Compassion arises without intention.
KG
On 10/8/2012 5:23 PM, jfnewell7 wrote:
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] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>,
"desert_woodworker" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote:
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> Edgar,
>
> You have a point.
>
> But, you say "killing"? (I didn't).
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> 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?
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> Is feeding a feral cat "interfering with nature"?
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> No: it's interfering with a domestic-cat population.
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> 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?
>
