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topsider - 24 May 2004 04:29 GMT

if a cat is caught once in a havahart trap.....and released.....
will it be so wary on subsequent revisits that it can never be caught again
in the same type of trap?

any thoughts appreciated.

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Sherry - 24 May 2004 08:19 GMT

>if a cat is caught once in a havahart trap.....and released.....
>will it be so wary on subsequent revisits that it can never be caught again
>in the same type of trap?
>
>any thoughts appreciated.

You just don't give up, do you, Muffin?

Sherry

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Wendy - 24 May 2004 12:29 GMT

> >if a cat is caught once in a havahart trap.....and released.....
> >will it be so wary on subsequent revisits that it can never be caught again
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>
> Sherry

It's a shame we can't trap Muffin and ship him/her off to the pound for
similar treatment as Muffin described in rec.pets.cats.rescue

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Sherry - 24 May 2004 15:24 GMT

>> You just don't give up, do you, Muffin?
>>
>> Sherry
>
>It's a shame we can't trap Muffin and ship him/her off to the pound for
>similar treatment as Muffin described in rec.pets.cats.rescue

Agreed, although I suspect the treatment described was pure fiction.

Sherry

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Wendy - 24 May 2004 23:19 GMT

> >> You just don't give up, do you, Muffin?
> >>
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>
> Sherry

I can't imagine even a disreputable pound behaving like that.

We having a full moon lately or something? Seems they're coming out of the
woodwork everywhere.

W

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Sherry - 24 May 2004 23:25 GMT

>I can't imagine even a disreputable pound behaving like that.
>
>We having a full moon lately or something? Seems they're coming out of the
>woodwork everywhere.
>
>W

Maybe because school's out for summer?

Sherry

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James Marz - 24 May 2004 23:40 GMT

Wendy <wendypart@nospam.com> wrote;

> I can't imagine even a disreputable pound behaving like that.

Animals, as well as people, deserve to die with dignity. This is not
the case for feral cats that end up at Sacramento City Animal Control.

These cats are pulled out of their cages by means of a 4-foot steel
"control" pole with a wire loop that is placed around their necks and
tightened to the choking point. The cats are held on the cement, and
their back legs and tail are stepped on in order to keep them quiet.
They are then stretched out and injected in the stomach with sodium
phenobarbital.

What a sad, inhumane way to die.

James Marz

http://www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2000-11-09/guest.asp

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Sherry - 25 May 2004 04:26 GMT

> The cats are held on the cement, and
>their back legs and tail are stepped on in order to keep them quiet.
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>
>James Marz

The really sad thing is, they are injecting the sodium pent. into the heart,
not the stomache. It's very painful, and by state law here , requires a
pre-sedative.

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James Marz - 24 May 2004 19:15 GMT

> if a cat is caught once in a havahart trap.....and released.....
> will it be so wary on subsequent revisits that it can never be caught again
> in the same type of trap?
>
> any thoughts appreciated.

Cats can be caught multiple times. They are stupid animals with little
or no memory, just like you muffin/topsider.

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