Post by: Iain on August 28, 2008, 07:11:31 AM
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A family cat is expected to survive after its body was pierced by an 18-inch aluminium arrow.
Two-and-a-half-year-old Marmite managed to make it back to his home in the Scottish Borders village of Newcastleton after being struck.
- more at linkTwo-and-a-half-year-old Marmite managed to make it back to his home in the Scottish Borders village of Newcastleton after being struck.
Lucky cat.
Post by: dogmush on August 28, 2008, 07:13:42 AM
Post by: MrRezister on August 28, 2008, 07:18:33 AM
Lucky cat.
Or, alternatively:
Very unlucky cat.
My cats are the lucky ones. They sit around in the air conditioning all day without the slightest fear of being impaled by arrows.
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 28, 2008, 07:22:27 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on August 28, 2008, 07:23:52 AM
Poor little kitten. Can we use the bastard who did this for archery training?
I'd be good with that. Broadhead hunting arrows. The kind with the serrated blades.
I'm just glad the poor cat got back home and was able to be saved...This is why I recommend that people keep their cats indoors.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 28, 2008, 07:24:35 AM
Post by: AJ Dual on August 28, 2008, 07:25:09 AM
B. I also hope that arrow is not going "the long way" through the cat as that 2 dimentional x-ray suggests.
Post by: coppertales on August 28, 2008, 07:49:32 AM
Post by: PTK on August 28, 2008, 07:58:57 AM
Cats are tough little critters. I once helped a friend take care of some feral cats on his farm. I brought my .22 along, thinking that would be enough to handle something as small as a cat. Nope, not even close. After leaving 3 out of 3 wounded but very much alive, I drove home to swap out my .22 for my 1903A3.
We ended up using a silenced .45 carbine on feral cats, before. TOUGH buggers.
Post by: Tallpine on August 28, 2008, 08:06:26 AM
Poor little kitty 
I expect they will be banning bows 'n arrows soon in the UK
Post by: Iain on August 28, 2008, 08:41:32 AM
A. I hope, presume it was a target point.
B. I also hope that arrow is not going "the long way" through the cat as that 2 dimentional x-ray suggests.
B. I also hope that arrow is not going "the long way" through the cat as that 2 dimentional x-ray suggests.
Article says it entered by the right shoulder and exited by the left rear leg.
Post by: Jamisjockey on August 28, 2008, 09:23:55 AM
A. I hope, presume it was a target point.
B. I also hope that arrow is not going "the long way" through the cat as that 2 dimentional x-ray suggests.
B. I also hope that arrow is not going "the long way" through the cat as that 2 dimentional x-ray suggests.
Article says it entered by the right shoulder and exited by the left rear leg.
Best way to Rotisseire one.....
Post by: HankB on August 28, 2008, 09:27:34 AM
Post by: griz on August 28, 2008, 09:30:25 AM
Post by: Nitrogen on August 28, 2008, 09:31:12 AM
Cats are tough little critters. I once helped a friend take care of some feral cats on his farm. I brought my .22 along, thinking that would be enough to handle something as small as a cat. Nope, not even close. After leaving 3 out of 3 wounded but very much alive, I drove home to swap out my .22 for my 1903A3.
We ended up using a silenced .45 carbine on feral cats, before. TOUGH buggers.
A friend of mine in austrailia has done this. Apparently the feral cats out there are amazingly tough and mean; they are pests worse than deer out there.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 28, 2008, 11:55:04 AM
If you keep them in, you have to feed them and clean up after them. You bunch of liberals.
Post by: MicroBalrog on August 28, 2008, 11:56:57 AM
Cats are tough little critters. I once helped a friend take care of some feral cats on his farm. I brought my .22 along, thinking that would be enough to handle something as small as a cat. Nope, not even close. After leaving 3 out of 3 wounded but very much alive, I drove home to swap out my .22 for my 1903A3.
Some of them deranged types over at Survival Monkey use AR15s on cats.
Post by: 2swap on August 28, 2008, 12:27:08 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 28, 2008, 12:35:37 PM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 28, 2008, 12:37:37 PM
Cats are tough little critters. I once helped a friend take care of some feral cats on his farm. I brought my .22 along, thinking that would be enough to handle something as small as a cat. Nope, not even close. After leaving 3 out of 3 wounded but very much alive, I drove home to swap out my .22 for my 1903A3.
Some of them deranged types over at Survival Monkey use AR15s on cats.
Cat's are tough little creatures.
Post by: Bigjake on August 28, 2008, 12:43:17 PM
Cats are tough little critters. I once helped a friend take care of some feral cats on his farm. I brought my .22 along, thinking that would be enough to handle something as small as a cat. Nope, not even close. After leaving 3 out of 3 wounded but very much alive, I drove home to swap out my .22 for my 1903A3.
