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Hi Moira,
I think that you have to bear in mind that this is "natural" behaviour for a cat, well some of them at least.
Chasing a fox across the countryside is not what I would describe as "natural" behaviour for a member of the human race (even a late entrant :p)
As Oscar Wilde observed: "the indescribable in pursuit of the inedible."
This part of the World is "anti hunting" after a fashion. It is 95% arable farming, and foxes don't eat crops, but rabbits do............... There isn't the political nonsense, just that foxes are acceptable in this environment.
It saddens me to have to report that "death by hatchback" is by far the more common cause of a fox's demise than "death by horseback". I really despair at the incompetence of some road users. Badgers, phesants, partridges, mallard etc. are all casualties :(
Driving to Hull (about 35 miles) I will see maybe 1 to 3 foxes killed in a week. Most hunts wouldn't have that kill rate in a year?
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Well I gave up trying to view that as it was buffering for ages. However, I accept that hunting and playing with prey is natural behaviour for a cat, that doesn't mean I have to like it though! I have read that in the wild, cats don't play with their prey, it's just a domesticated trait since they have no need to hunt for food because we feed them. So when they catch something, they don't want to actually eat it, they've just developed the trait of playing with whatever they catch for amusement.
Yes, hunting is artificial (I'm not particularly anti hunting by the way) and I'm sure it isn't responsible for the majority of deaths of foxes. In fact, I'm pretty sure very few are caught (or were now it's illegal) this way.
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Sure............ a Bell military chopper? :D
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In other news Tony the Tiger, long term mascot for Kellogs Frosties, had to be put down after a brutal attack.
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Can't really comment on this:
http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/5752...mbers_To_Flush
Please notice that although the cat is using a human toilet (WC) it still tries to dig a hole to begin with :D
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Tony the Tiger had to be put down? :(
That video is a hoot - I'm surprised the cat didn't surface with a wet face!
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I've seen a video where they tied a sting with a plastic ring on the end to the handle so the cat could flush too. It's a amazing that you can teach a cat to stuff that some people can't seem to master. :)
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I'm not sure whether you're really "teaching" the cat anything though, even if you do manage to get it to pull the string on the odd occasion. It's probably just playing with the string! Cats really don't have sophisticated enough brains for that sort of thing.
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Don't be so sure.
You can't steal my cat's seat because if you do it meows to be let out/fed/shot in the head until you get up then it steals it back.
