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A few months ago, blues reported on his and others' attempts to help a colony of cats living under O'Neal Bridge. I understand that PAWS has been helping. Big props to them.

Blues relates that there are still some cats left in the area. Several, including Frank Potts, have been making sure these cats are being fed.

Anyone interested in adopting one of these little ones should contact PAWS.

Thanks to blues, Frank, & PAWS!
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Has anyone thought about the flip side of this situation? I am a boat owner at Florence Harbor and there are so many cats now that they are coming onto the docks. Cats have claws and naturally "knead" on comfortable surfaces (as any cat owner knows), such as the cushions that are on all of the boats. Is PAWS and/or the cat feeders going to be liable for damages??? People will feed these cats, thinking that they are doing a great thing for the world, yet they will go out and eat meat products everyday. Can someone tell me the difference between a cat (or any other domesticated animal) and a cow or a pig? And the Oneal Bridge cats aren't even domesticated. How can one advocate the hunting of certain animals (deer, etc.), yet have the belief that dogs and cats are "special"???
Do you mean other than it is a FELONY to kill a domestic animal? Are you asking the difference in killing a defenseless deer and a defenseless dog? For one, if you do the latter your name will be in the paper, you will have to pay a huge attorney fee, you risk a PRISON sentence, and no decent person will ever do business with you again.

I'm curious as to why you leave your boat seats uncovered. I'm sure animals are not the only damaging factors to be considered.

Of course, there's also the theory, just a theory mind you, that those who kill domestic animals evolve into the takers of human life.

Now excuse me while I go wash my eyes out after reading your venomous filth.
"That wasn't very nice"?

I wasn't aware that one had to be "nice" to those that would suggest killing innocent little ones--a FELONY! Or to those who suggest it's all right to hurt the weak in any manner. The next step is violence against children and women.

I think you constituted a whole chapter in the psychiatric nursing book. Perhaps what bothers me the most is that, while most of your ilk are already in prison for their pathological violence, you seem to have functioned well enough to earn a living and buy a boat. Do the words "ticking time bomb" ring a bell?
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Originally posted by salsa_babe:
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Originally posted by George Sand:
Hats off to Blues, Frank, and PAWS!

My cat won't allow me to adopt another but cats do make wonderful pets if anyone is thinking about getting one.


and my DOG won't allow me to get a cat, unless it's coming for dinner (his dinner) haha


I don't know many dogs that would tangle with a 20 pound feline.

As for boats, cats can and will get under the tarp. So can racoons, squirrels, spiders, and lots of other seat destroying critters. It's to be expected when you own a boat.
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Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
"That wasn't very nice"?

I wasn't aware that one had to be "nice" to those that would suggest killing innocent little ones--a FELONY! Or to those who suggest it's all right to hurt the weak in any manner. The next step is violence against children and women.

I think you constituted a whole chapter in the psychiatric nursing book. Perhaps what bothers me the most is that, while most of your ilk are already in prison for their pathological violence, you seem to have functioned well enough to earn a living and buy a boat. Do the words "ticking time bomb" ring a bell?


How can a feral cat be a domestic animal? Also, I think you are stretching it to say if someone killed a wild feral cat to keep it from damaging their property, they are going to start killing people.
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Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
Do you mean other than it is a FELONY to kill a domestic animal? Are you asking the difference in killing a defenseless deer and a defenseless dog? For one, if you do the latter your name will be in the paper, you will have to pay a huge attorney fee, you risk a PRISON sentence, and no decent person will ever do business with you again.

I'm curious as to why you leave your boat seats uncovered. I'm sure animals are not the only damaging factors to be considered.

Of course, there's also the theory, just a theory mind you, that those who kill domestic animals evolve into the takers of human life.

Now excuse me while I go wash my eyes out after reading your venomous filth.


I appears not necessarily a felony for property damage.

ALA. CODE Section 13A-11-14 (1977)

The act of cruelty to animals, particularly domesticated dogs and cats, is defined as: “Overloads, overdrives, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, unnecessarily or cruelly beats, injures, mutilates or causes the same to be done; intentionally tortures any dog or cat or skins a domestic dog or cat or offers for sale or exchange or offers to buy to exchange the fur, hide, or pelt of a domestic dog or cat.” Cruelty to a dog or cat is a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment up to 6 months. Intentionally torturing a dog or cat is a Class C Felony punishable with a fine of up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment up to 10 years. Person convicted could also be made to pay for the cost of care of the animal. Exceptions are made for research, protection of life or property, training, or shooting a dog or cat for urinating or defecating on property. Animals can also be seized by animal control officers.
I am a animal lover but not a fanatic. I have been on the bad side of someone going crazy feeding stray feral cats in a neighborhood. The well meaning lady created a public nuisance by attracting over a hundred feral cats. My animals stay in the house or the yard. I do not advocate killing the cats, I would simply trap them and take them to the animal shelter.

