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Well I don't think we should have pets and keep them in prison if they
don't want to stay in. Mine goes out in the summer and its safe, if it wasn't safe I guess I wouldn't have got a cat, I'd have got a goldfish. |
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Well said that man.
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foxes. I don't think an urban British fox would attack a cat,
perhaps a bunny or chicken in a cage but not a cat, there's more than enough food for them without even attempting a cat. Plus surely a cat would win hands down against a British fox? I think the fox would leg it rather than attack, whereas the cat might have a go just cos it's a cat and that's what cats do. To be honest, in England anyway, I'd be much more worried about what a cat was going to get up to with the local wildlife/birds rather than anything getting to the cat. I found somebodies pet hamster or something not sure it was such a mess in my garden, and it wasn't Otis that did it which was weird. |
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Jennifer. Around central London there isn't too much roadkill LOL
(apart from the odd Brazilian, no don't get me started on that). You do see pigeons, and outside of London (though I don't drive so I'm not out on the road that often in the country), rabbits, foxes (more foxes apparently got killed by cars than when it was legal to hunt them, still glad it was banned tho). I've never seen a dead cat or dog thank god. I know you have to report a dog if you run it over, but not a cat. I guess the people that live in the country here have more experience than me. I did see something gorgeous a while back though, a mummy fox and her cubs living on a main road, at the petrol station, behind a billboard. I just stood and stared for ages at them frolicking around so innocently, unaware of the danger they were in from people. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Well I don't think we should have pets and keep them in prison if they don't want to stay in. Mine goes out in the summer and its safe, if it wasn't safe I guess I wouldn't have got a cat, I'd have got a goldfish. The problem over here is if you went by that rule a huge percentage of the population would not have cats and there would be a worse homeless problem than now. I live in a fairly large city and still late at night you can see predators in town, especially towards the edges. We have a big rural population and so you would nix out all those people. I mean, it's just not the same thing. Now I persoanlly grew up with indoor outdoor cats and I sure wish mine could be, but I don't own a house. We don't have the kind of enclosed gardens you guys have either. Certainly apartment dwellers have no garden or yard, so then you would whack out a whole other part of the population from having cats. Does that seem practical? |
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wrote in message oups.com... Well I don't think we should have pets and keep them in prison Indoor life for a cats only seems like 'prison' to you because perhaps you don't know very much about cats and you also lack the imagination and creativity to create a stimulating and interesting indoor environment for your cat. Its much easier and takes less effort to mindlessly swing open the door. Some people have a cat door because even opening the door takes too much thought and effort. The time has past when we can debate about where cats should live. The cats are here, now, and we are responsible for them. I think you shouldn't have a cat if you can't provide a safe environment for her. |
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"Ivor Jones" wrote in message ... For my part, if I were unable to allow a cat outdoors through risk of predators or any other reason, I simply wouldn't have a cat. That's not practical or even realistic in the USA because that mentality would result in millions upon millions of homeless cats and a 10 times increase in shelter killings. |
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My little Siega loves to go outside.. but we only let her when we are
out too. Here in Arizona, sometimes our concrete porch (and often even the dirt) will be too hot for her feet (of course she doesn't believe us 'til she trys it for herself.) Plus, after being outside for a little while she starts to chew on some of the grasses and weeds. Yeah, then she either chocks on it then spits it out or gets a little sick. She still hasn't figured that one out so we just watch her while we're out. Kathryn ---------------------------------------- Who are Kathryn & Siega? http://www.CardsYourWay.US/about_me.html |
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