Cat Lovers 1, Organized Religion Nil

[CountDeMoney]

Church relents on cat-feeding ban
Mediation results in plan for relocating food station

Thanks to a last-minute intervention by a mediator, a Northeast Baltimore church has agreed to allow cat advocates to continue feeding feral cats on church property.

Because of the agreement, a protest at Northside Baptist Church set for Sunday morning has been canceled.

Volunteers, part of a citywide trap-neuter-return program, have been feeding a colony of cats on the church's lot for two years. But a couple of weeks ago, the church ordered the cat tenders to dismantle the feeding station.

Church officials said the cats not only bother parishioners, they leave droppings all over the otherwise manicured lawn.

Alarmed that the cats might starve, one of the cat feeders, Denise Farmer, picketed the church by herself the past two Sundays. Cat advocates from across Baltimore had planned to join the Parkville chemical engineer on Sunday.

But Alley Cat Allies, a national feline advocacy group based in Bethesda, heard about the dispute and sent a mediator. The church agreed to allow the cats to feed in a more remote part of its grounds. Alley Cat Allies also agreed to give the church decorative stones for its flower beds and some motion-sensor devices that emit a high-pitched noise to repel cats.

"Obviously we all want what is best for the cats - and this agreement will ensure their presence on the ground with volunteers being allowed to feed," said Elizabeth Parowski, spokeswoman for Alley Cat Allies.

Alley Cat Allies also plans to talk to people who live in the neighborhood that surrounds the church, to try to help them get their cats spayed or neutered, and to organizing volunteers to help care for the cats.

Animal control officers estimate about 185,000 feral cats roam Baltimore's streets and back alleys.

[The Brain]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

[Norgy]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

Oh do shut the fuck up

Like both Seedy and me can tell you, cats own people.

Cats kind of dominate when they're domesticated.
Mine is all for food, not so much for general cuddling.
But I have learned this: He loves women. Really.

[CountDeMoney]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

You feed them in order to catch them.

[Neil]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

You feed them in order to catch them.

Why not just poison them?

[Strix]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

You feed them in order to catch them.

Why not just poison them?

Anti-Freeze works great with dogs.

[Viking]

Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem.

Oh do shut the fuck up

Like both Seedy and me can tell you, cats own people.

I wonder what that says about you?

Cats kind of dominate when they're domesticated.
Mine is all for food, not so much for general cuddling.
But I have learned this: He loves women. Really.

Does it get you laid? If no... then... be a man and take control.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Cats apparently emit a tone in their meows that are as grating and attention grabbing as a human baby's, thus forcing us to do their bidding lest we be driven insane by it.

[DGuller]

Cats apparently emit a tone in their meows that are as grating and attention grabbing as a human baby's, thus forcing us to do their bidding lest we be driven insane by it.

Try skinning them, then you'll find out what a grating meow really is.

[Lettow77]

Im glad the cats and the chu7rch alike reached a favourable outcome.

kitties!

[Neil]

People who feed stray cats are scum.

[Korea]

I'm a cat rescuer.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Calico Cat dislikes me showing attention to other animals.

[Neil]

I'm a cat rescuer.

What do you rescue them from, and what do you do with them once they're rescued?

[jimmy olsen]

I'm a cat rescuer.

What do you rescue them from, and what do you do with them once they're rescued?

What do you think Koreans do with cats they "rescue"?