"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 7/17/2014 3:04 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Jack G. wrote:
Some people should be allowed to raise cats or children.
I hope this cat finds a good home.

You've got THAT right! Every summer, here in Arizona (where the outside
temperature reaches well into three figures Fahrenheit) you have people
who leave pets and children in closed automobiles while they go
shopping! Usually passersby will notice the kids, but the pets are
another story. (One police K-9 officer left his canine partner in a
locked car until the dog died - I think the cop was arrested.)

I don't understand why people take pets on shopping trips. If you want
to take your dog or cat for a ride in the car, do it. For them. Not if
you're just going to shut them in the car while you go shopping. That's
not fun. And it can be deadly.

Jill

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Exactly! I never took my cats on a shopping trip (there's no point in
that), but I used to travel with my cat (when I only had one) from Texas to
Ohio. I did that when I visited my family for several weeks. When I was on
the road, I would go to a drive-thru for lunch and eat it in the car, with
the air conditioner running. I would make a *very fast* run to the restroom
and would leave the motor running with air conditioner--lock the car and
take and extra set of keys with me. It was so hot in Texas in the summer
that I would not take a chance of turning off the engine with my cat in the
car for even a few minutes. I also made some trips by plane with my cat. I
paid to keep her in the cabin with me, and I always had a fear that I would
leave her behind in the airport when I had been reading and got the call to
board the plane. In reality, I cannot imagine forgetting her, but I looped
a long belt through the handle on her carry case and over my arm. That way,
there was no possibility of walking off without her.

MaryL