Kitten Kong
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waitingmanPictures of cats... that's the key to internet stardom
So here are 2 shots of Layla - taken during one of her escapes out into the real world - or at least the back yard part of it. We live near a National Park where they completed a successful fox eradication program a couple of years ago, with the result being an increase in the numbers of native animals like scrub turkeys, possums & bandicoots... who all now roam the streets & gardens near the Park. Including mine. Which is all good & fine, but bandicoots are tick carriers - they somehow aren't too bothered by them & are unconcerned taxirides for the little bloodsucking bastards. With Layla being under a year old, there isn't a decent tick-killing medication for her, so she's not really allowed out. But boy oh boy is she fast when a door is opened by the unwary or unready
So here are 2 shots of Layla - taken during one of her escapes out into the real world - or at least the back yard part of it. We live near a National Park where they completed a successful fox eradication program a couple of years ago, with the result being an increase in the numbers of native animals like scrub turkeys, possums & bandicoots... who all now roam the streets & gardens near the Park. Including mine. Which is all good & fine, but bandicoots are tick carriers - they somehow aren't too bothered by them & are unconcerned taxirides for the little bloodsucking bastards. With Layla being under a year old, there isn't a decent tick-killing medication for her, so she's not really allowed out. But boy oh boy is she fast when a door is opened by the unwary or unready
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Date: 2016-08-30 04:42 pm (UTC)My first cat was a calico and also loved to run out when the door was open.
I think it's genetic with cats.. :)
We live near a National Park where they completed a successful fox eradication program a couple of years ago
Perhaps an eradication program would be appropriate for people who introduce animals into environments where they aren't naturally found. An Australian friend of mine expressed a lot of anger toward feral cats who killed birds and other native animals. I asked why he was angry with the cats who were just being cats and not with the people who allowed their pet cats to go wild. That left him thinking.