Some of them deranged types over at Survival Monkey use AR15s on cats.
AR15 is perfectly decent feral cat medicine.
At any rate, the HOUSEcat in question wasn't HOME, therefore it's probable that it was being a nuisance to some other property owner, and gun laws being what they are in the UK, said property owner used the next best thing. Brits can still Pluck Yew, you know.
Post by: Iain on August 28, 2008, 12:53:34 PM
Although I can see that it does have merit and would certainly have saved my childhood pet from a premature end. Then again, he was a big ginger killer and might well have gone insane.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 28, 2008, 12:56:02 PM
Post by: Iain on August 28, 2008, 01:06:55 PM
Post by: lupinus on August 28, 2008, 02:37:51 PM
Someone shoots one of my cats with an arrow they wont like where I put the thing.
Post by: Antibubba on August 28, 2008, 04:16:23 PM
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I expect they will be banning bows 'n arrows soon in the UK
I'm shocked to discover they're still legal. Or is it exclusive to Scotland?
Post by: tokugawa on August 28, 2008, 07:23:15 PM
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 28, 2008, 07:37:09 PM
Post by: wmenorr67 on August 28, 2008, 07:59:13 PM
Post by: 209 on August 28, 2008, 11:12:10 PM
Cats are tough though. We cleared out a horde of feral cats from a farm years back. The farm was abandoned for about 7 years and those cats just kept breeding and multiplying. They must have had an ample food source because they all looked fairly healthy. They weren't too afraid of us either and they were some of the more vicious cats I even ran into.
A 12ga worked fairly well; we didn't have all that much luck with .22cal rifles. One of the guys used his Mini-14 and got good results.
Post by: LadySmith on August 28, 2008, 11:28:02 PM
And LadySmith will be along in to toss shoes in 3.....2.....1...........
Jamis gets one upside the head:
Best way to Rotisseire one.....
Post by: 280plus on August 29, 2008, 01:37:17 AM
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he was a big ginger killer
What gun for big ginger killer?
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 29, 2008, 02:32:35 AM
I'd like to pop the sob who did that in his head with my 30.06 and watch it explode in a shower of pink mist. He's probably a McCain voter anyway.
Uh. I thought it was in the UK.
Post by: Jamisjockey on August 29, 2008, 03:26:17 AM
I'd like to pop the sob who did that in his head with my 30.06 and watch it explode in a shower of pink mist. He's probably a McCain voter anyway.
I'm sure you would. You sound like a stone cold bad ass.
Do you even know what a .30-06 is?
Post by: richyoung on August 29, 2008, 05:36:14 AM
Don't want "snookem's" shot? Keep it at home.
Post by: MrRezister on August 29, 2008, 05:40:30 AM
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 29, 2008, 05:57:02 AM
aren't you the feller that lets his roam by god given right?
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Post by: Tuco on August 29, 2008, 10:19:36 AM
IBTL.
I'm gonna pull out my copy of the "Man Eaters of Koumon" and relive my short duty as official feline dispatch officer for the Urban Coop of Homing Pigeons, wherefrom one less ball bearing moustrap emerged under it's own power to warm it's regal coat in the light of day.
The acid sweat...
...natives with machetes.
...knowing the job needed to be finished, or its bloodthirsty spee would continue....
..on it haunches...
ready to pounce...
Nonmortal yet crippling shoulder shots...
...seemingly unscathed by the spire point solids....
Blood curdling roar!!!
Dropped inches from my boots.
As the cop told my granny in 1955 - "Keep yer cats to home."
Post by: MrRezister on August 29, 2008, 12:14:44 PM
aren't you the feller that lets his roam by god given right?
I'm the "feller" who happens to own a couple of cats who never leave the house, and I can't recall having ever even insinuated anything to the contrary. I could be wrong, so feel free to refresh my memory, thanks.
Post by: Racehorse on August 29, 2008, 12:20:51 PM
I'd like to pop the sob who did that in his head with my 30.06 and watch it explode in a shower of pink mist.
I'm not in favor of what was done to the cat, but this is just disturbing. I find comments like that strange, even when not totally serious.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 29, 2008, 12:24:27 PM
Post by: Racehorse on August 29, 2008, 12:38:40 PM
Oh, come on, Racey-horse. What's a little murder when a cat's been injured? You're so uptight.
Some pink mist would be refreshing right now...
Post by: Iain on August 29, 2008, 12:53:06 PM
Oh, come on, Racey-horse. What's a little murder when a cat's been injured? You're so uptight.
