Comments on: Cats Are Remorseless Killing Machines

By: Freemon Sandlewould

Freemon Sandlewould — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:03:36 +0000

HISTOPLASMOSIS!

By: CTCompromise

CTCompromise — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:05:02 +0000

To the cats defense…I admit publicly that I like to eat kiwis, too. Especially cut up in a nice fruit salad with watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, etc. Sometimes I just slice and eat them Sometimes I use them as garnish……Wait, you’re talking about a BIRD not the inexpensive little fruits which look like monkey’s balls? “Never mind…”

By: Conservatarian

Conservatarian — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:01:11 +0000

Harvey, you misunderstand cats. You serve them; they do not serve you.

By: jw

jw — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:06:19 +0000

a furry killing machine

http://www.whatjeffkilled.com

and a friend of DamnCat, i assume.

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:58:30 +0000

If you had a cat the size of a pit bull, you’d basically have a monster people would run screaming from.

I think they call those theoretical beasts: bobcats, pumas, mountain lions, and jaguars.

By: tomg51

tomg51 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:32:34 +0000

My #7 aside, our large furball only kills inside insects; he’s catch and release outside.
He’s the only reason I’ve ever seen flying squirrel. I ran outside to see what he had, and he released it. The critter ran sideways across the brick wall of my house. Amazing little thing.

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:52:42 +0000

Meanwhile, frogs are lovable creatures that sing songs, hang out with monsters and have sex with farm animals. And really, is that so terrible?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:35:48 +0000

There is a reason why Bast was a goddess in Egypt and protector of the home. Cats killing vermin, snakes, mice, bugs and other small critter, that is their job. That is how they protected the family and earned their saucer of milk. Mice and rats didn’t bring plague once they were in the belly of a cat. Nor did those vermin eat the grain you set aside for next spring, nor bite your kids.

Those billions of vermin that get killed by cats, are billions more that we would be faced with ourselves. I am not saying we should trust cats, but they serve their function despite their attitude.

It must be a group from Washington or Colorado

By: Crabby Old Bat

Crabby Old Bat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:10:34 +0000

This is why the proposal that New Zealanders voluntarily give up cat ownership, refraining from replacing their felines as they die, is not the sheer unadulterated moonbattery that it seems. The kiwi (NZ national bird and evolutionary oddity) nests on the ground, and cats are wiping them out.

Unfortunately, another introduced species, the rat, is just as devastating to the kiwi population – and with no cats, there will just be a whole lot more rats. Kiwis be doomed.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:34:56 +0000

I have two Maine Coons, they are large remorseless killing machines. They keep trying to undermine my authority, but they’re scared sh!tless of my parrot.

By: Manse

Manse — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:34:48 +0000

I had a neighbor who put a bird feeder on a 4-ft. tall post. I asked why he had it so low to the ground. His answer was that bird seed was cheaper than cat food. Huh?

By: Vaktatunnen

Vaktatunnen — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:49:30 +0000

But according to the study, 84% of what they kill is vermin. And the birds I’ll never miss. If we can up that vermin-to-bycatch ratio, I say we breed some slightly bigger cats and set them loose on Congress.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:47:38 +0000

@10 – You’re lucky. I’ve got 4 cats that occasionally get to go outside, and they’re hell on mice, moles, and baby birds. But the one time I had a chipmunk trapped in my office and I needed help removing the critter, I brought them in one at a time, and not a drop of blood-lust in the lot.

Had to put on leather gloves (rabies protection, ya know) and extricate the bugger myself.

By: spacemonkey

spacemonkey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:42:28 +0000

My inside-only cat kills anything unfortunate enough to cross the threshold.

By: Steve H

Steve H — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:37:38 +0000

Can they be trained to kill monkeys?

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:04:39 +0000

AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT

By: tomg51

tomg51 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:43:27 +0000

Even outdoor and feral cats require attention…
… I’m forever picking up the squirrel tails and feet they leave behind.

By: Mindy J.

Mindy J. — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:31:28 +0000

Don’t forget, a cat’s purr is just to lull you into complacency.

By: Anonymiss

Anonymiss — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:21:54 +0000

Obama will be banning cats next. I’d actually be ok with that.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:17:21 +0000

Yeah, feeding them tuna only placates their killing instinct for 5-10 minutes, after which you’re forced to shoot them. Kill. The. Cat.

By: Rayfan87

Rayfan87 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:08:36 +0000

Always remember there are two things that can defeat cats: water and firearms.

By: Raving Lunatic

Raving Lunatic — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:08:33 +0000

The reason they don’t kill us isn’t that they are too small, but that new servants are too hard to train.

By: FredKey

FredKey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:02:54 +0000

Don't forget the toxoplasmosis. They carry the deadly disease...on purpose!!!!!