We had a cat drop in on an old friend of mine named Henry, who has a farm near my home. It made it's presence known by it's scat and tracks, and the dead horse it left behind. The Ministry of Natural resources denounced the initial claim it was a cat that killed the horse and refused to visit until Henry pointed out the probability of a lawsuit if his insurance claim was disallowed due to lack of government evidence or a report. Thus, a government biologist and a game warden made the trip to Henry's farm, and shocked themselves by concluding we have a cougar hereabouts. They are seen around here now. In fact we have a few it seems, here and up at our Manitoulin property where a den was discovered on the escarpment woodlands and verified by the Ontario Cougar Foundation. This increase in cat population of a species thought to be almost extinct here, is due to the unprecedented number of white tailed deer. That's my cat story. Yers truly....Stephen On Sep 9, 2007, at 1:04 PM, James Thompson wrote: > OK, a new subject. We just adopted two kittens which had been > fostered through Cats Protection Orkney and we're having a fantastic > time with them. Orkney has an abundance -- many would say an > overabundance -- of cats, a lot of them homeless. If you have the > time and room, why not consider taking on a couple? (Two are easier > than one, actually.)? > > On a related note, Cats Protection believe that the entire feral cat > population of N. Ronaldsay has now been neutered; though that leaves a > lot of other islands still to go. > > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. > ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

That's a really big feral cat! Beautiful animals,,but a bit chancy to be around. R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stephen davie Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Cats We had a cat drop in on an old friend of mine named Henry, who has a farm near my home. It made it's presence known by it's scat and tracks, and the dead horse it left behind. The Ministry of Natural resources denounced the initial claim it was a cat that killed the horse and refused to visit until Henry pointed out the probability of a lawsuit if his insurance claim was disallowed due to lack of government evidence or a report. Thus, a government biologist and a game warden made the trip to Henry's farm, and shocked themselves by concluding we have a cougar hereabouts. They are seen around here now. In fact we have a few it seems, here and up at our Manitoulin property where a den was discovered on the escarpment woodlands and verified by the Ontario Cougar Foundation. This increase in cat population of a species thought to be almost extinct here, is due to the unprecedented number of white tailed deer. That's my cat story. Yers truly....Stephen On Sep 9, 2007, at 1:04 PM, James Thompson wrote: > OK, a new subject. We just adopted two kittens which had been > fostered through Cats Protection Orkney and we're having a fantastic > time with them. Orkney has an abundance -- many would say an > overabundance -- of cats, a lot of them homeless. If you have the > time and room, why not consider taking on a couple? (Two are easier > than one, actually.)? > > On a related note, Cats Protection believe that the entire feral cat > population of N. Ronaldsay has now been neutered; though that leaves a > lot of other islands still to go. > > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. > ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message