Peter, at 11:29 on Aug 25 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PC> Good to hear the movement is gaining popularity.

BG> I suspect that Dr Peter Walmsley's world-famous cat-skin hats
BG> have had a lot to do with that, although I was rather surprised

PC> I've seen the man with the cat-skin hat on TV, maybe i should get
PC> one. :-)

You might as well.  TVs are quite cheap these days.  :)

BG> to see the ABC's "Flying Vet" actually grab a .22 and blow one
BG> away on screen. Warmed my heart, it did. :)

PC> I saw it too, had the same heart warming effect on me as well.

Mind you, I think he ended up killing more animals than he saved during the
six-part series.  I actually called him "Dr Death" myself...

PC> The way you were talking about your suburb to Rod Speed i
PC> didn't think anyone would take any notice of gun fire. :-)

The residents seem not to, but I suspect that the coppers still do.

BG> although I still use Winchester .22 Zs for teaching cats that
BG> they are not welcome around my aviary.

PC> Are these the subsonics or the .22 shorts, 

Different again.  These are subsonic LV target rounds, but are physically
sized around halfway between shorts and LRs.  They sure aren't cheap
either.

PC> i haven't used shorts for years, do they still make them.

Dunno, I think the Zs have actually replaced them.

PC> I live in town now (if you can call 10,000 pop a town) and the foxes
PC> are quite thick on the ground though the cats don't seem that bad,

They tend not to coexist up this way either, for some reason.

PC> use to have a farm (around 700 acres) out west from here and while
PC> there was very few foxes about there was quite a few feral cats (this
PC> was around 15 years ago) i don't know what it's like out there now as
PC> no one shoots foxes much these days, no money in it.

Dunno, they're still hunted in the New England region of NSW and SEQ, say
from north of Tamworth, although maybe not as heavily as before.

PC> ... Bill Grimsley lives in a quiet neighborhood, they all use silencers    

Wanna bet?  :)

Regards, Bill

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