Comment yay Peter (Score 1) 175
Peter does a lot of good work cutting thru bad statistics. Very much a feline advocate of the first order and does quite a bit of TNR in his own area.
Lies, Damned Lies and Cat Statistics 175
spopepro writes "While un-captioned cats might be of limited interest to the /. community, I found this column on how a fabricated statistic takes on a life of its own interesting. Starting with the Humane Society of the United States' (HSUS) claim that the unsterilized offspring of a cat will '...result in 420,000 cats in 5 years,' the author looks at other erroneous numbers, where they came from and why they won't go away."
Comment Re:This story is very likely made up.. (Score 2, Insightful) 725
Yea, right. I bet it will be difficult to find anyone on this thread that knows you personally to back you up on this.
what? Next thing you'll tell me I'm supposed to see Ovid on Sunday...
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