Let us just say that from a compassion point of view, the physical world is a serious mess. Why oh why did consciousness do this to our/myself/ves.
Jim --- In [email protected], "desert_woodworker" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, > > You have a point. > > But, you say "killing"? (I didn't). > > I live in cities, and always have done. > > Except when I lived for years in the Andes on the observatory mountain, among > Puma. > > In cities, feral cats are not in a state of nature, even here in the State of > Arizona. They are dependent on humans, and this is why they are called > domestic cats. There is a lot of pressure on them. > > If they are dependent on humans, it is humans's responsibility to limit their > numbers, so many do not die of starvation, nor undergo scourges of disease > which cityscapes bring to feral animals. > > "Kitty-AIDS" is rampant, and so is Hepatitis, among the ferals. The ferals > sniff or scratch the noses of domestic cats, and infect the domestic cats. > > So, there are reasons to interact, act, and react. Are these the reasons you > were looking for? > > Is feeding a feral cat "interfering with nature"? > > No: it's interfering with a domestic-cat population. > > Well, it is definitely interacting. > > Even if we don't "interfere", we have no choice but to interact. Some folks > interact as they feel is best for the animals and for the humans (in other > words, for Nature). Neutering is one way people jump in to make a difference. > > Not too fine a point on it, I don't think. > > I would be against killing feral cats, unless they were rabid. I advocate > neutering them so populations won't grow in town. Out of town, let them be, > if they choose to live in the wild. Predation there will cull their growth. > Coyotes here are real pet killers, and not timid to come into town along > washes, arroyos, etc. I lost a 17-year old Tuxedo cat to a coyote in the > middle of town: "Mikey". I see their lanky legs trotting in the morning > twilight light here, a block or two from intersecting 5-lane major city > thoroughfares. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Why in the world would you want to interfere with nature? Let them all be I > > say. Why do humans insist on trapping and killing wild cats instead of > > letting them live as part of nature? > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
