Recent comments in /f/baltimore

S-Kunst t1_iz4batv wrote

I have mixed feelings about feral and stray cats. For years, my coworkers and I, along with neighboring residents, maintained a colony of strays/feral cats. All in our colony were fixed and we had huts for them, and a steady food supply, but not over kill which would attract rodents. When one would get ill or old, we would take them to BARCS, hoping they would be put down. But BARCS was reluctant to do so, unless the animal was in very bad condition. Nor was BARCS helpful when most of us, who were care taking were leaving the area. When new cats would appear, about 50% were adopted by the extant population, which only added more problems.

The anti euthanasia community has scared all orphan pet organizations from putting down animals. But they have not been equally persistent in securing more funding for enlarged facilities nor banning people for not being required to dispose of their pet in a manner which is safe and humane. Simply abandoning pets is not a responsible solution.

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CaptainObvious110 t1_iz3p4h7 wrote

So true. They hunt even when they aren't hungry. So while there is a strong attachment to cats they are absolute killing machines. They are not native to this area of the world so are invasive species that would do much better if people would keep in their homes or removed permanently altogether.

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High_Seas_Pirate t1_iz3mv44 wrote

I had that same thought, then I looked it up and realized the DC metro is wholely seperate from the Baltimore metro. It would be great if I could just hop on a train in Baltimore and ride down to the capital but the closest station to DC is probably Greenmount.

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High_Seas_Pirate t1_iz3mezb wrote

I started typing up a comment about how I only ever used it to ride down to the National Mall in DC from Silver Spring, but then realized the DC metro and Baltimore metro aren't linked. I've ridden the Baltimore metro once or twice when I was a kid going downtown to see an O's game, but I don't even do that anymore. They've somehow managed to make parking in the city less of a hassle than taking the metro and that's incredibly disappointing.

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