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It’s really sad. Some of the remaining cats are still recovering. And they’ve had to throw out all their feed as a precaution (very expensive). They’re looking
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
It’s really sad. Some of the remaining cats are still recovering. And they’ve had to throw out all their feed as a precaution (very expensive). They’re looking for donations to survive.
What’s scary though is how it spread. They had less than 40 animals spread out over 5 acres. It’s odd that it affected most of their cats.
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoMy understanding is when birds get sick, they tend to hide somewhere on the ground, in a bush or the like and are easy prey for felines. I would guess a flock of birds were infected and they just were all over the area.
- oasisbob 2y agoLast I heard, food disposal was more than a precaution; food from raw poultry products were viewed as the most likely route of infection.
- exabrial 2y agoHow are you gonna create a panic with these sort of facts, sir
- qazxcvbnmlp 2y ago5 acres is pretty confined for cats like that. In the wild they would have 100s-1000s of acres per animal.
- chrisweekly 2y ago40 cats in 5 acres is 0.125 acres per cat - this "sanctuary" is sized like a zoo.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoIt is certainly smaller than their wild range. Mountain lions have wild ranges in the 10,000-100,000 acres.
- ComputerGuru 2y ago5 acres is literally an oversized backyard.
- gopher_space 2y agoTell people how long it would take you to walk five acres.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago5 acres is one or two city blocks. So maybe 7-10 minutes to walk the perimeter depending on your pace?
- ternnoburn 2y agoA few minutes of I was moving briskly? 5 acres is tiny.
- madaxe_again 2y agoAn acre is a unit of area, not distance - this is like asking how long it would take you to drink six degrees Fahrenheit.
- gopher_space 2y agoNone of these answers are honest.
- HelloMcFly 2y agoIf we're not accounting for terrain difficulties, then walking the perimeter of a 5 acre rectangular plot of land would take more than 5 minutes but less than 10 minutes.
- s1artibartfast 2y agorather shocking. 1 square mile is 640 acres. 5 acres is 460 feet per side. 5 acres is about the indoor size of a typical Walmart or Costco.
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- slavik81 2y ago5 acres is 140 meters by 140 meters. That's roughly one city block.
- cthalupa 2y agoI think we'd be pretty concerned if humans were infecting each others outdoors from a city block away. But it doesn't sound like it was spread cat to cat if they think it was the food - seems like it wouldn't have mattered how much space they had if they were all fed contaminated feed.