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[einstein9073]

I embarked with a breeding set of cats. Catsplosion ensued.
So I dug a pit outside near the entrance of my fort and placed the unclaimed cats in it.

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My idea was to let the unclaimed cats still breed more meat/bones, but not catch cute fuzzy syndrome. It seems to have worked. Maybe.

Anyway- my question is, how do I extract the cats from the catpit in order to extract their meats? - without freeing ALL the cats to go inflict OMGKYOOTFUZZYWUZZY on some other damn dwarf.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

I embarked with a breeding set of cats. Catsplosion ensued.
So I dug a pit outside near the entrance of my fort and placed the unclaimed cats in it.

Spoiler: catpit (click to show/hide)

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My idea was to let the unclaimed cats still breed more meat/bones, but not catch cute fuzzy syndrome. It seems to have worked. Maybe.

Anyway- my question is, how do I extract the cats from the catpit in order to extract their meats?

Drop a bridge invaders on 'em. Literally.
EDIT:After that, dig a ramp and collect the delicious cat meat and goblinite.

[einstein9073]

Anyway- my question is, how do I extract the cats from the catpit in order to extract their meats?

Drop a bridge on 'em. Literally.

Won't that cause them all to vanish in a puff of dwarven science?

(Large Feline Collider)

[Satarus]

Create an air lock to let a few of the cats into.  Then drown all cats in the air lock.  Drain and butcher the dead blighters.

[Hyndis]

Just use them as arrow magnets. Put them near the main gate so any invaders will have a clear shot at them. Let the invaders use up all of their ammo on the pile of cats.

Then butcher the goblins instead.

[rodya_mirov]

Fill the pit with water!  The meat rises and everybody wins

[Lishedir]

How do I explain this. Dig a tunnel to the side of the pit and seal it off with a door/floodgate linked to a lever. Behind it, make a room with a retractable bridge and, say, 3 z levels fall. When you open the floodgate some kittens are bound to wander into your death room. At that moment close the floodgate and designate a dwarf to pull the lever to retract the bridge, and send the kittens falling to their splattery deaths. A dwarf should have no problem going into the blood and gut ridden room to recover their corpses and eating cat meat roasts afterwards.

[Hyndis]

You cannot butcher the corpse of a tame animal.

[einstein9073]

How do I explain this. Dig a tunnel to the side of the pit and seal it off with a door/floodgate linked to a lever. Behind it, make a room with a retractable bridge and, say, 3 z levels fall. When you open the floodgate some kittens are bound to wander into your death room. At that moment close the floodgate and designate a dwarf to pull the lever to retract the bridge, and send the kittens falling to their splattery deaths. A dwarf should have no problem going into the blood and gut ridden room to recover their corpses and eating cat meat roasts afterwards.

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You cannot butcher the corpse of a tame animal.

This is what I was afraid of. If I understand correctly, I have to designate a cat for slaugter, then grant access to a dwarf and a butcher shop. My goal is to allow all this without releasing any cats.

New question: If the cats escape while still being as "assigned" to a pit, will an idle dwarf grab them and reinstall them in the pit?

[Hyndis]

Assign to pit is only a one time thing. Once the animal is tossed into the pit there will be no more attempt to toss it into the pit.

[Werdna]

Assuming the pit door is locked already, (D)ump a cage into the pit.  Build a two-tile long floor over the center of the pit.  Create a 1x1 burrow over the furthest floor tile and assign your least favorite miner to it.  Call him Spock.  Remove the floor connecting him to the wall and drop him into the pit.  When he recovers, have him build the cage, and assign all the cats into it.  He must then dig into the wall, build a butcher's shop, and butcher all the cats himself, one at a time to limit his fuzzywuzzy-particle radiation exposure.  Have your other dwarves carve a tunnel beneath the pit and then Spock can channel into that (so no ramp) and dump cat byproducts into it (make the floor beneath a food stockpile to prevent spoilage).  If Spock can cage and butcher the horde and by some miracle avoid fuzzywuzzy radiation particles attaching themselves to him, he can go home; but far more likely he has been tainted and can never see your wondrous halls again.  You can end his misery and drop something heavy on them and bury your now-favorite miner hero properly (I suggest a lead coffin), discard his fuzzy cling-on parasites, and have a feast on delicious cat roasts in his name in your cat-free mountain home.

[Hamster Man]

Assuming the pit door is locked already, (D)ump a cage into the pit.  Build a two-tile long floor over the center of the pit.  Create a 1x1 burrow over the furthest floor tile and assign your least favorite miner to it.  Call him Spock.  Remove the floor connecting him to the wall and drop him into the pit.  When he recovers, have him build the cage, and assign all the cats into it.  He must then dig into the wall, build a butcher's shop, and butcher all the cats himself, one at a time to limit his fuzzywuzzy-particle radiation exposure.  Have your other dwarves carve a tunnel beneath the pit and then Spock can channel into that (so no ramp) and dump cat byproducts into it (make the floor beneath a food stockpile to prevent spoilage).  If Spock can cage and butcher the horde and by some miracle avoid fuzzywuzzy radiation particles attaching themselves to him, he can go home; but far more likely he has been tainted and can never see your wondrous halls again.  You can end his misery and drop something heavy on them and bury your now-favorite miner hero properly (I suggest a lead coffin), discard his fuzzy cling-on parasites, and have a feast on delicious cat roasts in his name in your cat-free mountain home.

I have a similar idea, but with slightly less risk to the dwarf in question. I would suggest creating an "air-lock" with a dwarf (assign him to it using the burrow, then lock him in) and a cage. Unlock the door to the catpit, and tell him to cage all the cats. Even if he gets adopted, he'll still cage it, so worse case you can kill the caged-adoption-cat later by tossing the cage into lava.

After they're all caged, deconstruct the cage and rebuild it near the slaughter house. Assign all cats to be slaughtered. It will take a while but this minimizes the risk of fuzzy-syndrome while still allowing you to murderize your cat population.

[Hyndis]

Just adjust the civ ethics so that eating sentients is acceptable.

Wait for goblin siege.

Food, bone, and leather shortages solved.

[einstein9073]

Just adjust the civ ethics so that eating sentients is acceptable.
Wait for goblin siege.
Food, bone, and leather shortages solved.

[ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_OTHER:ACCEPTABLE]
[ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_FOR_FUN:AWESOME]

Cannibalism: You're what's for dinner.

[Sizik]

Make the access hallway a row of 10 or so pet-forbidden doors.