QuoteChurch 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.
Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem. :)
Quote from: The Brain on July 19, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
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.
Quote from: The Brain on July 19, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem. :)
You feed them in order to catch them.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 19, 2009, 06:24:59 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 19, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
Feeding them is a great way to reduce the problem. :)
You feed them in order to catch them.
Why not just poison them?
Quote from: Norgy on July 19, 2009, 06:22:26 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 19, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
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?
Quote
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.
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.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 19, 2009, 02:48:52 PM
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.
Im glad the cats and the chu7rch alike reached a favourable outcome.
kitties!
People who feed stray cats are scum.
I'm a cat rescuer.
The Calico Cat dislikes me showing attention to other animals.
Quote from: Korea on July 19, 2009, 06:57:05 PM
I'm a cat rescuer.
What do you rescue them from, and what do you do with them once they're rescued?
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2009, 07:25:46 PM
Quote from: Korea on July 19, 2009, 06:57:05 PM
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"?
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2009, 07:25:46 PM
Quote from: Korea on July 19, 2009, 06:57:05 PM
I'm a cat rescuer.
What do you rescue them from, and what do you do with them once they're rescued?
She rescues them at sea, and dries them off.
Quote from: Viking on July 19, 2009, 07:48:04 AM
Quote from: Norgy on July 19, 2009, 06:22:26 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 19, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
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?Quote
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.
It says I am a pussy too, Viking.
And getting laid has not really been the biggest problem lately. :Embarrass: