i just read this on CNN.com and thought it was interesting:
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- Although Wisconsin residents have voiced their support for a plan to legalize wild cat hunting, some legislators and cat lovers say they will continue their fight.
The proposal would allow licensed hunters to kill free-roaming cats, including any domestic cat that isn't under the owner's direct control or any cat without a collar, just like skunks or gophers -- something the Humane Society of the United States has described as cruel and archaic.
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Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds, according to state officials. Despite the astounding numbers, the proposal has been met with fierce opposition from cat lovers such as Ted O'Donnell.
O'Donnell, who gathered more than 17,000 signatures in an online petition to oppose the plan, was joined at Monday's meetings by scores of other animal lovers who held pictures of cats, clutched stuffed animals and wore whiskers.
wild cats? you mean like lions?...cougars?...no? kitties?! jesus!
i just picture a guy in camoflage sitting in a treestand with a rifle up to his shoulder getting his sights set on a little kitty.
there was an article in the local newspaper down here in houston (Houston Press) a few weeks ago that suggested that the cure to the stray animal epidemic was to emphasize these critters' tastiness. it had (mock) recipes for Terrier Tacos and Fido Fajitas. it was hilarious but it met with quite a bit of backlash from the public (it was meant to be satirical, but apparently that was missed somewhere). anyway, i didn't know madison had such a stray cat problem. we have a crap load of them down here but i never saw that many when i lived in madison.
so anyway, does anyone have any good recipes for feline?