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In this world are two kinds of people. Dog people and cat people. It is the stuff of movies. People either love cats or they hate them. In LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Mark Smith wants to hunt them.
Now, now, Mr. Smith doesn't want to hunt Fluffy or Mr. Cuddles. He only wants to hunt stray cats. No, not those http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/stray_cats/bio.jhtml">Stray Cats. Mr. Smith is only after the ones that used to curl up in your lap and purr lovingly against your ankles until one day you left the screen door open and a curious exploration of the front yard turned into a wild squirrel chase into the big bad world where Mr. Cuddles was forced to hunt birds for his survival.
Yes. Mr. Smith isn't a dog-man or a cat-man. He's a BIRD man -- and not just any birds, Mr. Smith likes songbirds (well, probably not THESE songbirds, but hey...Google comes up with interesting things sometimes).
People are concerned that hyper-vigilant neighborhood meanies might use the new law to shoot Fluffy when he does his business in their garden or sneaks outside for a little nature walk. In response to Mr. Smith's proposed law, aghast citizens of Wisconsin have begun protesting already. People are serious about this issue. (Take the tragic story of "Redboy" for instance.) Some cheesed-off Wisconsonians are even making it personal.
Others have formed organizations that specialize in "helping" feral cat colonies through TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return). I'm not sure if the cats consider those methods all that helpful and might prefer to just be shot than to become formerly-male and formerly-female feral felines.
Really, these cats ought to be grateful they don't live in Asia. In the US it's normal to eat Bambi, Donald (Daffy is actually a loon) and Porky. There's still something disturbing about chowing down on a nice leg of cat. Thufferin' Thuccotash!
So whatcha think? Feral cats - hunt 'em or hug 'em?
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