prepaid debit card from a drug store and call back with the card number; otherwise the victim will be jailed.
Richardson said this is a phone scam.
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In light of the Malheur standoff, the New York Times asked six contributors "should the government still own so much land in the West, and should its control over that land be reduced?"
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Congress should stop acquiring more federal land for the park system and start maintaining what we've already got.
Terry Anderson
Mon, 03/16/2015
Millennials want results, not regulations. Younger generations care about the environment — over 80 percent are concerned about global warming and resource scarcity — but they want environmental bang for their buck.
Terry Anderson
Mon, 02/23/2015
A new generation of environmental entrepreneurs is more interested in "finding the ways that work" than regulating for the sake of punishing. These enviropreneurs see market opportunities where others see environmental problems.
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Fri, 02/20/2015
National park visitation is up — but so is population and the total number of parks. Putting the latest data into perspective.
Shawn Regan
Thu, 02/05/2015
As the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge debate heats up again, Shawn Regan, writing for Reason, looks at how The Aubudon Society has managed to earn mineral royalties while also protecting bird habitat.
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The National Park Service already faces financial struggles, but Congress has just created seven new parks with no additional funding. Writing for The Hill, Shawn Regan explores how that impacts park managers.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Recap: The Gatekeeper's Museum's current Ursus Among Us: The American Black Bear in the Tahoe Basin exhibit presents information about basin black bears around two historical themes: bears as wild animals, and people living with bears, from ancient Washoe times through today.
The exhibit features interactive components as well as historical information and video. The "Please Touch" table offers replica skulls, bear claws, rubber paw prints and real bear fur for visitors to handle. In the bears and people section, we have tiles, paper and crayon, and stencils of real black bear paw prints, so children of all ages can create their own artwork. And in the library, we are collecting people's bear stories that we will be posting in the exhibit and on our Facebook page for the public to appreciate. As you might imagine, we hear some very interesting stories.
We have noticed some consistent assertions from folks. Virtually all longtime residents (including second-home owners) say that 20 years ago, bears were not a problem locally. Whether they live on the north shore or the west shore, bears were not a problem. These same people tell us that at that time, deer were plentiful in this area and today they rarely, if ever, see them. It appears that not long after the deer disappeared, the bears started becoming a problem.
Some people have suggested the bear boxes are a problem, but anecdotally, it seems that the bear boxes emerged as a solution to a problem that preceded them. And that problem emerged after the deer disappeared. Researchers agree: Black bears predate deer fawns. They like to eat them. Could it be that when this food source disappeared, the bears found human food and garbage as a replacement?
If there was no historical need to be careful with your food and garbage, the problem was ripe when the hungry bears began foraging in the area like a teenager in a refrigerator: Whaddaya got to eat? They found unprotected homes and garbage cans, and a new, generally reliable food source was at hand. So were problems for the people.
Moreover: Why did the deer disappear? Disease? Did some of their favorite food sources disappear? So far, no one has had any knowledge of what caused this. Deer are still in the area, but long term residents say they are far fewer in number than they used to be.
This is all very interesting, but not very useful when a bear is trying to raid your refrigerator at 2 a.m.
We encourage all to come take in the Ursus Among Us exhibit at Gatekeeper's Museum to gain an understanding of how these animals exist apart from humans. Then we may be better equipped to tackle the issues of co-existence, both with the bears and with each other. No one we have met so far really wants to kill these animals. No one wants to have them in their living room, either. We're a clever species. We can figure this out.
The Gatekeeper's Museum is located 130 West Lake Blvd. by the Wye in Tahoe City. The museum is currently on winter hours: Open Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and any day by appointment. Visit www.northtahoemuseums.org or call 530-583-1762 for information.
- Marguerite Sprague is the Executive Director of the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society and has a bachelor's degree in biology with an animal behavior emphasis.


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SL TV: "Out of the Shadows" - Episode #4
Ball State Sports Link, an immersive learning production, premieres a new, behind-the-scenes series titled "Out of the Shadows: Ball State Men's Basketball".
