Controversial sign

[Spyder88]

http://www.wlwt.com/automotive/19565898/detail.html

[withay]

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Obviously, she is not going to try to hit children...She was just upset because she felt someone had purposely hit her cat. I once lived in a nieghborhood that had a straight-a-way that people would "race" down and many pets were killed on that street so I sympathize with her. Though I would never have put up that sign, I understand her anger.

[Spyder88]

Obviously, she is not going to try to hit children...She was just upset because she felt someone had purposely hit her cat. I once lived in a nieghborhood that had a straight-a-way that people would "race" down and many pets were killed on that street so I sympathize with her. Though I would never have put up that sign, I understand her anger.


I totally understand her anger. Our cat was killed by a sugar beet truck hauler. They drive like they're nuts during harvest and the road kill almost triples as do accidents with other vehicles and beet trucks.

Still, I eventually had to take some resposibility for his death. Even though we lived out in the country and our nearest neighbor was 2 miles away...we shouldn't have let him out of the house.

Cats live a whole lot longer when they aren't allowed to roam. They don't miss what they never had, so my advice is to ALWAYS keep them confined to the home or at least a fenced in yard.

[R~O~S]

I totally understand her anger. Our cat was killed by a sugar beet truck hauler. They drive like they're nuts during harvest and the road kill almost triples as do accidents with other vehicles and beet trucks.

Still, I eventually had to take some resposibility for his death. Even though we lived out in the country and our nearest neighbor was 2 miles away...we shouldn't have let him out of the house.

Cats live a whole lot longer when they aren't allowed to roam. They don't miss what they never had, so my advice is to ALWAYS keep them confined to the home or at least a fenced in yard.


My sympathies on the loss of your furbaby, but if you have an outdoor cat it's rather difficult to change them. They're a rather independent lot with a mind of their own. I've never had a pet be they dog, cat or bird that wasn't a rescue, therefore the determination of whether my cats are indoor or outdoor cats was made long before they came to me.

My Zee-Zee Top is 18 years old now and in very good health, we haven't told her how old she is. I lost Tomasina at the age of 22. We do live in the burbs, on a little tiny street with no traffic save the folks who live in these 8 houses & since the children play in the middle of the street, the self imposed speed limit is about 5 mph for all. Behind my back yard is conservation land, so my babies are safe.

As for a fenced in yard, I have one of those, an eight foot privacy fence, they've never had any difficulty scaling it in under 1.5 seconds. Fences work for dogs, not cats.

[Spyder88]

My sympathies on the loss of your furbaby, but if you have an outdoor cat it's rather difficult to change them. They're a rather independent lot with a mind of their own. I've never had a pet be they dog, cat or bird that wasn't a rescue, therefore the determination of whether my cats are indoor or outdoor cats was made long before they came to me.

My Zee-Zee Top is 18 years old now and in very good health, we haven't told her how old she is. I lost Tomasina at the age of 22. We do live in the burbs, on a little tiny street with no traffic save the folks who live in these 8 houses & since the children play in the middle of the street, the self imposed speed limit is about 5 mph for all. Behind my back yard is conservation land, so my babies are safe.

As for a fenced in yard, I have one of those, an eight foot privacy fence, they've never had any difficulty scaling it in under 1.5 seconds. Fences work for dogs, not cats.

I'm sorry you lost your kitties, but happy to know they had long and happy lives with you. You are a good kitty mom. :thumbup:

With 4 cats, I know the wanderlust that makes them almost impossible to keep inside, but I also know it can be done. Three of my cats were outside cats. They are now inside cats.

They still come to the door, but wait to be invited out...most of the time. Every now and again they scoot out the door faster than superman ever could, but they're basically controllable even at that.

I do, however, allow them outside in the summer because we have a chain-link fence. So far, so good, but I don't allow them out unless I'm out with them. Worse than kids, but it is what it is.

Whenever I want them all to come inside, I get their grooming comb and they come running. LOL They're so easy. :tongue:

I guess if we'd never have lost Puddy the way we did I'd be less stringent, but to find that once beautiful animal with his head a bloody mess, his body smashed and his insides out...it was horrific and nothing I care to ever experience again. Ever. It's not worth it.

I remember picking him up and wrapping him in a towel. He'd been hit about a eighth of a mile away from home. So close...almost home...anyway...I had to stop several times and wretch because it was so awful.

I know his death was immediate and he didn't even know what hit him, but I do. :sad: I also know it could have been prevented and living with the guilt hasn't been easy. We loved him so.

I also feel with cats, that the less they're out, the better chance our disappearing songbirds have. Domestic, as well as feral cats have been instrumental in some of our birds becoming endangered and some almost extinct.

I'm glad your kitties have been safe with you. Hopefully you'll never have to experience what I have. It's nothing you ever "get over" and like I said...the guilt is there forever.

[R~O~S]

I lost Tomasina many years ago, when Zee-Zee top was only about 5 years old. I loved her, I miss her, she's the reason I rescued Cleopatra as I walked into that shelter proclaiming I was only there to look, I certainly wasn't there to adopt. :tongueside:

I've belled my cats Spyder, my song birds have plenty of notice & I've put up lots of houses with metal guards around the openings so the squirrels can't work their way in there.

I'm rather proud of the bell I managed to get on the feral who's 1/2 adopted me. He'll let me feed him, he'll accept the housing I've provided for him under the deck, he hasn't accepted the invite into the house.........yet. :biggrin:

When he does he'll get his first vet visit and neuter. hmmmmm, maybe he's smarter than I gave him credit. :ohmy:

[annalyzer]

I had a rescue cat that I would tie out in the yard once in awhile on a harness and long leash so he could play and get fresh air, etc. Big mistake. He would run out the door when given the chance to get outside. One evening I didn't find and catch him in time and he was hit by a car in front of my house as he was attempting to cross the street to come back home. :crying:

I now have two rescue cats, sisters, and they are strictly indoor cats. I raised them from kittens and they won't even go near the doors.

[annalyzer]

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From your link, "Teixeira said she knows her sign would upset people but she put it up because she is tired of people driving 65 mph on a 35 mph zone."

It only takes a car going a few mph to kill a cat.

[Dogmatic]

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I guess my question is this:

Why is she putting her cat at risk by letting it run freely where it can be hit or killed? I don't let my kids play in the street and she shouldn't let her cat. If she truly loves animals she will provide them a safe environment.