I do believe someone should be able to protect their property, after all it is the pet owners responsibility by law to keep their pet on their property.
George, I've already contacted Frank Potts. I couldn't reach TP, but I will Monday, as well as another forum member who would not want his name mentioned but does all his pro bono work for animal welfare--cats a specialty.

Whether it's a felony at this time or not, this man is dangerous and bears watching. Think of the Sheffield man (whose name I won't post here) that Jimbo says neighbors fear.

Cat overpopulation is rampant. Anyone who abandons a cat or dog or any other "pet" simply because they are tired of it, is part of the problem.

This past Halloween I had a problem with some children (probably related to Rosie Ingram). Perhaps if this has been Vapid Crucifier's property he would have solved the thefts quite handily.

Perhaps not all who abuse and torture innocent animals graduate to humans, but the majority of such murderers started with the lower species.

Hiflyer, I have tamed many wild cats and kittens, then placed them in what I hope were loving homes. I'm sorry your neighbor didn't handle the situation in a better manner, but this was still preferable to someone using rat poison or bludgeoning them to death. That's beneath contempt, and such people walk freely among us every day...
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George, I've already contacted Frank Potts. I couldn't reach TP, but I will Monday, as well as another forum member who would not want his name mentioned but does all his pro bono work for animal welfare--cats a specialty.

Ask them to whom I should write about changing that law. You wouldn't be allowed to shoot a human for taking a dump in your yard and animals are only doing what comes naturally. The law, as it is written, is disgraceful.
Public health issue, how about RABIES shots..??

This is a serious issue for warm blooded animals...so much so that the state of Alabama has a program where they drop "bait" for wild animals, laced with rabies vaccine. May we assume that the people mentioned as "care takers" for these cats also see to it that they are protected with rabies vaccine...??
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Originally posted by salsa_babe:
If people had as much passion for the unborn babies being ripped apart and torn from their mothers' wombs as she has for kitties, the world might get on its way to recovery. But when people get so carried away about animals (and they should when their abused) and don't have the same passion for humans its sad.


FTR, I support induced abortion in only a small number of cases. That being said...

I've always been amazed at the number of individuals who want to tell me how to spend my money. How much have you spent opposing induced abortion?
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Originally posted by salsa_babe:
If people had as much passion for the unborn babies being ripped apart and torn from their mothers' wombs as she has for kitties, the world might get on its way to recovery. But when people get so carried away about animals (and they should when their abused) and don't have the same passion for humans its sad.


No offense, but I hate this argument. People are capable of being passionate about both of those issues. There is no reason to be silent about one in order to be vocal regarding another.

I could never watching an animal starve, regardless of what idiocy got it there. It's not the animal's fault somebody didn't neuter their pet. The poor thing is just hungry. Grow a heart, people.
Perhaps we could introduce some humor here. Years ago a man I was dating found a small puppy that appeared to be injured. It was lying by the side of the road, not moving. He stopped and determined the problem was lack of food.

He went on to relate that he stopped at the next country store he passed and purchased some cat food for the little dog, gave it to him, and he perked up immediately.

I just had to ask why he bought the puppy cat food. Duh, he said. He didn't have a can opener and the cat food had pull top lids!

As to feeding strays, I do. When I tame one I always put an ad in the paper offering it to an inside home. Then I screen to be sure the prospective owners will neuter the animal. If I were Bill Gates, I would humanely trap them, have them fixed (all the thousands of stray cats and dogs), and buy a huge farm for them to live on. I'm not Bill Gates, so I do what I can.

This topic was to thank some who are doing just this for the starving animals under O'Neal Bridge. I for one applaud them.
PAWS is humanely trapping feral cats, spaying/neutering them, getting them rabies shots, having their ears notched for identification purposes, & then returning the cats to where they came from. Many "feral" cats are domesticated cats abandoned by their owners, so they may still be tame enough to adopt out. If kittens are trapped, they are being spayed/neutered, tamed, and adopted out.

If someone traps a "feral" cat & takes it to the shelter, the cat will be killed. It will NOT be put up for adoption. The shelters in this area do not have a TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) Program. PAWS is looking to expand the TNR program, but as always, funding is a problem and donations are needed. So if anyone wants to help out, they can make donations to the PAWS TNR program, they can help trap the cats, & most importantly, spread the word about spaying & neutering.

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