Cob: Re: Cats dying as prey. from Minn to Ga

Tue Sep 9 06:35:46 CDT 2003

Mike 
I feel badly about your cat losses. A cat is a most valuable companion and useful predator species for the normal home. 
I am under the impression that hawks will carry off a cat if they can't find anything else. 
I believe the animals do not think in terms of being protected in the city. It is more likely they are looking for their own niche as the developers take more and more of their natural habitat. We have about 8 deer bedding down in our field, but only since the developers got hold of large chunks of property here and cleared the trees and undergrowth. There is no place for them to go but where the food supply and shelter is and if it is your yard or mine, what other choice do they have? 
We have been here quite awhile and, until the clearing of mountainside 5 + - acre lots for fancy second houses began, we did not hear the  cries of the large cats bouncing off the mountainsides. 
In our area, I believe a lot of the clearing has to do with the economic environment, where the trees on the way to the sawmill are worth enough to keep a jobless family in grub for awhile. Families with forest land see little choice but to sell off their assets. When we had twenty acres for grazing our cattle and raising small fruit down in Arkansas, we found that the only way to make money on the farm was by selling it. 
I n these mountains, with the loss of woods' cover, we are seeing fewer birds, hearing the owl and the woodpecker less often, and seeing more deer grazing on the sides of the roads. The deer especially like grapes, I've noticed. 
I grieve for us all as some of us foul our own nests, while those who speak up are treated like lunatics....
Building with cob, using as little of the products from the "better living through chemistry" sector as possible, and spreading the word that there is another way, has to be one of the more heartening developments. Building a wire net cage has to be another. In Rhode Island, a relative by marriage has a cage the size of a small house over blueberries and some other food plants. 
Drive slowly during breeding season, as that's when the deer are most single-minded and heedless of humankind's automobiles. 

Good luck. 
Mary H

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel badly about your cat losses. A cat 
is a most valuable companion and useful predator species for the normal 
home. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am under the impression that hawks 
will carry off a cat if they can't find anything else. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe the animals do not think in terms of 
being protected in the city. It is more likely they are looking for their own 
niche as the developers take more and more of their natural habitat. We have 
about 8 deer bedding down in our field, but only since the developers got hold 
of large chunks of property here and cleared the trees and undergrowth. 
There is no place for them to go but where the food supply and shelter is and if 
it is your yard or mine, what other choice do they have? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have been here quite awhile and, until the 
clearing of mountainside 5 + - acre lots for fancy second houses 
began, we did not hear the  cries of the large cats bouncing off the 
mountainsides. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>n our area, I 
believe a lot of the clearing has to do with the economic environment, where the 
trees on the way to the sawmill are worth enough to keep a jobless family 
in grub for awhile. Families with forest land see little choice but to sell off 
their assets. When we had twenty acres for grazing our cattle and raising small 
fruit down in Arkansas, we found that the only way to make money on the 
farm was by selling it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I n these mountains, with the loss of woods' 
cover, we are seeing fewer birds, hearing the owl and the woodpecker less often, 
and seeing more deer grazing on the sides of the roads. The deer especially like 
grapes, I've noticed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I grieve for us all as some of us foul our own 
nests, while those who speak up are treated like lunatics....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Building with cob, using as little of the products 
from the "better living through chemistry" sector as possible, and spreading the 
word that there is another way, has to be one of the more heartening 
developments. Building a wire net cage has to be another. In Rhode Island, 
a relative by marriage has a cage the size of a small house 
over blueberries and some other food plants. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Drive slowly during breeding season, as that's when 
the deer are most single-minded and heedless of humankind's automobiles. 
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary H</FONT></DIV>
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