SPCA places 100 animals
On its free adoption day Sunday, the SPCA placed at least 100 animals with new owners.
La Presse also has a piece this weekend on the environmental footprint of pets. I asked my cat how she’d feel about switching to vegetable protein, and now she isn’t talking to me.
yasymbologist 22:37 on 2024-07-14 Permalink
She can also use some of those yummy fat squirrels out there in the parks to further cut down on her carbon pawprint
Ian 16:34 on 2024-07-15 Permalink
I don’t know if they could take down squirrels but my cats have been helping reduce the boom in the neighbourhood mouse population. Maybe it was that it got warm early but it seems like we have twice as many mice as usual …
Kate 20:37 on 2024-07-15 Permalink
I’ve never known a cat who could catch a squirrel. Both can climb a tree, but only the squirrel can get back down headfirst, a major advantage.
My old hunting cat used to catch mice and pigeons, but he never bagged a squirrel.
JP 20:40 on 2024-07-15 Permalink
We probably do…have 2x as many mice. I took the bus from Ahuntsic on Saturday afternoon and saw 2 mice on my way to the bus stop in the middle of the day. In 25 years of living here and taking the bus…I’ve never seen that. Got off in Park Ex and on my walk over…saw another mouse run from the sidewalk into some grass on Birnam. I just don’t ever remember seeing them so openly around.
Tee Owe 13:45 on 2024-07-16 Permalink
I had the unpleasant experience of listening to a squirrel being killed by a cat – not nice – it can happen
Ian 17:01 on 2024-07-16 Permalink
Given the vocalisations of each species in angry situations, I can imagine it.