Ball State head coach James Whitford has granted SL exclusive access to the team in 2013-14 including on the bus, in the locker room and team meetings.
This season finale takes you behind the scenes of Sports Link's broadcast of the game against EMU, revisits the Bowling Green game, and sits down with Whitford and staff to discuss the future of the program.
"Out of the Shadows" will detail Whitford and the team's challenge to return to the top of the Mid-American Conference.
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When a person lies . It's another word for Jaswin
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To collapse chestfirst onto the back of someone sitting in front of a computer and stare at their screen.
Nick was trying to program on his computer until Phillip came up and Jerryed him.
Lets go Jerrying at the library.
Lets go Jerrying at the library.
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The process of rapidly slapping one's forehead with the right or left hand. It is done for entertainment and often for attention from an individual or group. This term was developed by a school student in the US and has since become popularized by students across the country. While its specific origin is unknown, the previous statement is where "Jerrying" is most often attributed.
Derek: "Why is he slapping himself?"
Matt: "Oh, he is just Jerrying!"
Matt: "Oh, he is just Jerrying!"
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According to Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), the threat of missile proliferation has grown rapidly since the 1990s. A total of 120 nations now have ballistic missile technology, he said, and nations like North Korea and Iran are not only developing the technology, but selling it on the open market. Missile defense systems are growing as well; 27 nations now have some form of missile defense.
The most recent annual report from the Pentagon highlighted the growing threat of accidental or intentional launch of ballistic missiles, as well as the vulnerability of U.S. satellites to attack, as evidenced by China's 2007 missile test, which destroyed a satellite in orbit.
A defense official commenting on the proposal told the Washington Times that space-based ABM systems are necessary for global, rapid defense, "It's really the only way to defend the U.S. and its allies from anywhere on the planet". The official said such defenses were last considered during the late 1980s, as part of the Global Protection Against Limited Strike, or GPALS, a multi-prong system which used ground and sea-based interceptors, along with space-based platforms. The plan was cancelled by the Clinton Administration, which focused all work on short-range missiles only.
The U.S. announced last year that its ground-based Star Wars' missile defense system was operational and ready for use, though capable at present of covering only parts of the U.S. Plans to expand the system in Europe are under way.
Despite claims to the contrary, China is also apparently working on similar proposals, says China military affairs specialist Richard Fisher. The program, which China says it halted in the 1960s, has apparently been restarted with such systems as the SC-19 anti-satellite missile. According to Fisher, China is also trying to deploy space-warfare weapons, aircraft carrier groups, and a much larger MIRV'ed version of its nuclear ballistic missile arsenal.
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quote: So I guess terrorists all wear red shirts that says Down with the US on them so its easy to target them....retarded.
quote: No the reality is you want to stop violence and terrorism you need to give people a reason to not want to commit violence.
quote: As Iraq has shown military force can not stop terrorists
quote: But the actions of the US over these last years....terrorists are created through despiration.
quote: Does anyone even know what the word diplomacy is now a days? Bush's concept over the last 8 year has been to threaten them
quote: If you think that we's stopped terrorist activity in Iraq think again. They are simply laying low.
quote: terrorists are created through despiration.
quote: But it doesn't mean you pull it out and wave it around like an asshat. And there is the crux of the situation. America is seen as the asshats of the world, and to a certain extent over the last 8 year there are factions of this country who HAVE acted like asshats. Fix our relations, our standing in the world, and how people see us before we start rolling out new defensive measures. No one trusts the US as it is. How would a missile defense shield make things better.
quote: I swear to god. Does anyone even know what the word diplomacy is now a days? Bush's concept over the last 8 year has been to threaten them, and take like a good 'o boy.


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Lancaster Supervisor Dino J. Fudoli must know full well that signing a contract last spring to sell land he owns in Cheektowaga to the Bella Vista Group for $140,000, and then turning around in May to join the rest of the Lancaster Industrial Development Agency board in approving tax breaks for an office park that same group owns in Lancaster is a conflict.
If he doesn't know it, then he should.
If he had any doubts, as one good-government group pointed out, he could have sought an ethics opinion from the state Attorney General's Office before the vote. Instead, he did what he did and blamed the backlash from his errors in judgment on political opponents trying to take advantage of his missteps.
Here's the rub: back at June's IDA meeting, board member John Visone recused himself, at Fudoli's request no less, from a vote on IDA tax breaks for the expansion of a business that rents space in some of his commercial buildings.
Fudoli recognized that as a potential conflict of interest. It should have been a no-brainer for Fudoli to reveal his pending property sale before voting on the tax break.
Fudoli and Bella Vista President Joseph A. Cipolla are slicing the explanation pretty thin when they insist that the package of tax breaks and the agreement to buy Fudoli's property have nothing to do with each other. And pointing out that the sale price of $140,000 was well below the assessed value of $346,065 is missing the ethical point by miles.
The supervisor/IDA chairman and the IDA did the right thing in rejecting David Dischner's proposal for a tax break to support expansion of his Depew pizzeria but they failed to connect the dots when, at the same time, approving the Bella Vista request.
The town's relatively new supervisor has admitted to owing nearly $17,000 in property taxes, referred to public sector unions in an interview with a News reporter as the "non-producing part of society" and of government as the "enemy," and voiced early objections to the specific location of a veterans cemetery in town.
And now, this land sale.
The supervisor has excuses and explanations, but falls short of just admitting to a mistake or, in this case, mistakes, and moving on. He should have recused himself from that Bella Vista decision. The fact that he didn't speaks volumes.


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on March 18, 2013 - 4:51 PM
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who fled from his rental vehicle after a traffic stop two weeks ago was tracked down by Niagara County sheriff's deputies and arrested Sunday.
Romond M. Lamar, 29, of Ninth Street was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation and unlawful possession of marijuana after a two week long investigation.
Deputies said on March 3 they tried to stop the vehicle on Centre Avenue after it was noted that both the driver and his male passenger were not wearing seat belts. Deputies said they made a turn to follow the car, lost sight of it, then found the rental car abandoned in a driveway in the 2900 block of Greenview Terrace. Two sets of footprints led away from the vehicle, both in different directions, said deputies.
In the vehicle deputies found a baggie of marijuana and other items with traces of marijuana. Deputies were able to find identification items in the trunk, a name of a woman who rented the vehicle and after several interviews found the name of the man who had been driving.
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Creepy asshole. Overly sexual person and makes girls (or guys for that matter) feel very uncomfortable by posting weird comments on Facebook and MySpace.
Zaino is a creepass.
dari SomeonefromCT Senin, 26 Februari 2007
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(adjective) someone who is overly creepy; i.e. creepy in every way possible. Makes girls very very uncomfortable and makes situations very very awkward. Prone to going for girls that are not interested in any way possible in the least bit.
"That dudes a creepass!"
dari BobEmily Rabu, 15 November 2006
a guy thats extremly creepy or horny. most times they creep or lurk searching for their next prey
girl #1- i just saw a guy looking through my dorm window!
girl #2- damn! that must be that creep ass senior
girl #2- damn! that must be that creep ass senior
dari IVY DAV! Kamis, 10 Juli 2008
all around sketchy as hell, especially in a sexual way. used to describe boys who are dirty, sketchy, and way too horny.
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those boys we chilled with on saturday night were so creep ass that all 5 of them hit on the same girl
dari caitiehhtsg Senin, 26 Juni 2006
A guy who makes girls feel uncomfortable usually an older guy.
Example 1: AJ that security guard is such a creep ass
Example 2: Mr.Amato the gym teacher is such a creep ass he was creeping on Jackie
Example 2: Mr.Amato the gym teacher is such a creep ass he was creeping on Jackie
dari hockeygrrl25 Senin, 22 Februari 2010
A certain UCSB boy who spends his spare time fucking burritos purchased from Freebirds and after heavily drinking alone in his dorm room for many hours, sneaks into girls' rooms and engages in the act of stroking their legs while they sleep.
Girl #1: OMG! I woke up last night and CREEP ASS was stroking my leg!
