Neko no Te datte Yaku ni Tatsu - Ch. 177 - On That Day

[Jatopian]

Because rats are smart, they won't eat food that is surrounded by dead rats, so a fast-acting poison doesn't work as well.

Are you saying cats are less smart than rats, and will eat food that is surrounded by dead cats?

 

[the_Bear_from_Bearcave]

Are you saying cats are less smart than rats, and will eat food that is surrounded by dead cats?

I think it's just that cats as bigger animals are fewer in numbers, so you only need to get the first few. to get rid of most of them anyway. If you have rat problem, you need to get rid of a lot of them, so your poison have to keep killing them for a long time. Basically - different species, different needs for a "hunting" tool.

 

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[Deathhappens]

Goddamn.

I mean ok, I get it, you can't find a home for them, the government (which SHOULD be taking care of them) is washing their hands of the whole thing... but are you really telling me you have to kill them? Even just abandoning them on the streets is a better fate than that.

 

[notreallyuptothisrightnowsorry]

Goddamn.

I mean ok, I get it, you can't find a home for them, the government (which SHOULD be taking care of them) is washing their hands of the whole thing... but are you really telling me you have to kill them? Even just abandoning them on the streets is a better fate than that.

Depends on where you will be abandoning them. Street cats usually didn't live long tho. Infections derivated from food poisoning, injuries from fights with other feral animals or from the general urban environment, parasites, urban predators like falcons and dogs, starvation or roadkills are usually the fate that awaits stray cats a couple years after being abandoned, and they are usually just nasty, painful and brutal. Also stray cats represents a great risk for other species like birds, small mamals and reptillians. That said I still support mercy kills over abandoning them (not with rat poison, that stuff kills slowly).

 

[Deathhappens]

Depends on where you will be abandoning them. Street cats usually didn't live long tho. Infections derivated from food poisoning, injuries from fights with other feral animals or from the general urban environment, parasites, urban predators like falcons and dogs, starvation or roadkills are usually the fate that awaits stray cats a couple years after being abandoned, and they are usually just nasty, painful and brutal. Also stray cats represents a great risk for other species like birds, small mamals and reptillians. That said I still support mercy kills over abandoning them (not with rat poison, that stuff kills slowly).

Street cats can and do thrive even in cities. Of course there's a lot of threats to their life, but that's the same for any feral cat regardless of location, particularly when it comes to illness and injury. Cities offer significantly higher chances of finding food and shelter, at the cost of having to navigate around cars (and potentially hostile humans). Nevertheless in no way could just killing them off be justified as a "mercy kill". As far as we can tell they're perfectly healthy.

 

[notreallyuptothisrightnowsorry]

Street cats can and do thrive even in cities. Of course there's a lot of threats to their life, but that's the same for any feral cat regardless of location, particularly when it comes to illness and injury. Cities offer significantly higher chances of finding food and shelter, at the cost of having to navigate around cars (and potentially hostile humans). Nevertheless in no way could just killing them off be justified as a "mercy kill". As far as we can tell they're perfectly healthy.

That's the case If the cat was born feral. Output will be considerably different when abandoning former house cats. Still I aknowledge your point. Yes, It seems like street cats can adaptate to living among dangerous elements from urban environment. According to Save a Kitty if a cat do survive until they become adult, they will have an average lifespan of 2 years. Neutering is preferred over neutralizing. Mercy kills should be avoided.

 

[notreallyuptothisrightnowsorry]

Street cats can and do thrive even in cities. Of course there's a lot of threats to their life, but that's the same for any feral cat regardless of location, particularly when it comes to illness and injury. Cities offer significantly higher chances of finding food and shelter, at the cost of having to navigate around cars (and potentially hostile humans). Nevertheless in no way could just killing them off be justified as a "mercy kill". As far as we can tell they're perfectly health.

Location do impact on the average lifespan of a street cat though. Conditions may be vary even between cities. I presume that surviving on a crowded city may be several times harder than living on a peaceful neighborhood of Japan.