Yeah dude - have a beer and some rotisseried... meat.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 29, 2008, 12:54:56 PM
Oh, come on, Racey-horse. What's a little murder when a cat's been injured? You're so uptight.
Some pink mist would be refreshing right now...
Excellent idea. You actually made me go to the fridge for some Ruby Red grapefruit juice.
How did you get my remote?
Post by: Marnoot on August 29, 2008, 12:55:41 PM
Oh, come on, Racey-horse. What's a little murder when a cat's been injured? You're so uptight.
Some pink mist would be refreshing right now...
mmm...
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 29, 2008, 01:38:41 PM
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on August 29, 2008, 03:25:49 PM
then again i treat my cats like they are cats. wild creatures who long ago enslaved the human race. unfortunatly for pharoh, i make a rotten slave.
BTW, the shooter of that arrow will come to a bad end. the cats will take care of it.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 29, 2008, 03:44:36 PM
aren't you the feller that lets his roam by god given right?
I'm the "feller" who happens to own a couple of cats who never leave the house, and I can't recall having ever even insinuated anything to the contrary. I could be wrong, so feel free to refresh my memory, thanks.
sorry there was someone on here who announced to the world that he would continue to allow his cats their freedom . i thought it was you he had a similar force to his posts. (not meant as a negative) it apparently wasn't you thats what i get for trusting my memory. i'll try search feature next time
Post by: Marnoot on August 29, 2008, 03:56:11 PM
What is that? Some Utah thing?
Sierra Mist is a Western US (I've only seen it out here, maybe it's back-east. It's a Pepsi product) lemon-lime soda. Just did a quick photoshop (or GIMPing, to be more accurate).
Post by: Tallpine on August 29, 2008, 04:01:50 PM
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there was someone on here who announced to the world that he would continue to allow his cats their freedom
Our cats roam inside and outside. We own 40 acres of hunting ground for them.
Post by: Bigjake on August 29, 2008, 05:33:33 PM
Our cats roam inside and outside. We own 40 acres of hunting ground for them.
That would be the most important fact. Your land, you can do whatever you please with it, Including letting wildlife killing critters run free. And on your land, I'll never molest them.
The day they show up on mine, crapping where they aren't supposed to and killing off all the upland game birds, it's curtains.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 29, 2008, 08:55:04 PM
Our cats roam inside and outside. We own 40 acres of hunting ground for them.
I thought free-range pets were the norm, in rural areas. My folks have 1.8 acres, so obviously our cats and dogs roamed off-property quite a bit. No complaints that I ever heard about, except for one of our dog's pups. He was messin' with the neighbors garden, and took a bullet through the hind leg. I don't recall our being at all upset with the neighbor (he's an excellent neighbor, actually), and Dad dispatched him a little while later, with another bullet. The dog, I mean, not the neighbor.
What is that? Some Utah thing?
Sierra Mist is a Western US (I've only seen it out here, maybe it's back-east. It's a Pepsi product) lemon-lime soda. Just did a quick photoshop (or GIMPing, to be more accurate).
Oh. I digs Sierra Mist. Tis readily available here in the St. Loeey region.
Post by: LadySmith on August 30, 2008, 01:58:15 AM
I thought free-range pets were the norm, in rural areas.
Not in my rural area. My cats are strictly indoors. There are things out there that can hurt, kill and eat them if they roamed.
Also, there may be crazy cat ladies in the area who'd make sure I never saw my widdle fuzzies again.
How do you think I got all of mine?
Post by: 280plus on August 30, 2008, 02:24:55 AM
Post by: Jamisjockey on August 30, 2008, 11:43:22 AM
i try to have outdoor cats. i throw the one out every chance i get. i'm not worried. it would take a nucluer bomb to kill that scrawny flea bag.
then again i treat my cats like they are cats. wild creatures who long ago enslaved the human race. unfortunatly for pharoh, i make a rotten slave.
BTW, the shooter of that arrow will come to a bad end. the cats will take care of it.
then again i treat my cats like they are cats. wild creatures who long ago enslaved the human race. unfortunatly for pharoh, i make a rotten slave.
BTW, the shooter of that arrow will come to a bad end. the cats will take care of it.
Outdoor cats are feral animals that are damaging to the local ecosystem.
I hope yours are spayed/neutered.
Post by: Tallpine on August 30, 2008, 02:34:26 PM
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Outdoor cats are feral animals that are damaging to the local ecosystem.
Our cats are not feral and the main point of having them (besides liking cats) is to do as much damage as possible to the local ecosystem of mice, voles, gophers, etc
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 30, 2008, 03:07:52 PM
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Outdoor cats are feral animals that are damaging to the local ecosystem.