Girl #2: UGH! No way! That is a creeper move for sure!
Girl #2: UGH! No way! That is a creeper move for sure!
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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
I agree about the banana, but I'm not so sure about the arrow.
Our beliefs about time and its passage profoundly affect the design of
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Completely new setup after algae trouble? / Snails in the aquarium
I have had my aquarium for 9 months and now want to set it up anew because it has become very, very green. It looks like 'hair' about 1 cm (0.4 inches) long. What is this? Are these algae?
I do not recommend a completely new setup. This would only destroy useful biological systems that build up slowly - it takes about 1 - 2 years until an aquarium is really biologically stable in itself, there is no way to avoid this.
The green "hair" is certainly algae. The key to an aquarium with few algae is mainly to regulate the nutrient ratio (nitrate and phosphate) in a way that the plants are just correctly provided with nitrogen and phosphorus, but nothing is left over for algae. This is actually the key to all algae problems. This often goes along with an amount reduction of these nutrients. Controlling the phosphate and possibly iron levels is important especially in case of beard and brush algae.
You can achieve nutrient reduction by
* reducing the number of fish/the food amount
* abudantly adding fast growing plants
* generous partial water changes with water low in nitrate and phosphate (!)
* possibly adding a slow flux filter that breaks down nitrate
* especially in case of brush algae: Using sera phosvec Granulat in the filter
* not using care products that contain nitrate and phosphate
* creating optimal growth conditions for plants (good lighting, mineral and trace element fertilization, possibly CO2 fertilization, suitable bottom ground etc.)
This requires some patience, it can take several weeks until a visible effect takes place.
Would it be good to have some snails in the aquarium? If yes, which species?
Trumpet snails (Melanoides tuberculata) are in any case useful, they loosen the bottom gravel and avoid sticking. Physa and ramshorn snails (Physa and Planorbarius spp.) are also useful scavengers. Neritina species are very attractively colored and also do not cause any harm. This genus does not multiply in freshwater. They do lay eggs, but these do not develop.
Almost all snails are quite useful in an aquarium and not harmful at all. After all, only very few snails cause harm - mostly applesnails from the genus Marisa, which eat plants right down to the stems. However, these snails (they do not look like other applesnail species but look similar to oversized ramshorn snails with a stripe pattern) hardly ever get into an aquarium accidentally.
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Analyst: GOP should consider a more positive message
April 7, 2013
MARTINSBURG — With the 2014 election cycle already heating up, a host of opportunities presents themselves to the Republican party both nationally and statewide....
We are 17 trillion dollars in debt. The good news is...I'm sorry, give me a minute, I'm getting a text.
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The GOP began courting the Christian fundamentalist vote in 1980 and that got the camel's nose in the tent. That unholy alliance was good in the short term for the Republican party but we're starting now to see how it has hurt the Republican party in the long term. Once the religious right can no longer view the GOP as God's Own Party the rest of American might begin to give serious consideration to Republicans again.
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If one is just going to invent numbers to support their ideological perspective, why not say it's 50 trillion? Or 200?
In 2001, the CBO predicted a 2008 budget surplus of 3.5 trillion. In fact, there was a deficit of 6.3 trillion. Big difference.
Between 2009 and 2013 the budget deficit has fallen from 10% of GDP to 5% of GDP. That's a fact.
From 2009 to 2013 federal spending has gone up 0.6%. That's it. Zero point six.
Those numbers are real and verifiable - not partisan invention.
George W. Bush put 2 open-ended foreign military invasions, a massive expansion of Medicare, and an historicly gigantic tax cut for the wealthiest Americans directly onto the deficit. All were totally unbudgeted. In December of 2008 his Administration commited the country to a series of ridiculously expensive bank bailouts. Additionally, he created the largest government agency in the history of the United States (DHS).
The last Republican to balance the Federal Budget was Dwight Eisenhowe
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Elections have become popularity contests. People vote for personality, not for policy.
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pukka the best off the very best-pure
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A slang-term used in British English to describe something as "first class" or "absolutely genuine".
That DVD is no "bootleg". It's pukka.
