http://myporttownsend.com/musings/cat-yard/ My Port Townsend - A City in Photographs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://myporttownsend.com/musings/cat-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-148 michael Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:55:42 +0000 http://myporttownsend.com/?p=1339#comment-148 Thanks for the info, Marty. I didn't realize that. Thanks for the info, Marty. I didn’t realize that.

]]> http://myporttownsend.com/musings/cat-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-147 MartyV Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:54:57 +0000 http://myporttownsend.com/?p=1339#comment-147 I believe that the threat of raccoons to the wellbeing of cats is greatly underrated. Everyone in PT blames disappearing cats on coyote activity. But keep in mind that coyotes cannot climb trees but trees are raccoons natural envirnment. Raccoons find cat food left outside of homes an enticement. This frequently puts them in the proximity of the cats whose food is left outdoors. This practice is the perfect way to set a trap for the cat. I believe that the threat of raccoons to the wellbeing of cats is greatly underrated. Everyone in PT blames disappearing cats on coyote activity. But keep in mind that coyotes cannot climb trees but trees are raccoons natural envirnment. Raccoons find cat food left outside of homes an enticement. This frequently puts them in the proximity of the cats whose food is left outdoors.
This practice is the perfect way to set a trap for the cat.

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