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Post by Claire on Jun 13, 2013 13:06:59 GMT 1
Programme on BBC2 tonight in which 50 cats from a village are tagged with GPS so their nefarious antics can be caught on film. My friend just texted me about this and said, and I quote, "Just seen preview shows loads of the little b*ggers going thru cat flaps and nickin other cats grub" ;D Here's a link: www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/Horizon-The-Secret-Life-Of-The-CatLet me know what you think if you watch it!
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Post by kunuma on Jun 13, 2013 13:44:08 GMT 1
Thanks Claire, someone else told me to watch this too, but I forgot when they said it was on so I would have missed it! Only thing I've been up to on TV recently is drooling over the presenters I mean the wildlife, on Springwatch!
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Post by Claire on Jun 13, 2013 15:01:40 GMT 1
Wondering which presenters kunuma has her beady little eyes on now! ;D
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Post by darenc1 on Jun 13, 2013 16:21:02 GMT 1
Got this set to record tonight!
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Post by Claire on Jun 14, 2013 20:15:20 GMT 1
Well it was quite interesting but can't say I learned a lot that I didn't know already. The 'time share' territory thing was the most interesting finding. Could have done without the 'chamber of horrors' dead animal collection. That eyeball! Eeeewww! I'm surprised in this day and age that people are still putting their cats out at night. More cats are killed at night than any other time, mainly run over as motorists can't see them in the dark. Also their favourite hunting time is dusk so if they aren't let out then they won't kill as many furries and birdies. None of my family's cats have ever been let out at night. EDIT - just found out there is a follow up programme to this, was on tonight at 10pm. Here's the iplayer link if you missed it: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02xcng8/Horizon_20122013_Little_Cat_Diaries/
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Post by Claire on Jun 15, 2013 11:55:51 GMT 1
In some ways the follow up was more interesting as it showed more of the actual cats. I must say what mainly came across was that cats are a lot more intelligent than some of the owners. That silly muppet who seemed quite proud that her cat was decimating the local bunny population - we dont need to give him cat food she gushed, as he prefers bunny. Did it not occur to her that he was going out to hunt because she didnt give him cat food? And then there was the one whose cat packed its fur and left to live with a neighbour. She was narked at the cat for leaving, but who could blame it after she had brought a big new dog into the household and just let it attack the poor cat! Ah well at least its new owner seemed a lot more sensible. Nice that the stray cat got a home. Oh yes and what the hell is a 'pet detective' ?!! That was one job that wasn't mentioned on school careers day!
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Post by kunuma on Jun 15, 2013 17:05:43 GMT 1
Well that was the most non scientific cat study I've ever seen! As Claire said, it was a study of cat owners, a study of how pet cats adjust their behaviour and control their instincts in order to live with us in the un natural situations we cause them to live in.
A far more accurate study on cat behaviour could have been done on the colony living on the farm shown in the second ep, at least these were living in a more normal situation - they looked as though they were all related. Instead they used the pet cats in the village, these were individuals - often I imagine, neutered, living in very close promimity to other individuals, and coping in the way cats cope. The study seemed to take no account of whether the cats were entire or not, and the different sizes of territory (owner's gardens) available to them. I can think of much better ways to use the technology they had available!
I agree about the owners, and can see why people get so angry at cat owners!
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Post by Claire on Jun 15, 2013 17:19:56 GMT 1
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Post by kunuma on Jun 15, 2013 17:28:04 GMT 1
Just read this Claire, I agree completely!
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Post by darkhorse on Jun 15, 2013 20:53:13 GMT 1
Well that was the most non scientific cat study I've ever seen! As Claire said, it was a study of cat owners, a study of how pet cats adjust their behaviour and control their instincts in order to live with us in the un natural situations we cause them to live in. Wasn't that the point? To show what domestic cats did when they left the house rather than studying wild cats? But I agree they should have compared the behaviour with that of wild cats to make more sense of it. Some of the owners were really annoying. Left a comment on the blog Claire.
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Post by Charlotte on Apr 16, 2014 10:32:25 GMT 1
These programmes were quite interesting/amusing despite any flaws, like when tigger resisted the tom entering her house. It would be even funnier to see a cat race show with tunnels, jumps etc, as with the dog ones.
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Post by vera on Oct 23, 2015 11:09:33 GMT 1
I only just watched this programme (took a while to get to Aus). I enjoyed it but found some of the findings a bit strange. One of the nicest things that happened when I moved here to Qld with the two cats, Casey ran to Rowena whom she hadn't seen for a year and purred , sitting on her lap for three days. She had missed her. PAtches, a younger cat, ran to Jason who was her first owner and told him how pleased she was to see him again! We have since acquired a third cat; we think his previous owners left him behind when they moved and he scoured the neighbourhood until he decided our house was the best. we called him Drifter because he drifted around the neighbourhood but he has settledd with us now. I know all this has nothing to do with the programme, but just how cats behave. and CAsey, the old cat has always suffered separation anxiety; she sits in the window and waits until family comes home. Then she relaxes. She also follows me around until I sit down and read a book; then she is on my knee and half on the book) purring....
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