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"Therion Ware" |
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19 Aug 2004 08:03:57 AM |
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OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
A successful neutering campaign has resulted in too few kittens on the
island to meet demand for pets.
The new additions include four young tom cats, whose job is to boost
island kitten numbers.
International interest
Pet owners have been so vigilant about spaying and neutering, the
island is now suffering a kitten shortage.
Since 2000 the number of cats being taken in by the Guernsey Society
for the Protection of Animals (GSPCA) each year has fallen from 1,000
to 100.
And that is leaving many of the island's cat lovers disappointed in
the search for a new pet.
Jayne Le Cras from GSPCA says the story of the shortage has obviously
been picked up on the internet and appears to have gone worldwide.
She said: "The Worthing and District Animal Rescue Centre were told
about its by somebody in Scotland, who'd heard about it from someone
in the States.
"Worthing rang us up and said 'You haven't got any and we've got loads
- can you help us?'
"Obviously we're delighted to oblige.
"Over the past 20 years we've being trying to promote responsible pet
ownership by encouraging spaying and neutering.
"But in a way, we've become victims of our own success."
Great result
The situation means the GSPCA has revised its previous advice on
spaying.
"We still advise people to be very careful, because we don't want to
go back to having many litters of unwanted kittens or puppies.
"I think it's probably at the vets, where if the vet sees a very nice,
healthy specimen of animal coming in, he will be the one to perhaps
broach the subject with the clients to see if they'd consider letting
the cat have a litter of kittens."
The GSPCA says it is a great result for everyone - cat lovers in
Guernsey, the Worthing and District Animal Rescue Centre, and most
importantly the cats.
A spokesperson for the Guernsey shelter says 12 of the cats had
already been given new homes.
There are plans for another 60 cats to be shipped to Guernsey before
Christmas.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/3579344.stm
Published: 2004/08/19 10:48:45 GMT
© BBC MMIV
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 09:16:26 PM |
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:03:57 +0100 in episode
<k899i05euuvk7jstg2quei92gtda4imp83@4ax.com> we saw our hero Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com>:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline shortage
is about to come to an end.
There's a *cat shortage?
Hey, my dogs have been home the *entire time...
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 01:06:58 PM |
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Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum at it's new home!
http://www.selectric.org
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 01:13:41 PM |
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
Inexpensive VHS & other video to CD/DVD conversion?
See: <http://www.Video2CD.com>. 35.00 gets your video on DVD.
all posts to this email address are automatically deleted without being read.
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| User: "Clayton The Kaafir Ilzaad With A Lizard Gizard" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 08:48:08 PM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:rdr9i012n43j3d9d1fgt819pdn5lu6hmes@4ax.com...
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
I've always considered the best end to a date is when you munch on the girl.
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 09:09:51 PM |
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Therion Ware wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
More to do with the guy's realization that he was lured in
to knock up all the women...which didn't go *quite* as planned!
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum at it's new home!
http://www.selectric.org
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 01:50:09 PM |
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Therion Ware wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
I insisted that the lady I was dating and her mom, both great animal lovers,
watch the movie. They kept getting madder and madder at me near the end and
I just sat there with a knowing smile.
They approved of the ending.
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 03:32:33 PM |
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:50:09 GMT, "Mike Painter"
<mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Therion Ware wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
I insisted that the lady I was dating and her mom, both great animal lovers,
watch the movie. They kept getting madder and madder at me near the end and
I just sat there with a knowing smile.
They approved of the ending.
I never saw the movie, but presumably it ended like the novella?
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 09:10:32 PM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:50:09 GMT, "Mike Painter"
<mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Therion Ware wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
I insisted that the lady I was dating and her mom, both great animal lovers,
watch the movie. They kept getting madder and madder at me near the end and
I just sat there with a knowing smile.
They approved of the ending.
I never saw the movie, but presumably it ended like the novella?
Something about her tasting good, despite having bad taste.
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum at it's new home!
http://www.selectric.org
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Cat Shortage Solved! |
19 Aug 2004 05:24:24 PM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:50:09 GMT, "Mike Painter"
<mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Therion Ware wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:58 GMT in alt.atheism, J Forbes (J Forbes
<jforbspam@fastmail.fm>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Therion Ware wrote:
Tomcats to boost kitten numbers
Frustrated cat owners in Guernsey are hopeful the island's feline
shortage is about to come to an end.
A consignment of 21 cats has been brought in from the Worthing and
District Animal Rescue Centre in West Sussex to help solve the
problem.
For some odd reason this reminds me of the movie " A boy and
his dog"
That woman at the end came in really useful, IIRC.
I insisted that the lady I was dating and her mom, both great animal
lovers, watch the movie. They kept getting madder and madder at me
near the end and I just sat there with a knowing smile.
They approved of the ending.
I never saw the movie, but presumably it ended like the novella?
Yes. Dinner for two. The same two as in the story.
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