Huh? It was my impression that feral animals of all kinds were the ecosystem. One could argue that birds destroy the eco of the unfortunate worms (who suffer from low sex appeal), and cats are simply karma come to disembowell 'em. :pAs for killing somebody on account of a cat... read up on the definition of 'human' and 'animal.' The terms ain't synonymous.
We just let our cat roam free... that's how he came to our place. Starved then, fat now. Friendly enough, does have mental issues.
Post by: K Frame on August 30, 2008, 04:54:08 PM
No, no they're not.
Cats are far more deserving of living.
Post by: Green Lantern on August 30, 2008, 05:12:32 PM
Some little punk shot a cat HERE with an arrow. Cat survived, is doing ok AFAIK. It made me feel a little better to hear the shooter's defense that he thought it was a wildcat, not a pet. So he's careless and stupid, but not careless, stupid, and cruel I guess..
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No, no they're not.
Cats are far more deserving of living.
Cats are far more deserving of living.
+1, IMO.
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 30, 2008, 05:40:18 PM
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Cats are far more deserving of living.
Why?
Post by: Green Lantern on August 30, 2008, 07:20:19 PM
So, what's the excuse for HUMANS doing cruel, disgusting things? Like shooting a cat with a bow?
Post by: Gewehr98 on August 30, 2008, 08:49:00 PM
However, as a friendly heads-up, another post like that will most definitely make the decision for him.
Post by: 280plus on August 31, 2008, 03:01:32 AM
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Cats are far more deserving of living.
You know the humans too well!
Post by: lupinus on August 31, 2008, 06:40:37 PM
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Cats are far more deserving of living.
Why?Post by: richyoung on September 02, 2008, 05:14:45 AM
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Outdoor cats are feral animals that are damaging to the local ecosystem.
Huh? It was my impression that feral animals of all kinds were the ecosystem. "Feral" is NOT the same thing as "Wild" - it refers to a previously domesticated animal that has gone wild. They are horrible for the environment for a number of reasons- they are almost always non-native to the environment, carry both domestic and natural diseases, crowd out native species, often have no natural enemies to control them, and, most important, have no fear of man. Think rabbits in Australia. Or walking catfish in Florida. Even worse are "part-time ferals". Most crazy cat women would poop their knickers if they new how many little biries and such "widdle snookems" kills when she "lets him out for a while..."
For therecord, I have a cat, & it roams... if it gets shot, (or chewed up by another cat), while on someone else's property, I accept that.
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on September 02, 2008, 12:06:39 PM
i try to have outdoor cats. i throw the one out every chance i get. i'm not worried. it would take a nucluer bomb to kill that scrawny flea bag.
then again i treat my cats like they are cats. wild creatures who long ago enslaved the human race. unfortunatly for pharoh, i make a rotten slave.
BTW, the shooter of that arrow will come to a bad end. the cats will take care of it.
then again i treat my cats like they are cats. wild creatures who long ago enslaved the human race. unfortunatly for pharoh, i make a rotten slave.
BTW, the shooter of that arrow will come to a bad end. the cats will take care of it.
Outdoor cats are feral animals that are damaging to the local ecosystem.
I hope yours are spayed/neutered.
my cats are not feral. feral is when domesticated animals go wild. and wild cats do not let people carry them around or amaze the vet by being so relaxed in the vet office.
and yes, all my boys are neutered. i would never inflict more of them on the world.
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 03, 2008, 03:40:45 AM
Again, what would you people say if I just let my dog out at night like it was no big deal?
I have no sympathy (for you) if your cats are injured or killed by accident or by other means. I also have no patience for stray animals. Living in the 'burbs precludes me from shooting problem animals. I have and will continue, however, to rent live animal traps and turn them over to animal control. And sorry, but if your cat has a collar, collar goes in the trash animal goes to the pound.
KEEP YOUR DAMN CATS IN THE HOUSE.
My dog doesn't get to roam the neighborhood, eat your plants, *expletive deleted*it on your porch, walk on your car, screech and fight in the middle of the night outside your window, or hunt wild NATIVE animals....your cat shouldn't get to, either.
Post by: Sindawe on September 03, 2008, 04:05:43 AM
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And sorry, but if your cat has a collar, collar goes in the trash animal goes to the pound.
KEEP YOUR DAMN CATS IN THE HOUSE.
KEEP YOUR DAMN CATS IN THE HOUSE.
I guess that applies for the errant indoor cat that manages to get out, eh? It DOES happen, despite their staff's best efforts. Would you be OK if I happen apon your errant dog running loose, chuck his/her collar in the trash trash and take it to the pound rather than return him/her to you?
Post by: K Frame on September 03, 2008, 04:20:26 AM