από Anonymongo 20 Νοέμβριος 2006
Used as an expression of quality - one of the many catchphrases used by celebrity twat Jamie Oliver.
"Being a chef is pukka."
από Mad Walrus 6 Αύγουστος 2002
Pukka. it means the real mcCoy, genuine, echt, the real deal, bona fide, original.
'that thing about pukka being chinese slang for bitches was a load of shite'
από Max Biggins 19 Απρίλιος 2006
It's a Hindi word popularized by Jamie Oliver. It literally means 'cooked', but when used in slang, it gives emphasis. And the British twat pronounces it wrong - you say 'PUK-kah', not 'pukka'.
It can mean everything is okay, finished, complete.
It can mean everything is okay, finished, complete.
Jim, this is the pukka weed my friend. Where did you find it?
He forgot the ketchup? This MacDo isn't pukka!
He forgot the ketchup? This MacDo isn't pukka!
από suspectedterrorist 31 Μάιος 2005
slang for weed
i've got some bare pukkas
από Katie__ox 2 Οκτώβριος 2008
class weed
pukka fucks u up
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quote: How else do you explain doing small loops for half a mile in a parking lot?
quote: The reporter claimed he was forced to turn down the temperature but he had actually increased it.
quote: You're reading this through some sort of weird lens here.


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MIFFLINTOWN - In two years, a small Juniata County ministry has provided shelter for 87 families and dozens of orphan children.
Houses of Hope for Haiti formed in 2010 with a mission to help Haitians whose homes were destroyed by a massive earthquake.
Though the nation still struggles, the need for housing has greatly decreased. So this spring, Houses of Hope leaders decided that it was time to end the ministry.
On May 24, its organizers held a final celebration banquet and benefit auction to pay for a final shipment of houses and dormitories.
The ministry began with a team of area medical missionaries who served in Haiti after the earthquake in January 2010.
Lori King, a nurse and organizer with Houses of Hope, remembered watching the rain on one of the team's last days in Haiti. She saw Haitians sleeping in the mud, their meager belongings soaked because they had nowhere else to go.
"We had a dry place to sleep, and they did not," King said. "I came home still hurting."
Back in Juniata County, John Gehman, a doctor and pastor who was with King on that first trip, came up with the idea of creating a ministry to provide temporary housing for Haitians.
Several months later, they formed Houses of Hope for Haiti, working in conjunction with God's Missionary Church World Missions.
As the word spread about Houses of Hope, they began to make connections with other ministries, too.
One was JuniPer Community Missions, another local mission whose organizers were looking for a way to help orphan children in Haiti.
George Losch from JuniPer contacted King about building dormitories for these children, and Houses of Hope said yes. Through the partnership, two dormitories have been sent and two more are on the way.
"I saw a miracle happen in Haiti," Losch said.
Pastor Bob Landis of the River Church of Juniata County, said he was amazed by how much support the community gave to Haiti. River Church handled the financial end of the ministry, collecting donations and keeping track of the account.
"The community grabbed ahold of this," Landis said. "It's very powerful what can be accomplished."
The ministry received more than just financial donations.
Numerous businesses donated supplies, and dozens of volunteers helped prebuild the houses in all kinds of weather, said Jeff Hoover, who designed and built the original house.
The 8x16 foot houses looked like a garden shed. Each included a bed, table, chair and a bucket of supplies, and cost about $2,000 to make.
Some volunteers worked on the hottest days of the summer, and others had to break apart 2x4s that iced together in the winter, Hoover said.
The building process started slowly, but the volunteers got the knack of it by the end. This spring, about 30 volunteers prebuilt two dormitories and 20 houses in about six hours, Hoover said.
Teams also traveled to Haiti to finish building the houses. One final team will travel there again this summer to build the final shipment of houses.
These volunteers have been met with profound gratitude from the Haitians who received houses, a humbling experience, Gehman said.
"None of us would do well in an 8-by-16 foot house," Gehman said.
The organizers thanked all of the individuals, businesses, churches and others who helped make Houses of Hope for Haiti possible.