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Fri Dec-31-04 12:57 PM
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Predators do not control the size of the population of prey; we now know that the size of the population of prey controls the size of the population of predators!
Predators actually "moderate" competition among prey species in that they can increase or reduce diversity in a prey population. Further, "keystone predators" (predators that have a disporportionate impact on a ecosystem) limit the densities of the most competitive species in a community which allow more species to exist.
Studies indicate that population cycles are caused by both predation and available food source for the prey species. This also ignores other factors such as disease, natural disasters, humans, etc.
Matter-of-factly stating prey species "controls" the population of the predator is crude and careless.
While I think your scientific interpretation is wrong, I do agree that non-native species, feral cats, etc...should be removed from the ecosystem (and i love cats)...but for the sake of our natural world all feral and/or domestic animals should be removed from the ecosystem.
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| -Wal-Mart workers charged in cat shooting (Evansville, Indiana) |
RamboLiberal |
Dec-30-04 07:21 AM |
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dupe? |
ixion |
Dec-30-04 07:23 AM |
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One more reason why to not shop at Wal-mart |
R Hickey |
Dec-30-04 07:28 AM |
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Haven't set foot in one for years |
wicket |
Dec-30-04 07:30 AM |
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The problem is............ |
ClintonTyree |
Dec-30-04 07:36 AM |
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How hard would it have been to call |
salin |
Dec-30-04 07:33 AM |
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Yeah why shoot it? |
demnan |
Dec-30-04 07:41 AM |
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Our local shelter won't chase cats |
IanDB1 |
Dec-30-04 07:43 AM |
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several years ago there was no law |
salin |
Dec-30-04 07:45 AM |
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What can we do with Box Turtles? |
bahrbearian |
Dec-30-04 08:35 AM |
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Box Turtles? They're sex toys for GOP congressmen. |
R Hickey |
Dec-30-04 09:36 AM |
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I catch them |
Hillary08 |
Dec-30-04 10:29 PM |
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Might have tried feeding the cat... |
Mend |
Dec-30-04 07:48 AM |
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not all Walmart people just the current leadership. |
Prodemsouth |
Dec-30-04 09:48 AM |
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varmints like our native bird population, I suppose |
amazona |
Dec-30-04 10:05 AM |
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this topic is apparently open to discussion |
Mend |
Dec-30-04 10:25 AM |
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Rather |
flvegan |
Dec-30-04 11:17 AM |
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'Scuse me, but I beg to differ. I live in an area that has many |
1monster |
Dec-30-04 11:20 AM |
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Your post basically confirms what the previous poster stated |
NickB79 |
Dec-30-04 07:59 PM |
#84 |
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Bull! This subdivision was started before I was born and that was nearly |
1monster |
Dec-31-04 11:16 AM |
#89 |
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You are wrong. |
potone |
Dec-30-04 03:30 PM |
#65 |
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Amazona, I agree with you 100% |
Redstone |
Dec-30-04 04:13 PM |
#77 |
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Different strokes for different folks. |
Lizzie Borden |
Dec-30-04 08:39 PM |
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Non-Sense |
kwolf68 |
Dec-31-04 12:57 PM |
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i wish my cat would be a little less familiar at 5 a.m. |
maxsolomon |
Dec-30-04 11:25 AM |
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I heard that exact same story |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 01:13 PM |
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there it is |
SemperEadem |
Dec-30-04 01:58 PM |
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"read some history" - thanks for the suggestion |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 01:59 PM |
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certainly |
SemperEadem |
Dec-30-04 02:03 PM |
#56 |
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so this book claims what exactly? |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 02:07 PM |
#57 |
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Pope Gregory IX started it... |
Mend |
Dec-30-04 09:40 PM |
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exactly, what the hell was wrong with these morons to shoot the |
barb162 |
Dec-30-04 03:46 PM |
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The Last Time Evansville Achieved National Notoriety |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 07:52 AM |
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Evansville: home of the Klu Klux Klan eom |
Mend |
Dec-30-04 08:14 AM |
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That Would Describe a Wide Swath of the Hoosier State n/t |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 08:18 AM |
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My girlfriend, born, lived in Indiana, HATED Indiana; fundie heaven |
barb162 |
Dec-30-04 03:45 PM |
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That would be Pulaski Tennessee I believe n/t |
Eagle_Eye |
Dec-30-04 09:33 AM |
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KKKI was Pulaski |
Mend |
Dec-30-04 09:53 AM |
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thank you for letting me know |
shanti |
Dec-30-04 12:34 PM |
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I didn't know it had moved. But it is not like I make an effort to |
Eagle_Eye |
Dec-30-04 07:33 PM |
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or when a quiet, single protester to a cheney event |
salin |
Dec-30-04 08:20 AM |
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Another One I Forgot: |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 08:39 AM |
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hehe interesting item |
salin |
Dec-30-04 08:44 AM |
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I-69 is Complete in Michigan & as Far South as Indy |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 08:50 AM |
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I still doubt that it will ever be completed. |
salin |
Dec-30-04 08:54 AM |
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Even if I-69 Never Gets Constructed |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 09:01 AM |
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and where would the billions upon billions come for this? |
salin |
Dec-30-04 09:13 AM |
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I Agree That Financing This Endeavor Looks Insurmountable |
Sporadicus |
Dec-30-04 09:24 AM |
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agreed per the trucking further deregulation |
salin |
Dec-30-04 09:37 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Dec-30-04 07:45 PM |
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Land of the stupid.... |
Javaman |
Dec-30-04 09:19 AM |
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Land of the stupid is right. |
Bleachers7 |
Dec-30-04 10:01 AM |
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Reminds me of what my store manager did... |
Solon |
Dec-30-04 10:51 AM |
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shooting feral animals is a rural tradition |
maxsolomon |
Dec-30-04 11:30 AM |
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There are a lot of "traditions" that should be stamped out |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 11:44 AM |
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i agree but you're tilting at windmills |
maxsolomon |
Dec-30-04 01:14 PM |
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I assume everyone who is complaining is a vegetarian? |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 11:45 AM |
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WTF does THAT have to do with anything? |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 11:50 AM |
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if they shot a rat, would anyone be complaining? |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 12:41 PM |
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I would hope people would complain about shooting rats |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 12:49 PM |
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shooting sounds like a quick and *relatively* painless way to kill |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 12:53 PM |
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I hardly know where to begin |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 01:02 PM |
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I said stopping the shooting of stray cats is not a priority |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 01:08 PM |
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I never disagreed with you on factory farming |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 01:13 PM |
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fine, let's arrest the factory farmers |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 01:17 PM |
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I think we SHOULD arrest the factory farmers |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 02:30 PM |
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Shooting animals is fine with me |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 02:58 PM |
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So, we've finally established that you are "pro-cruelty" |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 03:04 PM |
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Yes, like the vast majority of Democrats - and cats, for that matter |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 03:15 PM |
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Barbarism begins at home |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 03:22 PM |
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cats are murderers and torturers |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 03:25 PM |
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Wow. I feel sorry for you. |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 03:32 PM |
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your pity is duly noted |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 03:43 PM |
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No, it does NOT describe me, nor does it pertain to the point |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 03:48 PM |
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You are acting as an apologist for cruelty |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 03:52 PM |
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Where have I acted as an apologist for cruelty? |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 04:04 PM |
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you just did! |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 04:37 PM |
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So the Walmart employees ate the cat? |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 04:45 PM |
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what a fucking idiotic comment. |
CatWoman |
Dec-30-04 03:54 PM |
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I love your post so much..... |
Coventina |
Dec-30-04 04:06 PM |
#76 |
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eh, same to you |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 04:20 PM |
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I haven't seen anyone refer to you as a freeper. |
Puglover |
Dec-30-04 01:17 PM |
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what? who said anything about the Tsunami? |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 01:26 PM |
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Whoops |
Puglover |
Dec-30-04 01:29 PM |
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Cruelty is part and parcel of intent |
LanternWaste |
Dec-30-04 03:40 PM |
#68 |
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Well,that's relevant |
Forkboy |
Dec-30-04 11:57 AM |
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Oh Gawd... |
Puglover |
Dec-30-04 12:29 PM |
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Wow, this 80 pack of toothbrushes is so cheap.... |
lies and propaganda |
Dec-30-04 03:07 PM |
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Don't Give A Dam If It Costs More Anymore, Go To Other |
Jon8503 |
Dec-30-04 03:31 PM |
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Ah - the workers get charged with a federal crime |
InvisibleBallots |
Dec-30-04 04:39 PM |
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FELONY animal cruelty, not FEDERAL |
jmowreader |
Dec-30-04 08:19 PM |
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Someone call Bill Frist! |
Comicstripper |
Dec-31-04 11:41 AM |
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We won't even go in the door there |
Omaha Steve |
Dec-31-04 02:01 PM |
#92 |
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